Mexican architect Carlos H Matos has completed a concrete house designed to be an “ode to antiquity” and “futurity” in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca.
Known as Casa Monte, the one-bedroom house was completed in 2023 with a rooftop terrace and a 150-square-metre (1,615-square foot) footprint. It is nestled between mountains and the Pacific Ocean and serves as a rental property.



“It is equally an homage to the profound transformations that shaped Mexico’s built environment in the 20th century,” Matos told Dezeen. “It has many pasts, remote and…