Cylindrical voids accommodate trees at Mexican lake house by MCxA Group

Circular holes form light wells, courtyards and spaces for existing trees at this lakeside house in Mexico's Nayarit state, designed by Mexican studio MCxA Group.

Casa Santa Maria del Oro is nestled into a steep slope that falls away to the water, partially embedded within the earth and covered by a green roof.

"The volume of the house is completely hidden, lost in the slope of the land and leaving only the terraces visible...