This concrete innovation centre at a Chilean university by Santiago studio Elemental has deep recessed windows designed to cool its network of communal interior spaces (+ slideshow). More about Giant openings puncture Elemental's "monolithic" concrete innovation centre
Identically proportioned rooms are arranged in a grid behind the yellow-dyed facade of this house in rural Chile, designed by architect duo Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen. More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Meri contains 10 matching rooms and no corridors
This coastal home in Chile by architect Gonzalo Mardones Viviani is set down into a cliff so as not to disrupt sea views from the road running alongside (+ slideshow). More about Casa MO by Gonzalo Mardones Viviani nestles against the coastline in Chile
This charred timber cabin by Chilean studio DRAA is raised over a hillside on stilts to afford better views of the nearby mountains (+ slideshow). More about Charred Cabin by DRAA is a blackened timber shelter on stilts
Views of the Andes are framed by the steeply pitched roof of this A-frame house, designed by Santiago studio DRAA for a Chilean ski resort (+ slideshow). More about DRAA adds sharply pointed roofline to La Leonera Mountain Retreat
This pavilion in Santiago by Chilean studio Umwelt is made up of white steel frames that outline artworks, seating and small trees beneath a series of skylights (+ slideshow). More about Trees and exhibition stands line up with skylights inside Umwelt's Ambient 30_60 pavilion
Chilean studio LAND Arquitectos named this seafront residence Catch The Views House, because of the ways it sprawls outwards to frame as many vistas as possible (+ slideshow). More about Chilean seaside house by LAND Arquitectos designed to "catch the views"
Columns arranged in V formations support the overhanging roof of this idyllic seaside residence in Chile, which offers occupants panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean (+ slideshow). More about Casa Rambla by LAND Arquitectos faces out over the Pacific Ocean
A team of Chilean architects has completed a new business faculty for Diego Portales University comprising a pair of concrete boxes with balconies and terraces slotted over, under and through them (+ slideshow). More about Duque Motta & AA designs punctured concrete volumes for Chilean university faculty
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Chile's Silver Lion-winning pavilion at the biennale centres around a prefabricated concrete wall that is closely tied to both the country's political history and its 20th century housing stock (+ slideshow). More about Chilean Pavilion in Venice centres around a politically charged concrete wall
A vibrant turquoise door marks the entrance to this small asphalt-clad house in the Chilean countryside by local studio Mas Fernandez Arquitectos (+ slideshow). More about Maitencillo House by Mas Fernandez Arquitectos sits at the mouth of a Chilean valley
A terrace offering impressive views across the South Pacific is encased within the exposed structural ribs of this cliff-top house in Chile by Mas Fernandez Arquitectos (+ movie). More about Cliff-top house in Chile by Mas Fernandez faces out across the ocean
A spiralling concrete staircase connects the 12 platforms that make up this split-level house in San Pedro de la Paz, Chile, by Chilean firm Pezo von Ellrichshausen (photos by Cristobal Palma + slideshow). More about Concrete staircase spirals up through Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Gago
Architect duo Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen built this seven-storey concrete tower in the Chilean countryside to house their own living quarters as well as a studio for their firm (photos by Cristobal Palma + movie). More about Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Cien is a home and studio with a bumpy concrete finish
Chilean architect Smiljan Radic was named as the designer of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion last week, so we've collected together stunning examples of Chilean architecture on our new Pinterest board. See our new Pinterest board»
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News: Chilean architect Smiljan Radić has been named as the designer of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and is proposing a translucent domed structure of white fibreglass. More about Chilean architect Smiljan Radić designs Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014
Perched on a clifftop along the Chilean shoreline, this idyllic residence by architecture studio L2C forms part of a self-sustaining community that produces its own energy and water, and deals with its own waste (+ slideshow). More about Tunquen House by L2C sits high above the Chilean coastline
Chilean studio MAPA referenced local vernacular building techniques by placing two sheds within a larger one for this family house in the forests of the Andes mountains in Chile (+ slideshow).
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Architecture studio MAPA borrowed elements and colours typically used on colonial-style Chilean houses to create this bright red residence in a winemaking region near Santiago. More about WA House by MAPA references colonial-style Chilean residences
A diagonally stacked arrangement of cardboard shoe boxes covers the back wall of this footwear store in Santiago, Chile, by Move Architects (+ slideshow). More about Footwear store interior covered with stacked shoe boxes by Move Architects