In southern Chile's Malleco Province, specifically in the commune named Los Sauces, stands this building that is part of the education ministry's drive to build eight small schools in Araucanía Region, where a high percentage of the population is Map
This theater in Panguipulli, a small rural municipality in southern Chile, in the region of Los Ríos, rises on the shore of the glacial lake it takes its name from. On a concrete plinth containing dressing rooms and services, the volume is actually t
A set of basic volumes that are easily recognizable to the children is oriented towards an arcaded courtyard in order to guarantee a learning environment free of external distractions. The exposed structure and the insigne pine wood finishes have the
Rising 130 meters, IQON is now the tallest structure in Quito. Located close to La Carolina Park, the new skyscraper – all of 55,000 square meters – offers residential, office, and retail units. It is characterized by its 'pixeled' facade of exposed
The firm of Juan Pablo Duarte Macaya and Hernán Fournies Aracena was commissioned to build a house in Frutillar, on the banks of Lake Llanquihue in southern Chile. In a region of low temperatures, abundant rain, and lush vegetation, the timber constr
On a steep hillside overlooking the fertile Maipo River Valley, the Chilean firm MAPAA – Cristián Larraín and Matías Madsen – has for a family enterprise completed small offices within three bays raised on supports over the slope and covered with bar
The planar building – a slender volume 75 meters long, 15 meters wide, and with 12 levels – can be interpreted as a solitary gesture. The orthogonal form of the plane dialogs with typologies present in the surrounding urban fabric, which is character
The project for the new embassy of Brazil in Santiago, Chile restores a 19th-century palace, adds buildings to the complex, and unifies them by means of a permeable skin of pinewood.
Held up by stilts, the five volumes that make up this hostal are built with a wooden structure whose dimensions and solutions take inspiration from the typical local architecture of rough-sawn pinewood.
