by Cathi and Steven House

In 1988 a seemingly orchestrated series of events led Cathi and me here to the Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. After several amazing visits, we bought a little ruin in the historic center and built a home to be a retreat, an escape from our normal lives to a place we love where we are surrounded by our own art and books, where we can work on projects not distracted by the world normally embracing us. Building our home led people to us and we have now designed more than forty homes in Mexico. Working there has added deep, profound dimensions we never imagined - to our work and to our lives.

Our recently published book, San Miguel de Allende: the soul of Mexico, with over 700 evocative photographs, flourishes of poetry and an insightful foreword by noted writer, Tony Cohan, illuminates the remarkable beauty of the people, the markets, the art, colorful textiles, and it's beautiful architecture. This stunning 9-inch square, 224 page coffee-table book is a photographic journey through the history, culture and day-to-day beauty of life in San Miguel de Allende. A magnificently preserved 480-year-old Spanish Colonial city, designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008, San Miguel is considered by many to be one of the most picturesque towns in the world. Sitting at an elevation of 6,400 feet on a vast plateau in the Sierra Madre mountains, San Miguel is enveloped by luminous skies, richly colored walls, lush gardens, bustling markets, joyous festivals, an extraordinary array of galleries, exquisite shops and performances by world-renowned musicians and dance troupes - that all add to the richness of life in San Miguel.

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Cathi and Steven House, the founders and principals of House + House Architects, have received over 50 design awards for their work in California, Mexico, Africa and the Caribbean, and have been featured in prestigious publications throughout the world including two monographs, House + House Architects: Choreographing Space and Houses in the Sun: light movement embrace. Their studies of vernacular architecture have been published in Mediterranean Villages: an architectural journey, and in Villages of West Africa: an intimate journey across time, which document the people, villages and unique architecture. Cathi and Steven lecture extensively and created CASA, The Center for Architecture, Sustainability + Art, a study abroad program based in Mexico.

House + House Architects' work reflects Cathi and Steven's passion for soulfully designed buildings intimately responsive to their site and to their inhabitants.

www.houseandhouse.com

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