In the period following World War II, eminent Mexican architects such as Juan O'Gorman and Luis Barragán pioneered the adaption of a European-American narrative in housing design to their own cultural environment. Seven decades on, Mexico's architects are ready to export their own knowledge and matured idiosyncrasies and to contribute strongly to a global discourse that is aware of local cultural, environmental, and economic concerns. In recent years, Mexican architecture, and in particular housing design, has experienced a renaissance and gained unparalleled international attention, owing to the ideas and ambitions of a new generation of architects.

Nueva Vivienda features twenty-seven outstanding housing projects in Mexico from the last ten years through images, floor plans, sections, and views, with scholarly essays offering historical and theoretical background. Completed with three conversations among architects, developers, and researchers, the book illuminates the local context of these projects, highlighting their designers' new ideas and how they contribute to rethinking housing typologies in Mexico today. Moreover, it also traces the export of these concepts to Europe, the United States, and beyond.