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The 100 Best Latin American Houses of 2025

Susanna Moreira & Valentina Díaz — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 07:30:00 +0000

Each year, the ArchDaily Curatorial team reviews the projects that resonated most with our readers, identifying the architectural trends and design approaches that captured the greatest attention throughout the year. Across our local sites – ArchDaily Brasil and ArchDaily en Español – residential architecture remains the most popular category, with projects built in Latin America standing out year after year.

House La Primavera / Nicolas Vicente

Valentina Díaz — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

La Primavera House is located in the rural area of Calera de Tango, in Chile's Metropolitan Region. Set on a 20,000 m² flat site, the project consists of a single-level family residence with a built area of 650 m².

Clinica Alemana Osorno Chapel / AM Arquitectura

Valeria Silva — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 03:00:00 +0000

The assignment consists of the construction of a place of worship for the Corporación de Beneficencia de Osorno (Clínica Alemana Osorno). This institution was created in the middle of the 20th century by citizens mostly of German descent and with the active support of the Lutheran Church. Thus, the creation of a new Lutheran Temple, a place of prayer and reflection for the clinic's facilities, but of an ecumenical nature, becomes important.

House with a Patio / Guillermo Hevia García + Catalina Poblete

Benjamin Zapico — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 06:00:00 +0000

During the multiple trips we have made to Lake Ranco in recent years, we have always been intrigued by a mid-20th-century shed located at the northern entrance of the town of Futrono, which has a structural system based on pillars, struts, and beams.

La Cumbre House / LKDM Arquitectos

Benjamin Zapico — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000

The project is located in Santa Maria de Manquehue, commissioned by a couple who acquired a plot of land with a large garden and a colonial-style house from the 1980s that did not take advantage of its surroundings.

Verde Sazón Restaurant / Estudio Well Interiorismo

Andreas Luco — Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:00:00 +0000

The neighborhood. Located in Barrio Italia in Santiago de Chile, one of the most important tourist destinations in the city due to the culture that develops in the place, where it stands out for having a variety of designer shops, restaurants of all kinds, along with innumerable streets where you can find old residences, which constitute a historical heritage. The encounter between heritage architectural elements and the variety of design styles impacts at first sight, that connection that exists between the old and the new, past and future, knowledge and pleasure, today it is a neighborhood to enjoy with friends and family. The design is born from 4 concepts; wisdom, natural, friendly and authentic. Concepts that reflect both the gastronomy of the restaurant and the place where it is located.

Ridge House / Estudio Diagonal

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Looking for new ways to traditional barn-house is one of the most common exercises in contemporary architecture practice, and even one of the most applied in the south of Chile.

3C2C House / Citic

Andreas Luco — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000

This is a residential single-family housing project on the south shore of Lake Rupanco, in the Los Lagos Region. The house is developed in three volumes or houses joined by two connectors (3C2C) transparent to the environment and the different views offered by Lake Rupanco and its surroundings. The shape of the floor plan is made up of three elongated and independent volumes, two of them with a second floor for bedrooms. This typology seeks to lighten the total volume of the house by dividing it into three, leaving some air between them, and allowing for trees to stand between the houses. In addition, the three independent levels of each one of the volumes are joined together through a light ramp.

Anoka Apart Hotel Boutique / AM Arquitectura

Valeria Silva — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Anoka, from the Yaghan language, meaning moon, is an Apart Hotel located at the “Typical area” of Frutillar Bajo, Lagos Region, Chile. It’s situated in between the urban area and the part of the hillside.

Riverside Cabin / Arce&Westermeier

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000

The commission consisted basically of a shelter for a university professor on the banks of the Calle-Calle river, in Valdivia, Región de Los Ríos. The site is located within the vicinity of the Universidad Austral de Chile, specifically in a west corner of the campus. The limited size led us to a compact form and the harsh southern climate induced us to think of architecture more focused on itself, one that would try to generate exchanges with the outside.

Casa WV / Cristián Romero Valente

Andreas Luco — Sun, 23 May 2021 08:00:00 +0000

The WV house is located on a gentle slope in the town of Los Molles, Chile. The volume of the house was worked horizontally and at the same time was rotated, in order to give all the spaces a leading view of the ocean and the Puquén biopark. The solid North East facade that faces the street was designed to provide privacy, while the other front allows to contemplate an open view, neat with large windows.

14K Building / Felipe Arce

Valeria Silva — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000

The 14K building is located in the Miraflores Campus of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences of the Universidad Austral de Chile. It is used by teachers, students, and private companies with the aim to generate an exchange in research and market opportunities in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Cerro la Cruz House / Turner Arquitectos

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:00:00 +0000

The topography of the site on which the Loma La Cruz House is emplaced, presents a significant height difference between the street and the front lawn. Such difference was used as a design advantage to create a solemn ascent towards the main entrance raising the ground floor and hence, making the house appear higher than it really is.

Los Cóndores Retreat / Duque Motta & AA

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The commission consisted of the remodelling and the expansion of a small family retreat in Farellones, a mountain village in the Andes Mountains, next to Santiago. The architecture and landscaping of Farellones have strong influences of European mountain architecture and American modernism of the mid-nineteenth century. The building in question is a faithful reflection of this identity, both in material and formal terms, with a stone plinth of local stones that adapts to the topography of the terrain, a wooden upper structure with a large window that opens towards the view, a dominating suspended terrace and a metallic monopitch roof.

The Stone House / Estudio Alinea + Pe+Br+Re arquitectos + Cristóbal Lamarca

Clara Ott — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Housing located in Puerto Varas, in the south of Chile. With an oceanic rainy climate, the project proposes the development of an efficient house in terms of environmental comfort, adapted to its climatic and landscape environment. Through the analysis of the microclimate, specifically the sun and the wind, the location is defined: near the south edge of the plot, in the highest part of the land near the river, facing north and with a turn of 15 ° to the west, taking advantage of the distant views of the landscape and the Maullín River.

Unforgettable Prefab Pavilion Plays with Light and Wind

Piedad Rojas — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Sarovic_Plaut Arquitectos’ latest work, “The Grater,” was the Bazar ED 2017 entry pavilion. Last November, Bazar ED’s 13th annual fair united design, decoration and trends at Santiago’s Bicentennial Park.

AVA Building / Marsino Arquitectura

Valentina Villa — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0000

The project tries (seeks or aims) to make visible the current moment of the city of Lima, and especially the neighborhood of Miraflores, in which the great cultural density of Lima is intermingled with cosmopolitan lifestyle. This is expressed in all the temporal spheres of society, reaching its best formal representations in literature, decoration and gastronomy.