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Baja Club, La Paz, Mexico

For their 14th hotel, Grupo Habita cofounders Carlos Couturier and Moisés and Rafael Micha’s vision takes cues from the nearby Sea of Cortés. Formerly owned by the Cornejo family and known as Casa Antigua, the circa-1910 hacienda has been updated with a four-story extension, courtesy of Mexico City’s Max von Werz Arquitectos and Paris-based firm Jaune Architecture. The addition enhances the mission-style villa with a pool and spa, restaurant and rooftop bar, a central courtyard, and terraces overlooking La Paz Bay. The design of the 32 guestrooms and suites nods to local traditions. Green and red tones, for instance, are commonly found in Mexican earthenware, while metals, woods, and woven materials complement original ironmongery and the rough stucco façade.