Alejandro Aravena leans huge chimney against concrete house on Chilean coast
Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has hollowed the huge tilted volume of this weekend getaway along the Pacific Ocean in Chile to form an opening for a fire inside. More
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Chilean house Casa 14 by Alvano y Riquelme Architects has "more terraces than interiors"
Alvano y Riquelme Architects has built an angular house on a clifftop in Chile's wine region featuring an abundance of outdoor spaces that overlook vineyards. More
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Guillermo Acuña fronts his remote Chilean retreat with large wooden staircase
Architect Guillermo Acuña has added a wide wooden stair to an old boathouse as part of his self-designed retreat on a remote bluff in Chile. More
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Ralf Pasel and students use handmade bricks for boarding house at Bolivia school
Red handmade bricks and corrugated metal form this dormitory at a school in an Andean village in Bolivia, which was designed and built by Berlin architecture students and German architect Ralf Pasel. More
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Barclay & Crousse's award-winning Edificio E captured in movie by Cristobal Palma
Architectural photographer Cristobal Palma has created a film showing Peruvian firm Barclay & Crousse's concrete university building in Piura, which was awarded the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2018. More
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Chile's Guggenheim-inspired "caracoles" captured in photos by Cristobal Palma
Architectural photographer Cristobal Palma has taken a series of photos revealing the 46 spiralling shopping centres built across Chile in the 1970s and 80s. More
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Barclay & Crousse designs clifftop villa to blend in with the Peruvian desert
Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse used local stone, and cement with a reddish hue, to make this house on the outskirts of Lima match the colour tones of the Peruvian desert. More
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Elongated skylight illuminates stables in Chile by Matias Zegers Architects
A skylight that runs along the ridge of this stables near the Chilean capital of Santiago allows daylight to flood onto laminated-timber trusses that support its curved ceiling. More
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Smiljan Radić uses lantern-like skin to disguise concrete frame of Teatro Regional del Bíobío
A translucent concertinaed shell conceals the gridded concrete interior of this theatre designed by architects Smiljan Radić, Eduardo Castillo and Gabriela Medrano for the city of Concepción, Chile. More
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Smiljan Radić works on fire station and playground for Chilean civic hub
Architects Smiljan Radić, Eduardo Castillo and Danilo Lazcano teamed up on this community hub in San Pedro de La Paz, Chile, featuring a bright red fire station, raised black walkway and a playground. More
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Mobil Arquitectos designs Tierra Chiloe hotel for exposed Chilean island site
This boutique hotel by Chilean firm Mobil Arquitectos perches atop a grassy hill, with a glazed dining and lounge area offering ocean views, and a subterranean spa. More
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Teresa Sarmiento and Nicolas Tovo create light-filled narrow house in Buenos Aires
The living areas of this compact Buenos Aires house are flanked by full-height glass doors that flood the interior with daylight to make the spaces feel much larger than they are. More
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Timber-clad museum built on colonial farm in Chilean Patagonia
The ridged roofline of the Museo Regional de Aysen by Tirado Arquitectos and Bbats Constulting Projects references existing historic buildings on the site, and creates a sequence of dramatic internal spaces. More
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Barclay & Crousse completes "labyrinthine" university building in Peru
Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse has completed a wood-textured concrete university building in Peruvian city Piura. More
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Faceted house by Verónica Arcos sits in a Chilean forest clearing
Architect Verónica Arcos has used two layers of pine walls to create the angular shape of this house on the coast of Chile. More
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Alejandro Aravena's Innovation Center UC photographed by Cristobal Palma
These new shots by Chilean photographer Cristobal Palma reveal the monumental cube structure of the UC Innovation Center – Anacleto Angelini by 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate Alejandro Aravena (+ 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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Perforated shutters fold back to reveal apartments at Sucre 4444 by Esteban-Tannenbaum
Perforated metal shutters give this Buenos Aires apartment building by Esteban-Tannenbaum Architects an ever-changing facade (+ slideshow). More
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"Everyone is becoming an expert in image-making" says photographer Cristobal Palma
Facebook, Instagram and Flickr are posing a serious challenge to professional photographers and changing the way architects work, says architectural photographer Cristobal Palma (+ interview + movie). More
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Concrete staircase spirals up through Pezo von Ellrichshausen's Casa Gago
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
