Slow2 is the second work in the Slow Project series developed by designer Su Yang Choi through an auteur-driven approach to material and spatial design. First presented at Salone Satellite 2026 in Milan, the lighting installation reinterprets baramgil, a spatial principle from traditional Korean architecture in which doors and windows align along a single axis to create overlapping sightlines and natural ventilation paths.

Architecture in Ecuador mirrors the culture and landscape of the vibrant South American country. It is one of the region's smallest, yet it displays one of the richest diversities, both in terms of natural environment and the people that inhabit it. It is exactly this that attracted photographers Francesco Russo and Luca Piffaretti, who, equipped with their cameras, toured the country capturing its wealth of architecture – both historical and contemporary, but always innovative and site-appropriate.

For decades Europeans have been fascinated with design from the Latin American world. Brazilian modernism and contemporary Mexican architecture enjoy massive interest, which translates to tourism. Ecuador? Despite a circle of elite, internationally heralded architects operating in cities like Quito and Guayaquil, the built landscape is virtually unexplored by Europeans.

Ecuador's territory embraces a remarkable diversity of landscapes, ranging from the Pacific Coast to the peaks of the Andes, the vast expanse of the Amazon rainforest, and the volcanic Galápagos Islands. Each region of the country presents its own distinctive characteristics, reflected in its varied environmental, cultural, and social contexts.

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 Galápagos Islands, and cities such as Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca. The photographic documentation explores Ecuador's evolving identity through its contemporary architecture, examining how it engages with natural surroundings, urban conditions, and social contexts.

A shortlist of 24 images has been selected for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award. You can vote for your favourite image online. The winner will be announced on 25 March and shown from that date as part of the overall Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which runs until 12 July at the Natural History Museum in London.

Although commercial activity has faded, its history has left behind customs, systems and a strong culture that lives off the river and inhabits floating systems that live by and for the river.

Este proyecto para rehabilitar una vivienda flotante parte de la recuperación de técnicas artesanales locales y la participación de los residentes.

Nestled within the heart of Baños de Agua Santa, Ecuador, two lodgings emerge from the very quarry that once echoed with the sounds of excavation. Overlooking the Tungurahua Volcano, which had been active for two decades, the structures by architectural studio La Cabina De La Curiosidad transform into serene observatories, promoting tranquillity, reflection, and contemplation.

Designer Pedro Calle and El Sindicato Arquitectura construct Casa Perucho, a single-family house nestled in Perucho, a rural enclave within the Metropolitan District of Quito, Ecuador. Embracing its natural surroundings of mountains and green landscapes, the residence harmoniously coexists with nature.

The placeless reality of Nine Elms, where the starkly modern clashes with Victorian terraces, inspired Romantic enthusiast Francesco Russo’s photograph, Urban Beings V.

Le installazioni artistiche temporanee spesso appaiono all’improvviso sconvolgendo la percezione che abbiamo di un luogo conosciuto, come nel caso dell’ultimo capolavoro di Christo e Jeanne-Claude a Parigi.

Shot by eight photographers, Londons – The Polycentric City maps out the landscape of the capital from eight different perspectives, rejecting a single, monolithic view in favour of a fragmentary, multifarious mosaic.

Lockdown didn’t stop London from expanding outward and upward. Nor did it stop the urban-landscape photographers of Mass Collective from documenting the city creep. Early this year they despatched a group of eight photographers to eight satellite neighbourhoods, and the results – on show at the Building Centre until 4 November – are alluringly dystopian.

In England's Lincolnshire region, Evans McDowall Architects revisits the structure of a cooperative's exhibition center, updating its design and energy efficiency criteria.

The series is called Ruin or Rust because with my work I want to put forward a question to the public: are these structures ruins, in the romantic sense of the ruins depicted by the painters of the Picturesque art movement of the 18th century, or they are just rust that deserves to be demolished and replaced with new developments?

This week’s featured project comes to us from the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park, London. In the summer of 2018, The London Mastaba — created by famed Christo and Jeanne-Claude — made its debut to parkgoers as part of the Serpentine Galleries, then disappeared 3 months later.

The photographer Francesco Russo portrays in his project Ruin or Rust the structures that have become an integral part of the city’s urban landscape, investigating their state and potential.

As gasholders gradually vanish from the urban landscape, one photographer has devoted an entire series to chronicling the stark beauty and cultural significance of London's remaining gasworks.

Contemporary Cartography explores modern methods of mapping in the digital age, and how these address human experiences, climate change, and even the ways technology itself might perceive or misperceive the surrounding environment.