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Michael Snyder

Michael Snyder is a Mexico City–based freelance reporter on architecture, food, and travel, and a contributing editor at T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
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Casa Primaveras
Record Houses 2025

Near Guadalajara, Estudio Macías Peredo Caps Casa Primaveras with a Jagged Roofline

Zapopan, Mexico
Michael Snyder
September 9, 2025
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Planning for the five-bedroom dwelling began with mapping out a perimeter around the root system of a sprawling rubber tree, adored by the clients, on the site.
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Rancho del Bosque
House of the Month

In Mexico, Sordo Madaleno Designs a Sprawling Family Compound Where Nature is the ‘Protagonist’

Valle San Nicolás, Mexico
Michael Snyder
August 15, 2025
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Set into a hillside, Rancho El Bosque comprises six largely independent dwelling modules, including a trio of two-bedroom duplexes.
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LBS House

Design Vanguard 2025: Felipe Alarcón

Linares, Chile
Michael Snyder
June 13, 2025
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A devastating earthquake off the coast of Chile, and a rediscovery of the country's vernacular buildings, changed the trajectory of architect Felipe Alarcón.
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C294 Apartments
Building Technology

Michan Architecture Transforms a Mid-Century Apartment Building in Mexico City

Mexico
Michael Snyder
March 7, 2025
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A sculptural facade in raw concrete gives new expression to a 1950s-era Functionalist building in trendy La Condesa.
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Promontory Villa
Record Houses 2024

Atelier Ars Blends Modernism, Classicism, and Regional Vernacular with a House in the Mountains of Central Mexico

Tapalpa, Mexico
Michael Snyder
September 10, 2024
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Anchored by a totemic stone chimney, the blush-colored Promontory Villa is densely packed with tactile details.
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Casa 720
Record Houses 2024

In Mexico, Fernanda Canales’s Casa 720 Plays with Circular Geometries

Michael Snyder
September 3, 2024
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Using a pared-down material palette of concrete, wood, glass, and stone, the country house for a family of six is defined by its panoramic vistas.
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Aladino House

Design Vanguard 2024: Iván Bravo Architects

Santiago, Chile
Michael Snyder
June 21, 2024
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Blurring disciplinary lines, the Chilean architect creates spaces that respond to the uncertainties of our changing climate.
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PILARES

Stately Brick Arches Turn a Community Center in Mexico into a Castle for Everybody

Mexico City
Michael Snyder
March 11, 2024
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One of hundreds of planned centers across Mexico City, Derek Dellekamp's PILARES Quetzalcóatl is marked by an elegant motif of repeating arches.
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Tracing the Legacy of Architect Theodor Cron, Overlooked Giant of Peruvian Modernism

Michael Snyder
October 13, 2023
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Edited by Irene Arce and Johann Schweig, a new monograph brings together essays, letters, photographs, drawings and more in a decade-long research project about the Swiss-born architect.
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Xokol Restaurant

A Sculptural Communal Table Anchors an Eclectic Restaurant by ODAmx and Rubén Valdez Practice

Guadalajara, Mexico
Michael Snyder
September 1, 2023
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Xokol's expanded new home honors the Guadalajaran restaurant's commitment to craft, cuisine, and community.
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