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HUMAN NATURE

eeking out of the rich foliage of the Oaxacan jungle, on the outskirts of the stunning Mexican beach resort of Puerto Escondido, the Hotel Terrestre is earthy, strong, almost elemental, and yet, at the same time, otherworldly. Although newly opened, the building appears to belong to the land, like it’s always been there. It is just as its architect, Mexico City-based Alberto Kalach, intended: ‘The constructions are tucked into the landscape, as if they had been there for hundreds of years. A

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