Tag Quito, Ecuador

19-12-2022

BIG designs IQON, the tallest residential building in Quito

In Quito, the capital of Ecuador, the BIG architecture studio recently completed its first building in South America. IQON is a mixed-use residential building with offices and commercial units which, with its 130 metres of height, has become the tallest building in the city.

17-12-2020

La Cabina de la Curiosidad for an original house

It’s intriguing how the name of the project by young architects Marie Combette and Daniel Moreno Flores in Ecuador, La Cueva della Mini Bestia, which translates as The Cave of the Tiny Beast, riffs off the name of their studio. The project involves restoring, or rather building, a small house in Quito for a couple and their dog.

20-10-2020

Escenario Alterno 02 by Taller General, an adaptive, sustainable project

The Ecuadorian architecture firm Taller General has created a small but far-reaching project in the historic centre of Quito. This adaptive reuse converting a tiny space into a home for one or two people is both economically and environmentally sustainable.

11-05-2020

A Forest, an interior design project by Aquiles Jarrín

The architect, Aquiles Jarrín, has completely refurbished a 1970s apartment in Quito, Ecuador, turning it into an urban forest. An interior design project that showcases some new ideas at a time when we lead our day-to-day lives inside the four walls of our homes.

11-12-2018

Alternate Scenario 01, a small but possible house by Taller General

Taller General architectural firm in Quito, Ecuador, has designed a small but versatile apartment for two students.

03-07-2018

DECK restaurant by RAMA Estudio, a LEED-certified restaurant

DECK is a restaurant designed by RAMA Estudio in the Ekopark complex in Quito, in a LEED-certified building, and the cheerful, welcoming restaurant also meets LEED certification requirements.

26-04-2018

Torno Co.Lab by RAMA Estudio

The young architects from RAMA Estudio, Ecuador designed the TORNO co-working space in Quito starting from an industrial shed.

08-02-2018

America’s best tall buildings at the 2018 CTBUH Awards

America’s best tall buildings completed in 2017 and nominated by the CTBUH as Best Tall Building America 2018.

22-03-2017

Can Design Challenge Disequality? Al Borde responds.

The organisers of this year's Curry Stone Design Prize - supported and funded by the Curry Stone Foundation - have assembled a group of 100 selected practices to join the Social Design Circle and some of them are also participating in its new platform: weekly podcasts called Social Design Insights that address a wide range of pressing issues.