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  • USB prototype by Holcim and Elemental

    Elemental presents "most radical" incremental housing design in Venice

    Chilean studio Elemental has collaborated with building materials company Holcim to present a stripped-back incremental housing prototype at the Venice Architecture Biennale that is built of concrete made with biochar and recycled aggregate. More about Elemental presents "most radical" incremental housing design in Venice

    Lizzie Crook | 8 May 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing was the most significant building of 2004

    Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we consider the legacy of Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing, which turned a relatively little-known Chilean architect into one of the profession's biggest stars. More about Elemental's Quinta Monroy housing was the most significant building of 2004

    Nat Barker | 10 January 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Elemental concrete home

    Elemental references "double condition of castles" for cylindrical home in Mexico

    Chilean studio Elemental has created a round concrete house called Casa del Tec outside of Monterrey, Mexico that is the prize of a raffle that funds higher education at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. More about Elemental references "double condition of castles" for cylindrical home in Mexico

    Kate Mazade | 22 December 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Qatar Auto Museum by OMA

    Herzog & de Meuron, OMA and Elemental to design trio of museums in Qatar

    Qatar has announced plans to build three museums designed by architects Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas of OMA and Alejandro Aravena of Elemental. More about Herzog & de Meuron, OMA and Elemental to design trio of museums in Qatar

    Cajsa Carlson | 29 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Ocho Quebradas by Alejandro Aravena

    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 about Alejandro Aravena leans huge chimney against concrete house on Chilean coast

    Eleanor Gibson | 8 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Elemental ends internships amid growing row over unpaid work in architecture studios

    Chilean architecture studio Elemental, led by Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena, has announced it is ending internships after getting caught up in a row about the practice of unpaid labour in architecture. More about Elemental ends internships amid growing row over unpaid work in architecture studios

    India Block | 27 March 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Alejandro Aravena at the Pritzker Prize press conference

    Alejandro Aravena makes housing designs available to the public for free

    Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, this year's Pritzker Prize winner, is releasing a number of his residential designs as an open-source resource to help tackle the global affordable housing crisis. More about Alejandro Aravena makes housing designs available to the public for free

    Jenna McKnight | 6 April 2016 | 19 comments
  • Alejandro Aravena

    Architects have no moral obligation to society says Alejandro Aravena

    Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: socially minded architecture is a choice not a responsibility according this year's Venice Biennale curator Alejandro Aravena, who has called for "professional quality, not professional charity" to deal with the world's issues. More about Architects have no moral obligation to society says Alejandro Aravena

    Amy Frearson | 23 February 2016 | 9 comments
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    Watch our short video about Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena

    Last week, Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. To celebrate, Dezeen has produced this short movie, which serves as an introduction to Aravena's work. More about Watch our short video about Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena

    Anna Winston | 21 January 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Centro Innovacion UC Anacleto Angelini by Alejandro Aravena

    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 about Alejandro Aravena's Innovation Center UC photographed by Cristobal Palma

    Amy Frearson | 15 January 2016 | 5 comments
  • Quinta Monroy Housing, Iquique, 2004. Photograph by Cristobal Palma

    Architects "are never taught the right thing" says 2016 Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena

    Exclusive interview: universities are failing to give architects the training that will enable them to find solutions for an imminent global housing crisis, says 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate Alejandro Aravena. More about Architects "are never taught the right thing" says 2016 Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena

    Anna Winston | 13 January 2016 | 45 comments
  • Siamese Towers at the San Joaquín Campus, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 2005

    Key projects by 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate Alejandro Aravena

    Following the news that Alejandro Aravena will receive this year's Pritzker Prize, here is a look at some of the buildings designed by the Chilean architect during his 22-year career (+ slideshow). More about Key projects by 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate Alejandro Aravena

    Amy Frearson | 13 January 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Alejandro Aravena

    Alejandro Aravena named as 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate

    Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has been named as the 2016 recipient of the Pritzker, architecture's equivalent of the Nobel prize, ahead of curating this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Alejandro Aravena named as 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate

    Anna Winston | 13 January 2016 | 20 comments
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    Alejandro Aravena named as director of 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale

    Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has been appointed as artistic director for the Venice Architecture Biennale, which will focus on the "battles to be won" to improve quality of life within the built environment. More about Alejandro Aravena named as director of 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale

    Anna Winston | 20 July 2015 | 9 comments
  • 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 about Giant openings puncture Elemental's "monolithic" concrete innovation centre

    Jessica Mairs | 5 November 2014 | 24 comments
  • Ruta del Peregrino: Crosses Lookout Point by Elemental

    Ruta del Peregrino: Crosses Lookout Point by Elemental

    Our fourth featured pavilion from Mexican pilgrimage route La Ruta del Peregrino is a precariously balanced viewing platform by Chilean architects Elemental. More about Ruta del Peregrino: Crosses Lookout Point by Elemental

    Kate Chiu | 25 June 2011 | 10 comments
  • Elemental Monterrey by Elemental

    This housing complex in Mexico by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena of Elemental is the winner of the architecture award in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Awards. More about Elemental Monterrey by Elemental

    Rose Etherington | 8 March 2010 | 22 comments
  • Quinta Monroy by Alejandro Aravena

    Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these images of Quinta Monroy residential development, designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena of Elemental. More about Quinta Monroy by Alejandro Aravena

    Matylda Krzykowski | 12 November 2008 | 35 comments

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