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Built largely from recycled materials, the home that architect Daniel Moreno Flores recently completed for an artistically inclined client in Ecuador oozes playfulness and creativity as well as a reduced environmental footprint...

Concerned by the rampant growth of cities across Latin America and the loss of endemic species, Ecuadorian design studio oficina de Diseño (odD+) has proposed the Sunflower Tower, a conceptual residential building inspired...

In 1835, Charles Darwin was the last person to officially see a land iguana on Santiago Island in the Galapagos. After that encounter, predators like the feral pig wiped the lizard population out of that location. Now —...

Ecuadorian architecture firm Natura Futura Arquitectura has teamed up with Frontera Sur Arquitectura to develop an inspiring example of social architecture in the town of Huaquillas, Ecuador...

Over the past few years, Chinese automaker giant BYD has been on a partnership spree with cities across China to electrify their public transportation systems, and now it’s extending its footprint across the globe...

Acclaimed architecture firm Safdie Architects has been tapped to design a new residential tower that’s expected to be one of the tallest in Quito, Ecuador...

Ecuadorian architecture firm Natura Futura Arquitectura has completed the Stilts House, an elevated brick home that opens up to the outdoors with a perforated facade...

State oil company starts second phase of drilling in one of the world’s most biodiverse hotspots

Move represents a tiny proportion of world production, but could embolden others to rethink their commitment to cuts

Design firm Arquitectónica transformed an 18-story tower in Quito, Ecuador into a slender urban sculpture that twists upwards to meet the sky. The building's animated exterior is matched by a deep green interior designed...

Philippe Starck is one of the most influential designers of modern times - and he's applied his signature style and environmental ethos to develop a striking new residential building in Ecuador...

First of 200 wells drilled close to controversial block of forest known to have two of the last tribes living in isolation

Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano has been classified as active since 1999, and recent new explosions have ejected ash nearly five miles high into the sky...

Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano has been classified as active since 1999, and recent new explosions have ejected ash nearly five miles high into the sky...

Using locally sourced natural materials, the architects managed to build the structure that can be easily dismantled and transported to different climatic regions on Ecuador...