Elevating Vernacular Traditions Into Contemporary Organic Design
Our
ethos
Mexican architecture, in Romay’s view, embodies a rich layering of cultural inheritances: Mayan, colonial Spanish and Mediterranean traditions interwoven across time. His own designs are marked by minimalism, an exacting use of colour, and the seamless integration of nature and sunlight through courtyards, skylights and open spaces. Drawing on local materials such as palm roofs, carved stone and precious woods, he strives to reveal the grace of imperfection and to achieve a sense of timeless harmony.
For Ricardo de Romay, architecture is more than a profession; it is a way of life — an art form that celebrates place, tradition and the enduring beauty of nature.
the Architect
Ricardo de Romay is an architect celebrated for pioneering the visionary development along the then largely undiscovered Mayan Riviera and shaping the region’s distinctive architectural identity. Over the course of more than four decades, he has cultivated an organic style defined by an enduring dialogue with nature.
His practice has been deeply informed by lessons drawn from eminent figures, family and friends, among them John Lautner, Geoffrey Bawa, Frank Lloyd Wright, Luis Barragán and Le Corbusier. This cosmopolitan network, combined with his own international family background, helped forge a singular aesthetic language. In parallel, Ricardo undertook an extensive exploration of Mexico’s indigenous architectural traditions, materials and communities — from adobe (sun-dried mud blocks) to Mayan palapas (thatched-roof houses) — fusing these influences into a style at once rooted and innovative.
Captivated by the quiet beauty of vernacular craft, Ricardo developed an intuitive approach that lends his buildings their characteristic soft angles, organic contours and handcrafted presence — a personal reinterpretation of Mexico’s architectural heritage.
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