The world’s starchitects are reshaping Quito’s skyline

Jan 10 2023 by Fast Company

One local developer has lured Moshe Safdie, Bjarke Ingels, and other top architects from around the world to revamp the Ecuadorian city’s image.

In 2013, when Quito, Ecuador, closed the international airport that sat directly adjacent to its city center, an opportunity opened in the sky. Developers, long hindered by height regulations limiting how tall they could build, were suddenly able to get approvals on much taller buildings.

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