A curved brick structure by architecture studio SANAA has been selected as the new design for the National Museum of Ecuador in Quito, following reports that locals had criticised the original winning design. More about SANAA proposal for National Museum of Ecuador selected after public backlash
A winning design for a new National Museum of Ecuador building in Quito by Spanish outfit Studio Alberto Campo Baeza and local studio MAODA has been called back by the government, with the studios claiming the move "breaks the transparency and integrity of a public competition". More about National Museum of Ecuador recalls Alberto Campo Baeza design after public backlash
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has released designs for a residential skyscraper in Quito, Ecuador, the studio's first in the city. More about Kengo Kuma bases Quito skyscraper design on "ancient ceramics"
Local design practice Studio Blur has created a concrete building with a sawtooth roof for the visual arts department of a school in Quito, Ecuador. More about Studio Blur models Quito arts school after Le Corbusier house
Local architecture practice Urlo Studio has based the design of a concrete-and-wood pavilion for cyclists on ancient Andean lookouts, embedding it in a sloped site outside of Quito, Ecuador. More about Urlo Studio embeds bike shelter into Ecuadorian hillside
Ecuadorian studio Al Borde Arquitectos has completed a compact laboratory in the Amazon using vaulted adobe construction for local community research to "break external chemical dependency". More about Al Borde Arquitectos uses adobe for "biosecure" laboratory in Ecuador
Taller General has completed a brick-and-heavy-timber house that plays on an A-frame system with glass walls to give residents a view of the surrounding volcanoes in Machachi, Ecuador. More about Taller General creates house that "emerges among volcanoes" in Ecuador
An adaptive reuse museum in Quito, Ecuador, has debuted a children's exhibition space that centres play and exploration at the core of early childhood development, under the direction of international design studio Morphism. More about Quito museum sets children's play area within historic factory
Ecuadorian studio Diez + Muller Arquitectos has designed El Pastizal, a house composed of a series of courtyards enclosed by board-formed concrete living spaces on a hillside in Machachi, Ecuador. More about Diez + Muller Arquitectos settles concrete house into Andean landscape
Ecuadorian architect Felipe Escudero has created a restaurant in the heart of Quito designed to celebrate the "climate-proof gastronomy" of its chef. More about Rippled reflective ceiling covers Quito restaurant by Felipe Escudero
Local studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has designed a concrete house with a large overhang and spaces designed to adapt to the varying needs of its residents near Quito, Ecuador. More about Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos creates adaptable concrete house in Ecuador
The Community Production Center Las Tejedoras in Ecuador, designed by architects José Fernando Gómez and Juan Carlos Bamba for a collective of women weavers, has won the Emerging Practice Award from the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize. More about Weaving centre in Ecuador "gives formal expression to local crafts"
Ecuadorian architects Ignacio Muñoz Bustamante and Javier Mera Luna have teamed up to expand a hotel with three new guest rooms constructed with metal vaulted roofs over stone walls in Papallacta, Ecuador. More about Wooden vaults sit on stone foundations at Ecuador hotel extension
From a complex designed by RSHP in Bogotá to skyscrapers made of interlocking volumes in Quito by BIG, we've rounded up nine recently completed skyscrapers across Latin America. More about Nine recently completed skyscrapers in Latin America
US studio PJCArchitecture has collaborated with local studio Juan Pablo Ribadeneira Mora Arquitecto on a two-toned house with a brick base in Quito, Ecuador. More about Brick and stucco meet for "harmonious flow" of Quito house
Urlo Studio has completed an "aesthetic and functional" gym and multi-sport club with a glass and aluminium pavilion with a composite facade in Ecuador. More about Urlo Studio completes steel pavilion for Ecuadorian sports club
Danish architecture studio BIG has completed the EPIQ tower in Ecuador, which consists of L-shaped stacked blocks that curve as they meet at the structure's centre. More about BIG completes interlocking EPIQ skyscraper in Quito designed as "buildings within a building"
Ecuadorian architect Juan Alberto Andrade has completed an extension to a multifamily housing complex with rammed earth walls in Guayaquil. More about Juan Alberto Andrade adds workspace onto multifamily housing in Ecuador
Architecture studio Natura Futura Arquitectura and architect Juan Carlos Bamba have created a floating house along the Babahoyo River in Ecuador. More about La Balsanera house aims to revive "tradition of living on the river" in Ecuador
Ecuadorian studio Gabriel Rivera Arquitectos has completed a brick house and riding school in the Andes Mountains, complete with a gabled roof and dogtrot breezeway. More about Gabriel Rivera creates brick house and riding school in Ecuador