Two stone-walled volumes with grassy roofs are embedded into a rural site in Ecuador to form this house, designed by Quito's Rama Estudio. More about Rama Estudio embeds Casa Patios into rural Ecuadorian landscape
We've rounded up five residences in Ecuador that architects have designed to celebrate the small South American country's local materials and climate. More about Five of the best houses in Ecuador on Dezeen
Ecuadorian studio El Sindicato Arquitectura has built a 12-square-metre parasitic structure atop a building in Quito. More about El Sindicato builds tiny Casa Parásito on a rooftop in Ecuador
Rama Estudio has fronted this apartment block in Ambato, Ecuador with wooden louvres to encourage interactions between residents and passersby. More about Wooden shutters shade Edificio Criba apartments in Ecuador by Rama Estudio
Quito's Rama Estudio has used thick rammed-earth walls and large windows to prop up the slanted roof that covers this residence, built among a eucalyptus plantation in Ecuador. More about Angled roof tops rammed-earth walls of Rama Estudio's Casa Lasso in rural Ecuador
A series of gabled, brickwork volumes arranged around a grassy courtyard form this house in Guayaquil, Ecuador, designed by Chilean firm Felipe Assadi Arquitectos. More about Jagged brick roof tops Casa El Cortijo in Ecuador by Felipe Assadi
The glazed ends of this house in Ecuador, by local architect Emilio López, are larger than the building's middle portion to make the most of ocean and forest views. More about Emilio López builds house with bow-tie shape in coastal Ecuador
Sleeping spaces are suspended from the ceiling, and accessed by wooden steps and a walkway, at this 18th-century home renovated by Ecuadorian firm Al Borde Arquitectos. More about Al Borde turns old property in Ecuador into House of the Flying Beds
Existing trees were protected during the design and construction of this family home on the outskirts of Quito, created by Ecuadorian studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos. More about Gabriel Rivera designs Tacuri House for verdant site in Ecuador
Curved board-marked concrete walls wrap around the front of this residence in Quito, Ecuador, which local firm Estudio Felipe Escudero modelled on "the physical form of a hug". More about Casa Roca's curved concrete walls are designed to give an architectural "hug"