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Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, director of this year's Venice Biennale, named 2016 Pritzker Prize Laureate

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Bicentennial Children’s Park, 2012, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL.

Bicentennial Children’s Park, 2012, Santiago, Chile. Photo by Cristobal Palma. Courtesy of ELEMENTAL.