Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos

Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos is a Mexican architecture firm, based in Mexico City. Founded in 1937, the firm is now in its third generation of leaders from the founding family and operates from offices in Mexico City as well as London. The firm pursues a multidisciplinary practice spanning hospitality, cultural and civic spaces, and residential, educational and sports architecture, with a design philosophy defined as a form of generosity, shaping spaces where site, tradition and memory coexist. Among its timber-integrating works is the Amelia Tulum residence, whose jiles-wood woven screens crafted by local artisans and its tzalam structure, a species resistant to sun and tropical humidity, contribute to a passive cooling strategy for the building; the firm also designed the floating clubhouse of Valle San Nicolás and international projects such as the visitor center of the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Debrecen. This sustainable approach, integrating the local economy and traditional artisanal know-how, is reflected in recent works such as Casa SM and Arte Abierto Baja, in Los Cabos.