JON is a multidisciplinary practice of commercial architects and design thinkers working across architecture, planning, interiors and innovation consulting.
“JON has been a game changer for us. I would recommend you take a closer look at this great design group.”
Horizons Galleria.
We deliver integrated design solutions that balance technical rigour, strategic insight and creative clarity for commercial, corporate and mixed-use projects.
Design is the deliberate act of turning complexity into clarity — a practice of shaping constraint into meaningful solutions that serve people and place.
— John F Grimshaw, JON Founder
What we do
Architecture: pragmatic, context-led building design focused on performance, constructability and long-term value.
Planning: strategic masterplanning and site strategy informed by urban context, infrastructure and user behaviour.
Interiors: workplace and commercial interiors that align spatial strategy with brand, wellbeing and productivity.
Innovation consulting: design-led research, service design and prototyping to test new business models, workplace formats and customer experiences.
Our Accomplishments
PROJECT SNAPSHOTS
Altitud-45
100,000 m² across twin 45‑storey towers linked by a dramatic skybridge, featuring a suspended spa above Mexico City that delivers panoramic wellness experiences, discreet luxury, restorative serenity, bespoke treatments and elevated social spaces for exclusive relaxation.
Multifamily, Huixquilucan, Mexico, 87,475 m²/941,411 ft²
Felix Cuevas
A new office building follows the site boundary precisely, maximizing footprint while respecting context. Thoughtful massing, daylighting, and circulation create flexible workspaces. Sustainable materials and clear access reinforce community connectivity and efficiency.
Commercial Office, Mexico City,9788 m2/105,325 ft²
Box Metapec
Anchoring the corner with confident massing and clear sightlines, inviting the street through generous entrances and active frontage, patterned glass filtering light, warm interiors with tactile materials, and refined retail offering thoughtful, elevated experiences.
Commercial office, Metepec, Mexico State, 7,298 m²/78,555 ft²
CDMX Tower
A new urban icon spanning 159,000 m²: a mixed-use hotel and office complex crowned by a dramatic 26-meter penthouse. Boldly articulated massing, premium hospitality, flexible workspace and landscaped public realms redefine the skyline presence
Mixed-use, Office, Hotel, Retail , Mexico City, 159,998 m²/1,721,600 ft²
Nexus 9
An adaptive environment that senses and responds to users. Biometric preferences tailor experiences in real time. Physical and digital realms converge seamlessly, creating immersive spaces where entertainment is reimagined through personalization, interactivity, and contextual intelligence.
Entertainment Retail, Design Thinking Prototype.
Laneways
An immersive gastronomic passage channeling Monterrey’s outdoor vitality: exposed concrete and reclaimed wood frame stalls celebrating diverse culinary traditions. Interactive kitchens, communal seating, warm lighting and tactile furnishings foster social dining and sensory discovery.
Outdoor Food court, Monterrey, Mexico3,232 m²/34,784 ft²
Roma 290
ROMA 290 stands as a case study in high-density, high-quality residential design. It proves that development in sensitive, beloved neighborhoods need not choose between modern design and contextual respect, nor between density and intimacy.
Multifamily, 18 units, Mexico City, 2,497 m²/ 26,873 ft²
Horizons Galerias
Horizons Galleria proves that the future of retail architecture isn't about selling objects—it is about designing environments that nourish the community, celebrate sustainability, and spark wonder at every turn.
Entertainment Retail Mall. Design Thinking Prototype.
Kukulcan Resort
Coastal high-rise sanctuary of 252 residences across Mexico, offering panoramic ocean views. Spanning 92,544 m², the development features private terraces, lush landscaping, communal amenities, and refined architectural detailing to maximize light, privacy, and coastal connection.
Residential Resort, Cancun, 92,544 m²/996,768 ft²
Pacific Place
We designed a coastal residential tower merging luxury and ecology: transparent resort podium, cantilevered balconies with solar shading, perforated screens, and a rooftop solar canopy to celebrate biophilic, sustainable living.
Residential Resort, Acapulco, 24,000 m²/258,333 ft²
Mapfre HQ
Column-free floorplates and LEED Gold–certified sustainability combine with biophilic design and direct subway access to create a resilient, health-focused workspace. This is the future of work: adaptable, efficient, and centered on human well-being and productivity.
Corporate Office Mexico City, 25,580 m² / 275,341 ft²
Matrix Tower
Fitting a 40‑story, 40,600 m² AAA office on a tight Paseo de la Reforma site required vertical strategies: a Sky Lobby above podium parking, a skinny core for flexible floors, spandrel glass concealing parking, and a dynamic double‑skin facade.
Commercial Office Mexico City 40,000 m2 / 430,000 ft²
Tower Maranta
Fluid balconies and softened edges transform this residential tower, balancing high-density urban living with organic, park-side elegance. The design creates layered communal spaces, enhanced greenery, and seamless connections to the adjacent parkland.
Multifamily,86 units Mexico City, 22,000 m² /236,805 ft²
Polanco Plaza
600 homes and 27,000 m² retail form a resilient mixed-use community operationally independent yet vibrantly connected. Distinct management ensures seamless functioning while shared public spaces and thoughtful design spark social life and economic vibrancy.
Mixed-use, Mexico City, 600 units 114,946 m²/1,236,207 ft²
Nuvocity
A 750,000 m² vertical micro-city: six iconic towers creating a new skyline constellation in Quezon City. Mixed-use, walkable podiums, lush sky gardens, integrated transit, and sustainable systems for live-work-play vibrancy.
Mixed-use, Philippines, 750,000 m² /8,072,920.64 ft²
Landmark Galerias
Landmark 85,000 m² mixed-use retail-entertainment complex in Puebla: dynamic, mixed-use destination blending immersive retail, cultural programming, flexible event plazas and landscaped public realms—designed to boost footfall, local commerce and civic identity.
Mixed use Puebla Mexico,85.00 m²/238,998 ft²
Galerías Insurgentes
Mexico’s original mall—reimagined: a luminous full‑height glass façade, soothing water walls, and a landscaped rooftop courtyard. Iconic, sustainable, and experiential—transforming retail into a cultural, social, and urban landmark mark.
Retail Mall Extension Mexico City, 22,212 m²/238,998 ft²
Coyocan 340
20 levels rising above, housing 446 residences defined by light-toned vertical fins and expansive floor-to-ceiling glazing, anchored by a transparent ground plane and immersive biophilic landscaping that blurs interior and exterior living.
Multifamily,446 units Mexico City,49,240 m²/530,114 ft²
KPMG HQ
An corner site at Periférico becomes a sculptural 23-level office icon: dramatic angled planes, juxtaposed solid and transparent surfaces, seamless glass facades deliver efficient corporate planning, exacting design and lasting architectural elegance.
Corporate Office, Mexico City, 27,000 m² / 290,520 ft²
Peninsula Plaza
A dynamic mixed‑use development combining contemporary office spaces, hotel and retail. Thoughtfully integrated public realm, flexible work environments and hospitality amenities create a connected, resilient urban destination.
Mixed use, Mexico City 153,893.25 m²/1,657,040 ft²
Horacio Plaza
Civic Centre, Polanco, Mexico City. 14,275 m². Reimagined civic hub consolidating municipal offices, community services, cultural facilities and retail into a single institutionally expressed building that actively engages the public realm.
Civic Facility, Mexico City, 14,250 m²/153,385 ft²
Ford Product Development Campus
Ford’s new 42,000 m² offices and 27,000 m² R&D center form a landmark innovation campus. Topography-driven design integrates landscape and buildings, accommodating 3,000-vehicle parking while fostering collaboration, sustainability, and cutting-edge automotive research.
Campus, Mexico, 152,249 m²/1,638,485 ft²
High Park Polanco
A 115,000 m² brownfield becomes a vibrant mixed‑use community: boutique residences and hotel, retail, expansive central terrace, integrated wellness facilities, green corridors, sustainable infrastructure, active public spaces, and connected urban life.
Multifamily, 600+ units, Mexico City, 115,000 m²/1237,848 ft²
Total Play HQ
Built with environmental sustainability and biophilic design, the column-free core and expansive floor plates deliver efficiency and flexibility. Features include 100% valet parking, ground-floor retail, green views, water elements, natural materials, and LEED CS certification.
Corporate office, Mexico City, 32,370 m²/348,388 ft²
Camino Real Santa Fe
This conference hotel prioritizes clarity and flexibility: adaptable, multi‑functional spaces accommodate meetings, seminars and corporate events of any scale. Complementary breakout rooms, executive lounges, varied dining venues and a commanding reception lobby complete the program.
Conference Hotel, Mexico City, 300 keys, 41,000 m²/441,160 ft²
Perennial Place
The project merges biophilic design with architectural innovation through undulating concrete floorplates, cantilevered private planters, and a seamless indoor-outdoor ground-level amenity deck, crowned by a delicate steel pergola to form a responsive, sustainable luxury high-rise ecosystem.
Multifamily, 48 units, Mexico City, 24,000 m²/258,333 ft²
Rio San Joaquin
Spanning 38,000 m2 across 25 levels, this 330-unit corporate rental tower features a bold charcoal facade, 360 basement parking stalls, and comprehensive resident amenities. Its permeable ground floor seamlessly blends upscale urban living with vibrant public green spaces.
Corporate Multifamily, 330 units, Mexico City, 38,000 m²/409,028 ft²
Jogo Beach
This luxury eco-resort on Jogo Beach is a sanctuary for holistic renewal. Rooted in Tri Hita Karana, 30 teak-and-rammed-earth villas and a 40-key hotel regenerate nature, nurture community connections, and restore body, mind, and spirit.
Eco-Hotel, Lombok, Indonesia
Bahlay
3D vector land mapping precisely positioned four luxury apartment blocks on an environmentally sensitive, narrow-frontage site. All 27 units retain unobstructed sea views, privacy, and space. Off-site parking, elevators, walkways, organic pool and landscaping create a sustainable oasis.
Residential Resort, Acapulco, 1,771.0 m²/19,068 ft²
Westin Santa Fe
Located in Santa Fe’s new financial extension, this 13‑storey, 266‑key business hotel features 8 levels of underground parking, 10 floors of luxury suites, 1,500 m²+ ballroom and restaurant, exclusive spa and timeless façade.
Business Hotel, Mexico City, 42,000 m² / 451,920 ft².
Galerías Tabasco
A transformative two-level retail expansion redefines modern shopping. Linked by a glass sky bridge, a sunlit atrium, warm sustainable wood interiors, and a public green roof unify mall and city park.
Retail mall, Tabasco, Mexico State, 25,724 m²/276,741 ft²
Roma 48
A bold prototype for vertical urban living: a mixed-use tower comprising 728 residential homes, active retail at the base, and a dedicated parking podium—delivering 103,507 m² of thoughtfully integrated, future-ready urban habitat and amenities.
Multifamily, 728 units Mexico City, 103,507 m²/1,114,519 ft²
Galerias Remodel Insurgentes
Interior-only remodel of an iconic Mexico City mall revitalises circulation, lighting and materiality to enhance retail experience, preserve cultural character and introduce flexible, contemporary interiors that boost dwell time, accessibility and long-term commercial resilience.
Retail Mall, Mexico City, 9,306 m²/100,186 ft²
Park Plaza
Two office towers integrate ground-floor retail and a freestanding 266‑key hotel in a large mixed-use development. An undulating facade swoops inward and outward across a cascading site, creating a timeless, dramatic urban hub in Santa Fe..
Mixed-use, Mexico City 220,000 m² / 2,367,200 ft²
Westin GuadaIajara
Conceived a 20‑storey luxury business hotel as a civic landmark: six basement parking levels, three podiums housing world‑class business facilities, and 17 levels of suites. A 400 m² ballroom and garden‑terraced restaurant frame unforgettable hospitality located beside regional Convention Centre.
Convention Hotel, Guadalajara, Mexico, 26,000 m2 / 279,760 ft²
World Plaza
The design challenge was achieving competitive efficiencies within a tight footprint. A side core and compact three-way fire stair enabled a column-free typical floor. Flexible reception “soft spots” allow additional inter-floor stairs for multi-floor tenants—blending commercial needs with timeless architecture..
Commercial Office Mexico City, 52,000 m² / 559,520 ft²
BG Group
BG Group Mexico offices were conceived as a sustainable, flexible workplace that integrates local materials, varied collaborative zones, adaptable workstations, cultural references, clear circulation, efficient services, acoustic strategies, and enhanced customer engagement.
Corporate Interior — CDMX, Mexico
Centro Banamex
Engineered as a dynamic event platform, this venue offers a 14,400 sqm column-free Gran Salón with 25m ceilings, modular combinable halls, 20+ adaptable meeting rooms, efficient logistics with direct truck access and 21 loading docks, seating 1,084 to 12,000 attendees.
Teknion Showroom
Corporate Interior — CDMX, Mexico
CUI Tower
A cascading façade sculpts dramatic presence from a simple, efficient diagram. On a constrained site, a central drive-through drop-off and side core optimize circulation while an angled punched roof and textured glass mirror the sky.
Commercial Office, CDMX, Mexico Size: 43,433 m² / 467,339 ft²