Miller Hull

This U.S. Consulate is a Climate Machine Disguised as a Maya-Inspired Fortress

Source: ARCHITECT

6-10-2026 | News

By Paul Makovsky

In an era when American diplomatic architecture is increasingly defined by security barriers, hardened perimeters, and geopolitical anxiety, the new U.S. Consulate General in Mérida, Mexico, attempts something far more delicate: openness.

Designed by The Miller Hull Partnership for the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), the seven-acre diplomatic campus in the Yucatán Peninsula has achieved LEED Gold certification while drawing deeply from the environmental logic, material traditions, and spatial atmospheres of the region’s Maya and colonial architectural heritage.

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