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Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, director of this year's Venice Biennale, named 2016 Pritzker Prize Laureate
Alejandro Aravena. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Writer’s Cabin, 2015, Jan Michalski Foundation, Montricher, Switzerland. Photo by +2 Architectes. Image courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Las Cruces Pilgrim Lookout Point, 2010, Jalisco, Mexico. Photo by Iwan Baan. Image courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Constitución Seaside Promenade, 2014, Constitución, Chile. Photo by Felipe Diaz, courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Quinta Monroy Housing, 2004, Iquique, Chile. Photos by Cristobal Palma — Left: “Half of a good house” financed with public money. Right: Middle-class standard achieved by the residents themselves. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. St. Edward’s University Dorms, 2008, Austin, Texas, USA. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. St. Edward’s University Dorms, 2008, Austin, Texas, USA. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. St. Edward’s University Dorms, 2008, Austin, Texas, USA. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. UC Innovation Center – Anacleto Angelini, 2014, San Joaquín Campus, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Nina Vidic. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Siamese Towers, 2005, San Joaquín Campus, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, University classrooms and offices. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Siamese Towers, 2005, San Joaquín Campus, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, University classrooms and offices. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Quinta Monroy Housing, 2004, Iquique, Chile Photos by Cristobal Palma — Left: “Half of a good house” financed with public money. Right: Middle-class standard achieved by the residents themselves. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Medical School, 2004, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Roland Halbe. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Medical School, 2004, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Roland Halbe. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Architecture School, 2004, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Martín Bravo. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Mathematics School, 1999, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Tadeuz Jalocha. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Mathematics School, 1999, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Tadeuz Jalocha. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL. Bicentennial Children’s Park, 2012, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL.

Medical School, 2004, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Roland Halbe. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL.
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Medical School, 2004, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Roland Halbe. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL.