The Mexican Pavilion at the Salon du Livre in Paris last March 2009 exhibited some strong personality and character. The pavilion was designed to project the spirit of the cheerful country that it represented, full of life and rich with traditions. It shed the light on a modern country that looks ahead for the future while proudly embracing its past.

The pavilion was designed within a 1,000m2 space, subdivided into 3 isles accessible by two lane, three meters and the six meters wide.

On a commercial street lined with high-end retail stores and office buildings, BGP arquitectura was commissioned to convert a five-story 1950’s apartment building into a mixed-use project composed of thirty-six rooms with boutiques and a hotel.

In order to convert the existing structure to suit the current requirements of the hotel, a series of very precise and careful interventions were required. The old structure gains an entirely new identity with a new wrapper consisting of a frosted glass box of rectangular glass panels floating several feet from the original facade. Sandwiched between the new and old facades are the original balconies and newly implemented corridors.

BGP arquitectura produced this remarkable landmark design that cerefully integrates within  the dense and complex urban texture of downtown Mexico City.

The site was a trapezoidal urban lot was proposed as the site of a mixed use building for a major television network. This void, formed by colliding, haphazard street geometries, terminates a procession of densely packed blocks occupied by TELEVISA CHAPULTEPEC administration facilities. Immediately adjacent to the east, an eight story network executive office building as well as a TV transmission tower creates a physical urban edge. A solitary, unique floating island of space anchored in this urban setting, the site is part of a fragile urban context.

Located on the hill above a small village at some 150km from Mexico City, the main feature of this retreat is its magnificent view. Its aim is to live with the landscape under a canopy with as few interior elements as possible.


A fireplace, a kitchen bar and a marble platform 20m long laid as a free floor plan for public areas and garage on top of a solid block which houses the rest of the program, namely services, three bedrooms and a family room.

One of the hardest and most challenging tasks for an architect designing a house is to take an existing project and transforming it into a house that is geared towards a more contemporary lifestyle.

With Casa AV, BGP arquitectura has been able to achieve great results in the redesigning of a house from the 70’s of no significant architectural value and located in front of one of the most important avenues of Mexico City.

What is most impressive is the fact that, due to a retrained budget, the original structure was kept intact.

The project by BGP Arquitectura is located on a sloped site in the suburbs of the city of Guadalajara in Mexico, facing a fantastic view towards a beautiful green park as well as the city.

The house is built on two levels composed each of a rectangular volume and placed in perpendicular to each other.