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Between 1965 and 1967, Landa
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The master plan of Cancún consists of a 12-kilometer strip of hotels on a narrow island surrounded by the
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Verdugo's firm then began drawing the plans of the new tourist centers. In the case of Cancún, since there was no town in the site selected, the city was built from scratch. Ixtapa, on the other hand, was built next to the preexisting town of
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Other notable projects by architect Agustín Landa
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