Cadaval & Solà-Morales nestles Casa de la Roca into Mexican woodland

Architecture firm Cadaval & Solà-Morales has used fallen and dead trees found from around this house in Mexico to imprint its concrete exterior, which is painted black to disguise it amongst the forest. The 300-square-metre Casa de la Roca is located in wooded mountains near to Valle de Bravo – a lakeside town to the west of Mexico City. Comprising three volumes laid out to resemble a Y-shape, the residence is built primarily from concrete, which Cadaval & Solà-Morales chose because it has the best stru