Mexican Architecture

In its vigorous advance, Mexican architecture is viewed as producing works of quality and of strong plastic interest. Its character, now rich in depth and in future, was originally formed by blending French and German ideas. To this, Mexico has added a unique enrichment, a fundamental fusing of the principles of modern architecture with those of its past.

This fusion is a merger of simplified forms with the needs of today's Mexican living, all in bond with the country's traditions. These traditions are more than simple, they are inherent of the people. They not just come from mind or the blood. Actually, one walks on underlyinf strata; evidences of centuries past continue to be found underfoot. And so, instinctively and with faith in her talents, the architecture of Mexico, like her murals, has strength, sincerity, and pronounced individuality.

My aim is to show the approach and strides into what the Mexican home is. It is by no means technical and savvy. It's just my impressions. And so it happens, that in a country which today is far from being homogeneized, there is a lack of uniformity in its contemporary domestic architecture. Change of design with its differing adaptations and versions is apt to become enmeshed in local custom, reflecting regional artifacts and color preferences. In designing Mexicans become bored, as do the Chinese, with copying. To them it is far more enjoyable, in fact easier, to think something new.

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