{"id":206292,"date":"2023-02-21T15:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T20:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_project&p=206292"},"modified":"2023-02-21T15:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T20:24:57","slug":"mexico-city-hotel-apartment-style-belzberg-architects","status":"publish","type":"id_project","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/projects\/mexico-city-hotel-apartment-style-belzberg-architects\/","title":{"rendered":"An Apartment-Style Hotel by Belzberg Architects Sails into Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February 21, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Jane Margolies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photography: <\/span>Bruce Damonte<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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An Apartment-Style Hotel by Belzberg Architects Sails into Mexico City<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

2022 Best of Year Winner<\/a> for Boutique Hotel<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mexico City\u2019s Roma Norte neighborhood possesses an eclectic mix of early-1900\u2019s buildings in styles ranging from neoclassical to art nouveau. Now a decidedly modernist structure has sailed onto the scene: Xoma, an apartment-style hotel by Belzberg Architects<\/a> that calls to mind a ship with the wind at its back, thanks to perforated screens that appear to billow from the seven-story structure. The property is the latest in a series of buildings with sculptural facade treatments that the Los Angeles firm founded by Interior Design<\/em> Hall of Fame member Hagy Belzberg<\/a> has designed in CDMX. Elsewhere, he and his team conjured up facades in aluminum strips or perforated carbon steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Xoma, a collaboration with developer Grupo Anima, they turned to more traditional masonry. Concrete blocks, handcrafted with central openings, were fabricated on-site and connected by integrated C-shape steel plates. The permeable membranes, tapered at the street level, expand as they rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweeping forms appear on the interior, too. In the lobby, asymmetrical plaster ceilings arch over a brass-plated reception desk and floors of veined Tunisian marble. Arrayed around a central atrium, the 14 guest suites\u2014one- and two-bedrooms with full kitchens\u2014lead onto balconies partially enclosed by the facade screen, which provides privacy while allowing fresh air to circulate and natural light to filter in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See Interior Design\u2019s Best of Year Winners and Honorees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Explore must-see projects and products that took home high honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PROJECT TEAM<\/h6><\/div>\n\n\n\n
belzberg architects<\/span><\/a>: hagy belzberg; brock desmit; jennifer wu; jessica hong; josh hanley; david cheung; adrian cortez; mingyue hu; kris leese; aaron leshtz; corie saxman; filipa lima valente; katelyn miersma; melissa yip<\/span><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n