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  • Alejandro Aravena
    Award-winning Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena on rebuilding a city after a natural disaster
    Aravena’s work sits at the intersection of public interest and social impact, addressing issues of housing, public space, infrastructure, and transportation. >
  • alejandro aravena's award-winning uc innnovation centre
    Alejandro Aravena’s UC Innovation Centre wins 2015 Design of the Year Award for Architecture
    London’s Design Museum selects the Chilean’s university building over 15 other acclaimed nominees. >
  • Alejandro Aravena: Elemental housing solution in Santa Catarina, Mexico. Photo: Ramiro Ramirez.
    The good half house
    Elemental in Chile is doing more than half-heartedly answering the question of social housing. Alejandro Aravena talks to Nadine Botha. >
  • Alejandro Aravena
    Architect
    Alejandro Aravena is the principal of Alejandro Aravena Architects and the executive director of Elemental, a do-tank focusing on projects of social impact. >
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