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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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C294 Apartments
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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
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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
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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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Sea of Cortez Research Center

Tatiana Bilbao's Mazatlán Aquarium Rethinks How Humans Relate to Nature

Mazatlán, Mexico
Michael Snyder
August 3, 2023
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A stark composition of violet-tinted concrete, the aquarium is conceived as a "living ruin."
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'Shaping Transformation' Charts the Multigenerational Impact of Mexican Firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

Michael Snyder
February 21, 2023
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The Barry Bergdoll–curated show is on view in the central atrium of Mexico City's grand 18th-century Palacio Iturbide now through July 9.
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Colegio los Nogales

Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá Wraps a Gym in an Accordion-like Facade

Bogotá, Colombia
Michael Snyder
January 2, 2023
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On a campus at the edge of Colombia’s sprawling capital, Daniel Bonilla designs a dramatic revamp for a school gymnasium.
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