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COOL OVER 50
Photos: Courtesy Grupo Habita
Carlos Couturier Ups The Ante
In Cutting-Edge Design
And Sophistication
“The next time you see the smiling man in a beautiful
suit on a bicycle, say hello. It’s Carlos Couturier,
one of the founders of Grupo Habita.”
C arlos Couturier is overseeing the is Grupo Habita’s first foray into the US by ensconced in one of the DF’s hippest barrios
opening of Hotel Americano, the Mexico City-based boutique hotelier Carlos and housed in a French Neoclassical-style
company’s first hotel north of the Couturier and Habita. Habita represents eleven building; the kitsch Boca Chica in Acapulco;
border located in the heart of hotels known for their fun, cool atmosphere and the minimalistic interiors of Hotel
Chelsea, New York City. The Hotel Americano such as: The Condesa DF, an urban sanctuary Escondido, their newest project in Oaxaca.
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