2016 Pritzker Prize Winner Alejandro Aravena's Work in 15 Images

14:00 - 20 January, 2016
by Diego Hernández

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2016 Pritzker Prize Winner Alejandro Aravena's Work in 15 Images

2016 Pritzker Prize Winner Alejandro Aravena's Work in 15 Images, © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma — © Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

Alejandro Aravena is the first Chilean architect to ever receive a Pritzker Prize. Praised for reviving the socially engaged architect, the 48-year-old architect and executive director of ELEMENTAL has proved architecture's ability to solve pressing global issues through his diverse portfolio. Read on to see 15 projects that exemplify Aravena's contribution to architecture so far.

Mathematics School - 1999

© Tadeuz Jalocha

St Edward's University - 2008

© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

Ayélen School - 2015

Courtesy of ELEMENTAL

Writer's Cabin - 2015

Courtesy of ELEMENTAL

Children's Bicentennial Park - 2012

© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

Las Cruces Lookout Point - 2010

© Iwan Baan

UC Innovation Center - 2014

© Nina Vidic

© Nico Saieh

Novartis Campus - Under Construction

Courtesy of ELEMENTAL

UC Medical School - 2004

© Roland Halbe

Constitución Cultural Center - 2015

© Felipe Díaz Contardo

Villa Verde Housing - 2010

© Suyin Chia

Quinta Monroy - 2003

© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

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Cite: Diego Hernández. "2016 Pritzker Prize Winner Alejandro Aravena's Work in 15 Images" 20 Jan 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/780617/2016-pritzker-prize-winner-alejandro-aravenas-work-in-15-images/> ISSN 0719-8884