Sergio López

Hello darkness my old friend Concrete isn?t always cozy. In fact, most of the time, it can be downright austere. But this house in Mexico City from Mexican architecture studio Tanat, uses the material to a warm and moody effect.

Sergio López

Named Nostos for the greek word for ?returning home,? the house was designed for a resident who returned to the Coyoacán neighborhood. The architects wanted to create a house that blended indoors with outdoors by opening the concrete-clad rooms to walled courtyards through a series of glassy doors. The home?s facade is a hint of what?s to come inside. A powdery cobalt door slides open in the internal courtyard and welcomes visitors into a concrete walled space with pops of blue throughout.

Sergio López

The brightly lit kitchen is a narrow strip of real estate that?s boxed in by floor to ceiling windows. Elsewhere, like in the living room, the house takes on a perfectly melancholy atmosphere thanks to low-slung ceilings, a skylight, and judicious use of windows that let in a soft, ethereal glow.

Sergio López

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