Santiago: The Latest Architecture and News

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The School of Design at Universidad Diego Portales is pleased to invite you to the opening of session 2 of the project "Contemporary Design Discussions: Projections," a space for meeting, reflection, and forward-thinking regarding contemporary design practices.

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HOLDER is an initiative dedicated to highlighting contemporary Latin American design through its stories and creations. Founded in 2023 by designer Trinidad Davanzo and architect Camilo Palma, Holder Objects blurs the lines between an editorial platform, a design shop, and a gallery. Its constantly evolving catalog features a curated selection of furniture and artistic objects for everyday use, promoting prominent designers from Latin America.

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Standing prominently on the Alameda in Santiago, Chile, is a giant that has undergone significant changes in both name and appearance over the past 50 years.

The second edition of the "Premios MA 2023" seeks to promote and highlight the work of contemporary women architects in Chile, featuring two award categories: Emerging and Established. Both categories aim to identify and recognize architectural production in areas such as Housing, Public Architecture, Urbanism, Landscape, and others.

The Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) will host the book launch event for "Care and Territories in Latin America and the Caribbean: Experiences Facing the Challenges of Climate Change from a Gender and Intersectionality Perspective," at the auditorium of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU) at the University of Chile.

On November 16, the University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) will award an honorary doctorate to architect and 2019 National Architecture Prize recipient Miguel Lawner Steiman, in recognition of his distinguished career and commitment to social housing.

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"How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Way to Design" is part of the commemorative activities marking 50 years since the civil-military coup d'état in Chile. The exhibition focuses on the graphic and industrial design produced during the government of President Salvador Allende (1970–1973). It is co-produced by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Centro Cultural La Moneda (CCLM), with the collaboration of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation and the Goethe-Institut Chile. The exhibition will remain on view until January 28, 2024.

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The exhibition "Between the Lines: Twenty Influential Voices in the History of Architecture in Chile" will be open to the public until Saturday, July 22, 2023. The exhibition is hosted at Barco Galería para la Arquitectura, located in downtown Santiago (Santa Lucía 382, 1C), and is part of the project "Between the Lines: Modern Female Architects in Chile and Their Disciplinary Contribution," funded by the 2022 National Fondart grant from the Ministry of Culture, Arts, and Heritage. The exhibition can be visited on Thursdays and Fridays from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM and on Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

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