Max von Werz Architects renovates artist's "serene and luminous" Mexico City townhouse

This historic house that revolves around a light- and plant-filled atrium in Mexico City has been preserved and revitalised by local studio Max von Werz Architects.

Max von Werz Architects worked with the owner of Casa C, artist José León Cerrillo, to thoughtfully renovate the 1913 building in the central Roma Norte neighbourhood.

At the base of Casa C's atrium, green terrazzo surrounds tropical plants

Designed in the French style characteristic of Mexico's Porfiriato era, the house features ornate corbels...