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\n Mirador de Cristal, Daniel Moreno Flores + Javier Mera Luna + Jorge Javier Andrade Ben\u00edtez, Quilotoa, 2013. Image \u00a9 Francesco Russo<\/small>
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Between 2023 and 2024, photographers Francesco Russo<\/a> and Luca Piffaretti documented architecture and landscapes across Ecuador’s coast, the Andes<\/a> Mountains, the Amazon rainforest<\/a>, the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands<\/a>, and cities such as Quito<\/a>, Guayaquil<\/a>, and Cuenca<\/a>. The photographic documentation explores Ecuador’s evolving identity through its contemporary architecture, examining how it engages with natural surroundings, urban conditions, and social contexts. The resulting archive includes more than 40 projects by renowned local practices such as Al Borde<\/a>, Dur\u00e1n & Hermida<\/a>, Emilio L\u00f3pez<\/a>, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda S\u00e1ez, La Cabina de la Curiosidad<\/a>, MCM+A<\/a>, Natura Futura<\/a>, and RAMA Estudio<\/a>, among many others. The selection demonstrates how architecture can create high-quality spaces that respond to contemporary demands for sustainability and environmental responsibility by combining creativity and technology with renewable resources, despite ongoing economic, climatic, and political challenges in Latin America<\/a> and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Source: Photos \u2013 archdaily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Between 2023 and 2024, photographers Francesco Russo and Luca Piffaretti documented architecture and landscapes across Ecuador’s coast, the Andes Mountains, the Amazon rainforest, the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands, and cities such as Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca. 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