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ESIGNED AS A refuge in metro
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico,
Natura House is, as its name
implies (and despite its urban
environment), at one with
nature. Recently completed
and vibrantly white-facaded, the
residence is the culmination of a
12-year crusade by Cotaparedes Arqui-
tectos to design single-family homes with
a heightened sense of security in Mexico.
That these clean-angled constructions
are strenuously minimalist make them
more interesting and dynamic than one
expects to find in a gated community.
Robustly walled, but not walled off
from the world, Natura House is a bold
rethink of privacy. It's also the phys-
