Using locally sourced materials is one thing but Mexican architect Hector Barroso has gone one step further by conjuring a beautifully designed house out of the very soil it stands on.
Mexico City's housing complex that goes back to nature, a chair made in collaboration with flip-flop giant Havaianas, and the bestselling Lamino armchair.
Monocle’s March issue features our annual Property Survey, in which we travel the world to scope out the best recent developments and the cities getting it right. Meet five of the creative folk who helped to bring Issue 181…