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Purifying the Soul in Puebla, Mexico
Just southeast of Mexico City, boutique hotel La Purificadora is the architectural equivalent of a shot of tequila: momentarily overwhelming, but ultimately makes your weekend go with a bang. If another architect had had their way with this former 1880s water-purifying factory, the end result might be a slap in the face for the baroque buildings of Puebla, but Ricardo Legorreta's sensitive reinvention is more a pat on the back. Combining the weathered woods, peeling paintwork and other original elements of industry with vast black-granite staircases, glass panels, vast beds, sexy dark wood floors and rich purple couches arranged around open coal fires, La Purificadora is an inspiring shrine to industrial chic.
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