Santa Cruz Residence, Guatemala

A residence in Santa Cruz La Laguna, Sololá Department, stands on a densely planted hillside above Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The house combines timber balconies, open-air upper-level construction, and corrugated roofing, building methods commonly used in the lake region’s steep terrain and mild highland climate. Santa Cruz La Laguna is one of several Maya communities along the lake’s shoreline, where homes, lodges, and footpaths are often built into the volcanic slopes that descend toward the water.

Photo taken in March 2020.