Solar panels and harvested rainwater power this mirrored holiday home by first-time architect Prashant Ashoka, which was designed to be self-sufficient and in harmony with its surroundings.
Casa Etérea is nestled into the slopes of an extinct volcano in the Los Picachos highlands, near the Mexican city of San Miguel de Allende, and surrounded by 10,000 hectares of rugged, unspoiled nature.
Casa Etérea features a mirrored facade
The structure of the 75-square-metre cabin was made from local materials, in line with Ashoka's aim to design the retreat as if it was "birthed from the mountainside itself".
Its foundations are formed from volcanic rocks collected on-site and its walls from bricks that were made locally and finished with micro-cement, before being clad in mirrors. It is situated on the slopes of the Palo Huérfano volcano
"While there is nothing new about the concept of mirrored buildings, Casa Etérea does something different by putting sustainability first," Ashoka told Dezeen.
"I hold self-sustaining architecture in high reverence, especially in our time of climate crisis, and believe that off-grid homes represent our ultimate integration with the environment."
The V-shaped building holds a small courtyard at its centre
The cabin is formed of two rectilinear volumes that meet to form a wide V-shape, framing an internal courtyard with a patio and a small swimming pool clad in mosaic tiles.

The side of the building that faces the P...