Contemporary Costa Rican coastal hotel combines modern design and traditional craftsmanship. Stepping down a steep hillside and overlooking the ocean, Mint Santa Teresa is a new hotel that blends a European design aesthetic with Costa Rican craftsmanship – created to ensure that guests can commune with nature, each other and local people. The Swedish owners fell in love with Santa Teresa as a surfing paradise, as well as its burgeoning yoga community. Inspired by Greek architecture, minimalism, and Scandinavian design, they commissioned Studio Saxe who have developed a reputation for their approach to architecture that harmonizes with tropical landscapes.

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Architects: Studio Saxe

Location: Playa Santa Teresa, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Design Director: Benjamin Garcia Saxe

Project Architect: Cesar Coto

Area: 660.0 m2

Project Year: 2018

Photographs: Andres Garcia Lachner

Project Coordinator: Laura Morelli

Structure Engineer: Sotela Alfaro Ltda.

Electromechanical Engineer: Dynamo Studio

Builder: Matta Duran

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Text description provided by the architects. Contemporary Costa Rican coastal hotel combines modern design and traditional craftsmanship. Stepping down a steep hillside and overlooking the ocean, Mint Santa Teresa is a new hotel that blends a European design aesthetic with Costa Rican...