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post updated 21 September 2025

Ecuador Architecture Designs – chronological list

Ecuador Architectural News, chronological:

20 September 2025
Vortex House, Quito, Ecuador property
Architecture: A1 Arquitectura Avanzada

photo courtesy of architects office

24 July 2025
Andes House in Puembo
Architects: Correa+Fatehi | ODD

photo : BICUBIK

24 March 2025
Hidden Stone House in Puembo, Pichincha
Architects: A1 Arquitectura Avanzada

photo : Paolo Caicedo

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17 July 2023
Quinta Alegria Part 1, Puembo
Architects: Najas Arquitectos

photo : Bicubik
Located in the picturesque Puembo Valley, to the east of the vibrant city of Quito, the architect office was commissioned to develop a collection of nine modern residences designed for a group of families who longed for a contemporary lifestyle in a countryside setting. Each house is unique and tailored to the characteristics of its respective lot, blending modern architecture with the natural beauty of the surroundings.

Interlace House, Puembo

4 May 2023
Qondesa Tower, Quito, Pichincha
Architecture: MAD Architects

image © Plomp
Quito, a city of coexisting contrasts influenced by its diverse ecosystems, ethnicities and traditions, is the capital of Ecuador and a UNESCO world heritage site, which features the best-preserved and least altered historic center in South America. MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has revealed its first mix-use project Qondesa – soon to be Quito’s tallest building.

Mezze House #2, Pichincha

23 Mar 2023
Concrete House, Pichincha
Architecture: A1 Arquitectura Avanzada

photo : Simple Light
The Concrete House project is developed from the conformation of 2 independent programmatic elements. Between them an empty space is generated whose main function is to transmit specific sensory perceptions of tension, attraction and step.

1 Mar 2023
Alambique House, Quito, Pichincha
Architecture: Najas Arquitectos

photo : Sebastian Crespo
Nestled between the Chiche and Guambí rivers in the Puembo region near Quito lies El Alambique – a house that’s as stunning as it is functional. The site’s sloped conditions posed a unique challenge: how to create a 70% first-floor program while preserving a flat internal garden that fluidly connected to indoor and outdoor activities.

17 Jan 2023
Vertigo House, Quito, Pichincha
Architecture: Najas Arquitectos

photo : Bicubik Photography
Vertigo House is a great example of a project which arises from physical limitations and could only be the result of its unique site and the client’s willingness to invest in a parcel which was considered useless for its steep slope.

More Ecuador Architecture News online at e-architect soon.

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Ecuador Architecture News 2022

Ecuador Architecture News in 2022

7 December 2022
IQON Quito mixed-use building
Design: BIG

photo : BICUBIK
Traditionally a city of dense low-rise buildings, the skyline of Quito was re-imagined following the relocation of the city-center airport over a decade ago. With the skyline able to grow upwards, Uribe Schwarzkopf hired BIG in 2017 to design IQON – a 390,000 sq ft mixed-use residential building, including 215 residences, commercial units, office spaces, and a variety of amenities.

30 May 2022
The Hills Apartment Towers, Guayaquil – Puerto Santa Ana
Architecture: MVRDV

render © MVRDV
MVRDV has revealed the design for The Hills, the firm’s first project in South America. Designed for Quito-based developer Uribe Schwarzkopf, the project is located on the Guayas riverfront in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

24 Feb 2022
New House in Arrayanas
Architecture: Estudio Felipe Escudero

photos : Haley Lee & Saul Endara
Modernism famous motto “a house is a machine for living in” takes on different meanings as we move from the machine age into the digital one. What makes a house special is that you are designing a specific lifestyle for a specific person in a specific time and place.

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Ecuador Architecture News in 2020

11 Dec 2020
Aquarela Apartments Quito
Architecture: Espinoza Carvajal Arquitectos

image © Ateliers Jean Nouvel. Associated architect
Jean Nouvel and Uribe Schwarzkopf unveil first phase of Aquarela, an innovative new residential development in Quito, Ecuador. First phase of the striking new building project opens a suite of extraordinary amenities, from an ice-skating rink to a bowling alley to a music room and more.

post updated 14 Nov 2020
Casa Los Chillos Ecuador Residence, Valle de los Chillos, Cuenca Canton
Design: Diez + Muller Arquitectos

photo : Sebastían Crespo Camacho
The design of this house in Valle de los Chillos arises from previous research and understanding of the regional architecture of the Ecuadorian highlands, and how it engages with a modern system through understanding the place, tectonics and space of each, creating a tension between the two systems.

12 Nov 2020
UEPM Classrooms, Quito

2 Jun 2020
EPN University Library, Quito
Design: Ordonez Arquitectos

visualization : SOMA studio
The building stands out through the precise use of geometry, expressing an exo-structure formed by a diamond pattern in the skin. Sequential double-height spaces of the reading areas flow along a strip of glass expressed on the pattern.

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Ecuador Architecture News in 2019

9 May 2019
House AO in Otavalo
Architecture: Studio Alfa

photograph : Bicubik
This modern Otavalo property is located within a context where landscape is one of the core conditioning factors for its design. The client requested that the main spaces take part of the best views; the architectonic response was to propose spatiality where the user, the architecture, and the setting would dialogue.

2 May 2019
EPIQ Building in Quito
Architecture: BIG

image courtesy of architects office
BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group architectural design “inspired by Natural Beauty, Diversity, and Community of the City”.

1 Apr 2019
Machala Hospital Building in El Oro province
Architects: PMMT architecture studio

photograph © Bicubik
Described by this architectural office as a paradigm Of “fluid hospital”, A New Typology Of Radically Flexible, Adaptable And Extendible Healthcare Buildings

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Ecuador Architecture News 2010 – 2018

Ecuador Architecture News in 2018

8 Nov 2018
Casa Tacuri in Nayón, Quito
Architecture: Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos

photograph : BICUBIK Photography
Tacuri is a place located in the Nayón area of the city of Quito. It is a fascinating place due to its microclimate, flora, fauna and exceptional view of the Cumbayá Valley.

31 Oct 2018
Casa Ortega in Sangolquí
Architects: Estudio A0

photograph : Sebastián Crespo
The commission was clear: a home with two pavilions, one for Raúl and his latent family, another one for his parents. Two houses in one: independent and interdependent.

20 Aug 2018
Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito 2018 Competition, Ecuador, South America

image Courtesy architecture office

5 Jan 2018
Diffuse Borders Residence in Quito
Design: arquitectura x

photo : Bicubik, Sebastián Crespo, Andrés Fernández
This project became a house in the process, its actual configuration decided during construction, its final purpose still undecided. Uncertainty and vagueness become the strategies and the tools for constructing a series of spaces which solve the family´s needs, based on two fixed requirements: a field for playing football and a barbeque for entertaining.

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10 May 2017
PD House in Puembo, Club Los Arrayanes, Puembo
Design: Gabriel Rivera Arquitecto

photo : Arq. Gabriel Rivera
Located in Los Arrayanes Club, in Puembo, PD House is a composition of habitable walls and volumes, which gathered under the light, create architecture. The irregular shaped lot with a 1 400 m2 area, provides the rear border with a magnificent view towards a golf course.

9 May 2017
Puerto Cayo House in Manabí
Design: Gabriel Rivera Arquitecto

photo : Sebastián Crespo
The Puerto Cayo House, is a project where time passes slowly and life is enjoyed at its best. A place that invites us to meet again with our essence and leads us to understand that we are part of a whole, part of nature, part of the universe.

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16 Dec 2016
Gaia Building in Quito
Design: Leppanen + Anker architects

photograph : Sebastián Crespo
This is a crisp 14 story, 15,000 sqm mixed-use building: commercial on the lower floor, offices for the next four floors and residential units on the next nine floors.

12 Nov 2016
Cotacachi House, Imbabura
Design: arquitectura x

photograph : Sebastian Crespo
A retreat amid the northern Andes in a small town, two hours north of Quito, an orchard site in a valley 2470 meters above sea level, between the Imbabura and Cotacachi mountains, to the east and west respectively. The couple required a design proposal in 4 days before going home, or they will sell the site.

5 Feb 2016
Quitowers in Quito
Design: Chapman Taylor, Architects

image Courtesy architecture office
Quitowers is a new residential tower project in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. At 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level, Quito is the highest official Capital city in the world.

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17 Jan 2011
Plus House, Puerto Cayo
Design: WE architecture

image from architect
The house is formed at a plus or a cross, where one of the boxes is placed perpendicular on the coast line, following the terrain down the slope and the other is places along the same high of the hill crossing the other box in the middle.

17 Jan 2011
Triangular House, Puerto Cayo
Design: WE architecture

picture from architects
The generous climate and beautiful surroundings of Puerto Cayo represents a unique possibility of developing a future settlement which will attract residents from not only Ecuador but other countries as well.

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17 Apr 2008
Quito Trees House
Design: Arquitectura X

photograph : Sebastian Crespo
Designed for a young couple with three small children, the house is located within a tree garden full of a diversity of local species of considering age and size distributed over a very generous area; the site was cared for by the couple for several years before deciding to build.

17 Apr 2008
Observatory House – Casa Observatorio, Quito
Design: Arquitectura X

image : Sebastian Crespo

17 Apr 2008
Quito House 3
Design: Arquitectura X

picture : Sebastian Crespo
Located on a valley to the east of Quito, the area enjoys a temperate climate all year round and is a privileged setting due to its proximity to the local mountain ranges. The built context consists mainly of colonial style houses with a total disregard for the local topography, landscape or climate.

17 Apr 2008
Castillo Hermanos Quito Hardware Store
Design: Arquitectura X

picture : Sebastian Crespo
The client decided to build a structure (for the first time) designed specifically for its large storage, offices and sales requirements. A site was chosen, located at the south end of the city on the main access route to Quito, in an area that is chaotically consolidating with multiple uses.

15 Apr 2008
X House – Ecuador House, Tumbaco Valley, Quito
Design: Arquitectura X

photo : Sebastian Crespo
When the architects started to design their own house, not having a site, they set out an elemental scheme that could work both in Quito and the valleys east of the city; this meant distilling their experience into an abstracted form, that could be placed in any likely site.