Elías Rizo Arquitectos creates house that "disappears" into Mexican hills

Elías Rizo Arquitectos has created a slate-and-weathering steel house called Casa AV that disappears into and emerges from the landscape outside of Guadalajara, Mexico.

Known as Casa AV, the 1200-square-metre dwelling extends across a sloped site in Tapalpa in four single-storey rectangular blocks that are connected by a series of long walls.

The house has a perpendicular orientation to the slope and opens to the east where residents can look out to the view beyond...