Architecture in Ecuador: 16 Projects Rooted in Territory, Craft, and Collective Practice

Chaki Wasi, Artisanal Center of the Shalalá Community / La Cabina de la Curiosidad. Image © JAG StudioBetween the Andes, the coast, and the Amazon, Ecuador's architecture has evolved as a reflection of its layered geography, a place where climate, topography, and culture unite. Throughout the territory, architecture has been an act of adaptation: from vernacular traditions rooted in collective labor and local materials to the colonial and modernist influences that reshaped its cities.