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Low-Budget Urban Garden Uses Local Materials to Bring Quito's Community Together

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The social design from Natura Futura Arquitectura for a greenhouse in the warm subtropical climate of Nayón, Ecuador, the proposal approaches the use of local material resources in the construction of low-budget productive structures for the development of the collective.

The project, materialized with bamboo, wood and greenhouse plastic, is based on the basic geometrical figure of the triangle, proposing sectors with different levels of illumination for different types of farming.

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FF Houses / TEC Taller EC

FF Houses / TEC Taller EC - Housing, Courtyard, Facade
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Quito, Ecuador

Beyond Food: 10 Exquisite Restaurant Interiors

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Like architecture, food has a way of making us feel a sense of time and place. The act of eating together is ingrained in our human rituals surrounding spaces and how we inhabit them. The space that shelters us during our meal can be bustling or intimate, but nevertheless contributes our memories there, and the experience of eating at a good restaurant goes far beyond the food served in it. For it to be truly immersive, everything is thought of - from the shade of timber to the shape of your knife when you sit down to eat. 

We’ve gathered 10 examples from our archive of beautiful restaurants worth a visit – check them out below: 

Horizontal House / Juan Tohme

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Quito, Ecuador
  • Architects: Juan Tohme
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  255
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Graiman, Kare Design, Kubiec, Vertical

GAIA / Uribe & Schwarzkopf and Leppanen + Anker

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Quito, Ecuador
  • Architects: Leppanen + Anker, Uribe & Schwarzkopf
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  15000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Armo, Assin, Atu , Coheco. Mitsubishi, Disconelec, +6

Quito Publishing House / Estudio A0

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  • Architects: Estudio A0
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  ITVAL

PATCH House / ESEcolectivo Arquitectos

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Quito, Ecuador
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  230
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Ecopak, Ecuaroofing, Ideal Alambrec, Quito Hormigones
  • Professionals: ESEcolectivo Arquitectos

RETOÑOS HOUSE / ESEcolectivo Arquitectos

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Quito, Ecuador
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  180
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Deyesos, Edimca y Acymco, Hormipisos, Lámina asfáltica
  • Professionals: ESEcolectivo Arquitectos

Apartment Building Zambeze / Juan Pablo Ribadeneira Mora

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1500
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Aluminarq, Artisans Pifo, Avanti, Edesa, Eurogres, +8
  • Professionals: RFS Constructora

Cumbaya House / Diego Guayasamin Arquitectos

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Quito, Ecuador
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  900
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2016
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  ALPOLIC, Holcim, Lutron, Franz Viegener, Lea Ceramiche, +4

La Merced House / Emilio López Arquitecto

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Cubo House / Diez+Muller Arquitectos

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  • Architects: Diez+Muller Arquitectos
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

Call for Papers: First International Conference on Urban Physics

The First International Conference on Urban Physics aims to be a founding event for the numerical simulation of cities and megacities, which are facing worldwide critical problems, such as their dual participation - as victims and actors - to the present and upcoming climate changes. The conference will provide an opportunity for scientists from different disciplines (computer graphics, environmental physics, numerical models, renewable energies, urban planning ...) to confront their ideas and methods for the detection and analysis of physical quantities, in order to better manage the development of cities and

Call for Submissions: Good Practice in the Academy

The XX Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito (BAQ 2016)—under the theme “the useful classroom, best practices in the academy”—is looking for identifying local and worldwide innovative academic experiences that contribute to public interests. Such experiences include practices that can directly improve communities’ social, economic and environmental conditions, and that may be replicable as models that can be applied elsewhere. Tell us about your practical experience!

Halcón Building / TEC - Taller EC

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El Guarango House / Bernardo Bustamante

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Quito, Ecuador
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  108
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015

TEC Designs Artisanal Shopping and Cultural Center in Quito, Ecuador

Taller EC (TEC) has released the plans for the Plaza Artesanal Reina Victoria, a cultural project located in the northern, central part of Quito, Ecuador. Situated in front of a traditional artisan’s market, the new proposal consists of a set of autonomous pieces of different sizes connected by an interior plaza.

Glitch Bar / Rama Estudio

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  • Architects: Rama Estudio
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  237
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2015
  • Professionals: Rama Estudio