Known for his one-of-a-kind projects, especially residential houses in the Sonoran Desert that embrace their natural landscape and use rammed-earth building techniques, American architect Rick Joy has something of a cult following in the design world. The Arizona-based architect, who leads an award-winning firm in the city of Tucson called Studio Rick Joy, joins a cohort of pioneering high-profile architects who are focused on bringing nature back into the building equation.

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With ‘Tennyson 205’, American architecture firm Studio Rick Joy has shown the versatility and everlasting appeal of concrete, creating a home that is sleek and airy. Located in Mexico City’s bustling and upscale neighborhood of Polanco, the five-story apartment building was designed to bring pockets of the outdoors with natural light into its clean-lined concrete structure.

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