MAPA updates Chilean housing block with textured brick facade
Chilean studio MAPA has converted a vacant building in Santiago into an apartment block covered in zigzagging brickwork (+ slideshow). More
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Umwelt creates perforated concrete bunker for a television channel in Chile
A grid of concrete encases this television transmission centre on the summit of San Cristóbal Hill in Santiago, Chile, which has recently been renovated by architecture studio Umwelt. More
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Estudio Valdés reuses roof and structure of a derelict barn to build House at Lake Ranco
Trusses salvaged from an earthquake-damaged barn support the roof of this contemporary glass-walled summer cottage on the shores of one of Chile's largest lakes (+ slideshow). More
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Tennis court buildings by Felipe Assadi zigzag towards the Chilean coastline
A sauna, gymnasium, baths and caretaker's lodgings are housed in these four buildings at a seaside tennis court in Chile, which were planned by Felipe Assadi Architects to look like one long but disjointed building. More
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Concrete painter's studio by Felipe Assadi nestles into a rocky hillside on the Chilean seafront
This concrete painting studio by Santiago studio Felipe Assadi Architects is half-submerged in the cliffside gardens of a house on the Chilean coastline (+ slideshow). More
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Victor Gubbins pays tribute to Le Corbusier with concrete beach house on the Chilean coast
Influenced by Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, this sculptural concrete residence by Santiago studio Gubbins Arquitectos perches on the craggy cliffs of the Chilean coastline (+ slideshow). More
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GB House is supported by steel pillars to avoid disturbing its hilltop site
A large decked balcony raised on branching steel piloti provides views towards the Pacific Ocean from this house near the Chilean city of Concón by Santiago studio emA Arquitectos. More
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Ennead Architects chosen for Chile's subantarctic research centre
Ennead Architects has been selected to design a research centre near Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America, which will promote study and ecological tourism in the remote region (+ slideshow). More
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Timber-lined roof perches at an angle on top of Chilean seaside home
A slanted roof with a timber underside is elevated above this top-heavy house on the Chilean coast, designed by architects Alvaro Arancibia and Sebastian Coll (+ slideshow). More
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LAND Arquitectos rebuilds school devastated by Chilean earthquake
A school that was destroyed during the 2010 Chile earthquake has been rebuilt by Santiago studio LAND Arquitectos using simple white-painted pine (+ slideshow). More
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Chilean chapel will become Gaudí's first project outside Spain
News: a chapel originally designed by Antoni Gaudí for the Sagrada Família in Barcelona is set to be constructed in Chile, 90 years after the Catalan architect's death. More
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Guna is a top-heavy house beside a lagoon
Described by architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen as a "monolithic prism of concrete", this top-heavy house nestles into the hillside beside a Chilean lagoon (+ slideshow). More
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Rough-sawn pine used to build low-cost Hostal Ritoque in Chile
Chilean architects Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy were set a strict budget for this seaside guesthouse complex, so they used standard dimensions to get as much value as possible out of their building materials (+ slideshow). More
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Giant openings puncture Elemental's "monolithic" concrete innovation centre
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
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Meri contains 10 matching rooms and no corridors
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
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Casa MO by Gonzalo Mardones Viviani nestles against the coastline in Chile
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
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Charred Cabin by DRAA is a blackened timber shelter on stilts
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
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DRAA adds sharply pointed roofline to La Leonera Mountain Retreat
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
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Trees and exhibition stands line up with skylights inside Umwelt's Ambient 30_60 pavilion
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
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Chilean seaside house by LAND Arquitectos designed to "catch the views"
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