Rómulo Moya Peralta looks at modern architecture’s impact on Quito, the first World Heritage City
Reporting from Ecuador’s capital city, Rómulo Moya Peralta argues that contemporary architecture is torn between paradoxes and contradictions.
To be local or global – is this choice possible? To what degree can
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