SO-IL has released details of their Las Americas social housing project in León, one of Mexico's fastest-growing cities. The scheme proposes high density, sustainable, social housing that supports social mobility with opportunities in a thriving urban center. Las Americas is a 5,800 square meter, 6-floor development with 56 apartments, ranging from one to three bedrooms per unit. The project organizes the 56 families around two landscaped courtyards within a multi-story housing block at the city's center. >>>

Within walking distance of the Central Station, where the former station post office once stood, a multifunctional residential tower is being developed by Phoenix and Gross & Partner. The tower, with its glass and copper-coloured metal façade, was inspired by the industrial atmosphere of the location. The design consists of an ensemble of two volumes on a plinth. The 140-meter-high tower contains social housing up to the seventh... >>>