They Needed More Office Space—But Just a Little Bit More

In mid-2022, Juan Alberto Andrade, an architect and architectural photographer, and Cuqui Rodríguez, a communications professional with a self-described "architectural soul," were expecting a child. It wasn’t the Ecuadorean couple’s first collaboration: Since 2016, they’ve worked together through their Guayaquil-based architectural photography firm, JAG Studio, traveling around the country for photo shoots and taking on projects both locally and abroad. When at home, they lived and worked in a three-story multifamily building in what Juan calls the "messy but beautiful" Puerto Azul neighborhood.