Casa de Carmen
Though geographically tropical, Baja California Sur—the southern portion of Mexico’s thousand-mile-long peninsula stretching between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez — is technically part of the Sonora Desert. Its arid climate and parched terrain a
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Tropics
casa de carmen
LOCATION
Baja California Sur, Mexico
ARCHITECTURALFIRM
DESIGNERS
YEAR
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects
Marsha Maytum and Roberto Sheinberg
2001
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