Sitting at the edge of the Sea of Cortez where the desert coast of San José del Cabo flattens toward the water, Viceroy Los Cabos was designed by Mexican architect José de Yturbe as a series of crisp white orthogonal volumes arranged to frame the Pacific horizon rather than simply face it. The massing — low, grid-faced towers stepping back from a central water axis — carries the cool geometry of Luis Barragán filtered through a resort brief, the stark white concrete planes reading against the blue sky with an almost monastic severity. At the heart of the composition floats a large woven-branch sphere, a sculptural installation that sits directly in the main reflecting pool, its tangled organic form set in deliberate counterpoint to the building's rigid geometry. The interiors pursue a similar discipline: rooms finished in warm oak millwork, white upholstery, and wide-plank timber flooring, with floor-to-ceiling glazing that eliminates any visual boundary between bedroom and sea. Terraces fitted with plunge pools extend the living space outward, while the main pool terrace — decked in ipe wood and furnished with dark-framed sun loungers beneath white canvas umbrellas — is organized around a long narrow infinity channel that draws the eye toward the beach. The open-sided restaurant, where round walnut tables and cane-backed chairs are arranged against travertine floors, completes a property that finds its coherence through restraint: everywhere, the architecture defers to the view it was built around.

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Viceroy Los Cabos is located in the heart of San Jose Del Cabo on the Coast of Baja California. Named the #1 Resort in Western Mexico by Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards and one of the World's Greatest Places to visit by TIME Magazine, the 186-room beachfront property faces the Sea of Cortes and embodies the essence of water throughout its architecturally stunning design. Resort amenities include multiple lively restaurants and bars, five pools (including one adults only) a luxury spa with 11 treatment rooms, and a state-of-the-art fitness center curated by Los Angeles-based celebrity trainer, Harley Pasternak. Escape the heat in the screening room to relax with a movie screening or enjoy sporting events or boardgames in the Games Room. The historic downtown area is just moments away by taxi or one of the complimentary bicycles available to rent.