Mexican architect Inca Hernández has renovated and refurbished a crumbling historic building to create apartments in Mexico City.
Located in Tacuba neighbourhood, the Mar Mediterraneo 34 (MM34) building was originally completed in 1910 and had since fallen into disrepair.
Hernández aimed to return the facade to its original design
"At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Tacuba became one of the wealthiest areas of the city with large country houses, which over time and different political changes were abandoned and many were collapsed," said Hernández.
"However, among these vestiges the house of Mar Mediterraneo 34 remained."
Crumbling brick walls at the rear are updated with white plaster Hernández's aim for the project was to reference the history of the building, which he said was valued by National Institute of Fine Arts and the National Institute of Anthropology and History, while also creating contemporary apartments.
His response was to do that quite literally by splitting MM34 into two styles: one has refurbished elements of the old structure and the other half features the original clay-brick walls covered in bright white plaster.
Decorative details run throughout MM34
"The project started with the idea of ??giving a new life to a house designed in two volumes, where the first incorporates the main facade while the second has a view to the main patio, although both were in advanced deterioration and the s...