Hotel Escondido Oaxaca

Architecture Alberto Kalach

Architecture Alberto Kalach

A thinker, builder, and preserver, Alberto Kalach rescued the pre-Hispanic elements of the original colonialist house...

while conjoining it artfully with a new Brutalist build. The old building housing the communal part of the hotel is listed as a historical heritage structure, thus its façade has been fashioned in a manner that preserves the original aesthetics of the late 19th century. The contemporary tower has been added in such a way as to form an organic balance between the old and the modern.

Interior design Lucía Corredor, Cecilia Tena, Carlos Couturier

Recessed stone shelving, elegant archways, wide doorways that reveal handmade tapestries hanging on walls...

a sea of ochres and off-whites—together they create a warm, timeless, and wholly Oaxacan welcome. The entire hotel is custom made and locally conceived. All of the sabino wood furniture has been hand-constructed by master craftsmen. Prominent Oaxacan creatives, meanwhile, are responsible for the visual enchantments that span the property, from uniforms and robes to bedspreads, rugs, and beyond.