Archinect - News 2024-12-22T02:57:38-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/127523248/chilean-architecture-is-coming-out-of-its-shell Chilean architecture is coming out of its shell Alexander Walter 2015-05-18T13:41:00-04:00 >2023-09-06T10:46:09-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/18/18e8f5ab80551bf3d9ce0619acef96c6?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Chilean architects have begun to exert an influence well beyond the size and scale of their string-bean nation. [...] &ldquo;There are enough people working here in a way that shifts the art,&rdquo; explains Aravena, sitting in the middle of his firm&rsquo;s buzzing Santiago offices. &ldquo;There is healthy competition and there is critical mass. When you have a critical mass, you are not alone in trying to push boundaries.&rdquo; The result: remarkable buildings all over Chile.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>