This “Sea Snail” Home Is Built From Thousands of Tiny Fossils

Lanza Atelier salvages stone excavated from a building site to create a different kind of beach house in Cancún.
Photos by
EMM Studio

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Stacey McLachlan
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Stacey McLachlan is an award-winning writer and magazine editor living and working in British Columbia, Canada.