MVRDV designs cluster of six interconnected skyscrapers in Ecuador
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released plans for six skyscrapers called the Hills, which will be built in Ecuador as the studio's first South American project. More
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Doméstico uses "habitable artifact" to organize micro apartment in Quito
Ecuadorian architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have made the most of the limited space in a micro apartment located within a new residential tower by Safdie Architects. More
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Wavy roof tops Ecuador home by Leppanen Anker Arquitectura
Ecuadorian studio Leppanen Anker Arquitectura took cues from traditional haciendas to create a sculptural house in the Andes Mountains that is made of stone, wood and clay. More
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Felipe Escudero arranges concrete house around central magnolia tree
Estudio Felipe Escudero has built an Ecuadorian house around a central courtyard, which features the firm's first furniture collection. More
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Slope House by El Sindicato Arquitectura steps down a Quito hillside
This home on the side of a hill in Ecuador was designed by El Sindicato Arquitectura to provide maximum privacy to its owners and their two daughters. More
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Valentino Gareri Atelier designs village made from 3D-printed cacao waste
Valentino Gareri Atelier has unveiled renderings of the Cacao Eco Village in Ecuador for local farmers that will feature 3D-printed buildings made from recycled cacao. More
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Learning Viewpoint by Al Borde overlooks an Ecuadorian forest preserve
Architectural studio Al Borde used blackened wood and a cement-coated canopy to form an observation deck and classroom in a protected natural area in southwestern Ecuador. More
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Giant shutters front Bardales fitness centre in Ecuador by Natura Futura
Ecuadorian firm Natura Futura Arquitectura has created a gym within a slender, multi-storey building that features an open facade covered with tall, wooden screens. More
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Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos combines eucalyptus and concrete in Quito home
Board-formed concrete imprinted with eucalyptus planks forms the exterior of this home in Quito, Ecuador, by local firm Bernardo Bustamante Arquitectos. More
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Ecuadorian houses
Ecuadorian houses
Al Borde integrates nature into Casa Jardin in northern Ecuador
Rammed earth walls and a glass outhouse feature in this rural Ecuadorian house by architectural studio Al Borde that is meant to challenge standards of comfort. More
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Plywood furniture turns 1990s van into mobile home for Ecuadorian couple
Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have transformed a Chevy van into a house-on-wheels for a young couple that includes a kitchenette, a fold-up dining table and a full-sized mattress. More
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Rama Estudio creates elevated addition for Casa Mirador in Ecuador
Architecture firm Rama Estudio has enlarged a small holiday home in an Ecuadorian forest by adding a glass-and-metal box that extends over the hillside. More
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Jean Nouvel releases new visuals of plant-covered Aquarela complex in Ecuador
New renders show Aquarela, a high-rise apartment complex designed by French practice Ateliers Jean Nouvel for Cumbayá, Ecuador, which will be covered in planted balconies. More
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Casa Ocal is a eucalyptus-wood house in the Ecuadorian mountains
Jorge Ramón Giacometti Taller de Arquitectura designed Casa Ocal to suit its hard-to-reach location in the mountains in the north of Ecuador. More
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Prefabricated Huaira cabin nestles within verdant farmland in Ecuador
Tetra Pak cladding shelters the prefabricated plywood structure of the Huaira cabin, which architects Diana Salvador and Javier Mera have built for themselves beside a river in Puerto Quito, Ecuador. More
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Carlos Zapata completes curved-glass Unique tower in Quito
New York City-based architect Carlos Zapata and Quito-based developer Uribe Schwarzkopf have completed a 24-storey glass residential building, which appears to be split in two, in the Ecuadorian capital. More
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Tactile 6M House in Ecuador nestles into its natural surroundings
A tactile material palette and floor-to-ceiling glazing characterise this Ecuadorian house, which Jannina Cabal has created for a family of five in the town of Samborondón. More
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David Guambo builds his stilted studio Kusy Kawsay in Ecuadorian hillside
Architecture student David Guambo has built himself a small studio in rural Ecuador with a straw roof and wood framing. More
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Pine-and-glass shelving encloses office in Ecuador
Architects Juan Alberto Andrade and María José Váscones have built a wooden office in Guayaquil, Ecuador with a wall of angular windows that pop open, as shown in these photos with people wearing coronavirus face masks. More
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Quito apartment A Forest House has a mini indoor pool
Concrete columns draped in greenery, steel beams filled with books and a small pool feature in this apartment in Quito, Ecuador that local architect Aquiles Jarrín has overhauled for a family of three and their dog. More
