Chile Architecture Designs: Buildings News
Key contemporary architectural developments. Modern properties in South America.
post updated 11 October 2026
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We choose key examples of Chile Architecture Designs. The focus is on contemporary Chile buildings.
Architecture in Chile
Chile architecture designs news, modern Santiago buildings photos, real estate, houses images iin 2025
12 November 2025
Claro Arena, Las Condes district, Santiago
Architects: IDOM
photo : Cristóbal Palma
13 September 2025
Casa Aguadulce, Canela, Coquimbo
Architects: Benjamín Goñi Arquitectos
8 April 2025
MM House, Nilque, Los Lagos, southern Chile
Architects: Benjamín Goñi Arquitectos
27 February 2025
Casa GG, Region Metropolitana
Architect studio: Benjamín Goñi Arquitectos
photo : Andrés Goñi
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Major Chile Building Designs from 2019 to 2024, alphabetical:
15 March 2024
Casa 2 Lago Colico, Araucanía Region, southern Chile
Architects: Claro + Westendarp Arquitectos
photo : Claro + Westendarp Arquitectos
Casa 2 Lago Colico, Araucanía, Chile
27 February 2024
ROSA Pabellón in Santa Lucia Alto, Yungay, Chile, Santa Lucia Alto, Yungay
Architect: Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Mauricio Pezo & Sofia von Ellrichshausen)
ROSA Pabellón
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22 Mar 2023
3×3 Retreat, Puerto Varas, Los Lagos, southern Chile
Architects: Estudio Diagonal Architects
photo : Nico Saieh
3×3 Retreat, La Unión City, South Chile
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8 Apr 2022
Santiago de Compostela Bus Station, Santiago de Compostela – A Coruña
Design: IDOM
photo : Aitor Ortiz
Santiago de Compostela Bus Station
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11 Sep 2021
La Fabrica, Santiago
Design: Foster + Partners
image courtesy of architects practice
La Fabrica Sustainable Masterplan, Santiago
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20 Dec 2020
NuMu Santiago
Architects: Cristián Fernández Arquitectos + VadesHagemann Arquitectos + Matias Gonzalez R. + Guillermo Bustos N. + Claudio C. Araya
image courtesy of architects practice
NuMu: New Museum in Santiago
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Recent Property Developments
Contemporary Chile Building Designs from 2013 – 2018
17 Nov 2018
UC Architecture School Building, Santiago
Design: Gonzalo Claro
photos Courtesy of the 2017 Wood Design & Building Awards
Chile Building awarded in 2017 Wood Design & Building Awards
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11 Mar 2017
Pergola Pavilion, Lo Barnechea, Santiago
Architects: PAR Arquitectos
photograph : Diego Elgueta
Lo Barnechea Building
An isolated and open construction, next to an existing swimming pool, was ordered at the end of the house garden. The place is presented with an outstanding geographical support, which contains and frames a privileged green environment, typical of the pre-mountain range area east of Santiago.
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19 Jan 2016
The Winery at VIK, Vitacura, Santiago
Design: Smiljan Radic architect
photo courtesy of Vik Retreats
The Winery at VIK
International Museum of Astronomy Competition
Chile Design Competition
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1 Oct 2013
Palermo Cultural Centre, Santiago
Design: Cristobal Correa Ehlers arquitectos – cCe arquitectos
image from architects office
Palermo Cultural Centre
An intriguing building, a regular block form that is raised above street level then patterned in a loose diamond latticework.
1 Oct 2013
Cardenal Belarmino Office Building, Vitacura
Design: Cristobal Correa Ehlers arquitectos – cCe arquitectos
image from architects
Cardenal Belarmino Office Building
The design proposal for the project ´Cardenal Belarmino Office Building´ is based on external factors such as weather, prevailing winds, sunlight, connecting roads, flows and internal movements of people, site location and orientation, existing infrastructure, green space and public areas.
23 Sep 2013
Caterpillar House, Lo Barnechea, Santiago de Chile
Design: Sebastián Irarrázaval Delpiano ; Associated Architect: Erick Caro
photo : Sergio Pirrone
Caterpillar House
Putting aside the fulfillment of the brief; the main purposes of the house were two: The first one was to integrate it to the territory of this part of the city where the presence of the Andes Mountain is extremely strong both visually and tectonically. Therefore the presence of the Andes was considered as an obvious background worst to be highlighted and also as a sloped ground needed to be negotiated.
22 Aug 2013
, Última Esperanza
Design: Fernanda Vuilleumier Studio
photo : Daniel Bruhin W.
Outside IN House
The design of Outside IN House consists in bringing the exterior materials to the interior. The materials carry ambivalent meanings of a vernacular form. On one side Outside IN Homes are functional and domestic.
8 Jul 2013
World Green Center, Santiago, Chile
Design: cCe Arquitectos
image from architect
World Green Center
The architects office’s goal is to present a unified project that is able to generate connections and links to both the environment and the people within whilst at the same time, providing a constructible solution in two or more stages that will form an integral project to be read as a single unit when finished. The architecture studio’s proposal considers the ‘unused’ space by the buildings as public space, owned by everyone, and therefore becoming a contribution to the city.
25 Mar 2013
Casa MAVA, Zapallar
Design: Gubbins Arquitectos
photo : Pablo Montecinos
Casa MAVA
The main strategy was to create a big terrace, creating this “new floor” that would allow the “leisure life” and make even more perceptible the Ocean sight, Offering a unique relationship between the inhabitant and the horizon line, the same way as the cliffs do. The terrace extends towards the Ocean, removing the view of the existing houses.
21 Mar 2013
Casa Omnibus, Cachagua
Design: Gubbins Arquitectos
photo : Marco Mendizabal
Casa Omnibus
To break the typical areas of an urban house; kitchen, living–dining room and dormitories, this house has a double circulation that deconstructs these areas into a set of complimentary places. This creates a way of inhabiting that moves away from a typical urban arrangement into a more playful one.
26 Feb 2013
Casa El Pangue, Patagonia
Design: Elton+Leniz Arquitectos asociados
photograph : Natalia Vial
Casa El Pangue
This house stands on a steep sloping site, facing the ocean. It is developed towards a central vertical circulation, connecting the 4 levels and 3 terraces in which the house is organized, in order to get as much of the view of the Pacific Ocean as possible, taking advantage of the height offered by the natural slope of the site.
27 Feb 2013
Elqui Domos Astronomical Hotel, Pisco Elqui, central Chile
Architects: RDM Arquitectura
photo : James Florio
Elqui Domos Astronomical Hotel
Time-lapse and stop motion project showcasing the architecture, design and the amazing skies of the Hotel Elqui Domos in Pisco Elqui, Chile – one of the worlds clearest skies.
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Recent Chile Building Designs
5 Jul 2012
Lycée María Auxiliadora Building
Design: Surco Studio
picture from architects
Lycée María Auxiliadora Building
The project fits in the reconstruction of a building belonging to Lycée Maria Auxiliadora, which was severely damaged by the earthquake of 27/F. This stood in the opposition corner of the Main Square of Linares, seventh region, in an important position within the city.
26 Apr 2012
House in Piedra Roja, north of Santiago, central Chile
Riesco + Rivera Arquitectos Asociados
photograph : Sebastián Wilson León
House in Piedra Roja
This building is an individual house for a young family, located in a developing suburban area in the north of Santiago, with an arid Mediterranean climate. Conceptually the architects worked with the idea of the traditional houses of the central zone of Chile, valuing the intermediate spaces and integrating the exterior to the interior through inner patios and covered zones as the traditional corridors.
17 Jan 2012
Hotel in Atacama Desert, northern Chile
LAN Architecture
picture from architects
Hotel in Atacama Desert
The hotel project rapidly became a small city project, a human settlement in which is combined habitat, commerce, education, politics, culture.
10 Jan 2012
Taltal Public Library, Antofagasta Region, northern Chile
Murúa-Valenzuela
photo © macarenaalvarez
Biblioteca Pública Taltal
Taltal is a coastal town in the Antofagasta Region, 306 Km. south of the city of Antofagasta and 25.4 degrees latitude south. The project to design the new public library arose from a public competition process petitioned by the Municipality of Taltal in 2008.
27 Aug 2011
Miele Gallery Chile
Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados
picture : Nicolás Saieh
Chosen by Miele for this architecture competition, the site is a residential neighborhood with residences in low, medium and high density, surrounded by parks and squares. It is in close proximity to the new City Council Building and Bicentenario Park.
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Chile Buildings
Major Chile Architecture Projects, alphabetical:
Baha’i Temple Santiago
Hariri Pontarini Architects
Baha’i Temple Santiago
Casa Caracola
Enrique Browne Arquitectos
Casa Caracola
Casa Pedro Lira
Sebastián Irarrázaval
Casa Pedro Lira
Catholic University of Chile
Sebastián Irarrázaval
School of Design in Chile
Casa San Damian
Sebastián Irarrázaval
Casa Santiago
CHILEXPRESS S.A., Santiago
Guillermo Hevia Arq. U. de Chile
Santiago building
Consorcio Building, Santiago
Enrique Browne / Borja Huidobro
Consorcio Santiago Offices
Cristalchile Glass Bottling Plant, Llay-Llay
Guillermo Hevia H Architects
Cristalchile
Derco Distribution Centre, Santiago
Design: Guillermo Hevia H Architects
Derco building
A simple line architecture giving answers for two autonomous processes: car predelivery and preparation and car spare parts distribution, incorporating latest technologies and bioclimate to the buildings. The terrain (16 há) is a big esplanade for car parking, consisting of a big park as the central axis, with green and service areas forming differentiated entrances leading to the personnel service building and preceded by a water surface with a totem bearing the company logo.
El Parque Neighborhood, near Santiago
Design: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados
El Parque Neighborhood
This is a housing development of 34 homes with large square footage, all different, set on the slopes of a hill to the east of Santiago. The arrangement is developed along 3 parallel streets from which one enters the houses through their upper floors.
Farmacias Ahumada Distribution Centre
Design: Guillermo Hevia H Architects
Farmacias Ahumada building
It is a simple, categorical and simple architecture in harmony with the natural environment. The building is located in the periphery of the city of Santiago, in a new urban area in development.
The 18 Fire Station, Vitacura
Design: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados
Chile fire station
The design includes a restaurant open to the public at large, in addition to the quarters themselves. The building sits on the street in the form of a white concrete box suspended within a floating crystal prism.
Glamis Apartments, Las Condes, Santiago
Design: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados
Santiago apartments
The challenge offered by this building was to resolve the theme of apartments with varied programs within a 25’ 7”. frontage. Additionally the Golf neighborhood building code, in this specific case of “remnant site” obliged the building to be restricted to a straight bay, not allowing any element to project forward from the façades.
Iglesia Villa Maria
Design: Enrique Browne Arquitectos
Casablanca Chapel
Indigo Hotel
Design: Sebastián Irarrázaval
Los Conquistadores Street Office
Design: Enrique Browne Arquitectos
Los Conquistadores Street Office
M9, Vitacura, Santiago de Chile
Design: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados
M9 / Memorial for 9 girls
Memory Museum Chile : Design Competition entry by Sebastián Irarrázaval
Paul Harris Street House
Design: Enrique Browne Arquitectos
Paul Harris Street House
Pinohuacho observation deck, Villarica
Design: Rodrigo Sheward
Pinohuacho Building
When a community questions its activity as from a territory devastated by its very action, the only possibility is either to leave or reconstruct their territory, starting from a change in their line of business. In 1971, when the Villarrica volcano erupted, an avalanche destroyed the lands located on the lowest elevations of Pinohuacho.
Pioneer Chile HQ, Paine, near Santiago
Design: Enrique Browne Arquitectos
Pioneer Chile Headquarters
PIONEER is dedicated to the production and commercialization of seeds. Their chilean factory is in Paine, south of Santiago. In 1995 they decided to build their administrative offices there.
San Antonio de Chépica
Design: cheungvogl
San Antonio de Chépica
Tomás Apartments, Santiago
Design: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados
Tomas Apartments
Vanguardia Offices, Huechuraba
Design: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados
Vanguardia Offices
Yali Hotel Building
Design: Sebastián Irarrázaval
Wine’s Museum Design Competition : Chile Architecture Contest
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Chile Building Designs – No Images
Chile Architectural Projects, E-M, alphabetical:
20×20 Ceramic Tile House, Santiago
2006
Assadi & Pulido Architects
Auditorio del Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Estación Central, Santiago
2002
Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
Binimelis House, La Reserva, Chicureo, Colina
2007
Polidura + Talhouk Arquitectos
BIP Computers, Suecia & Bilbao, Providencia, Santiago
2007
Alberto Mozo
Capilla – Oratorio, San Francisco de Malchehue
1993
Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
Catholic University Santiago
2008
Alejandro Aravena
ESO hotel, Cerro Paranal, Atacama desert
Dates built: 2002/03
Auer + Weber Architecten
used for James Bond ‘Quantum of Solace’ film in 2008
Fabrica de Barricas de Vino Nadalie, San Bernardo
Date built: 2002
Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
Fundo Izaro – Servicios Productivos
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Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
Fundo Izaro – Caballerizas
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Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
Hotel, Atacama desert
1999
German del Sol, Santiago
Hotel, Puerto Natales, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia
2006
German del Sol
House, Camino a Farellones, Santiago, Chile
2006
Max Núñez & Bernardo Valdés
House, Zapallar, V Región
2007
Pilar García A., Carolina Portugueis W., Martín Labbé P.
Morande Winery – Productive Services, Fundo Huelen, Casablanca, V Región
2006
Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
Servicios Productivos Viña Morandé S.A., Valle Central, V Región
Offices, Concepción
Date built: 2005
Design: Enrique Browne Architect
Packing de fruta orgánica Greenvic, Km17, Carretera San Fernando – Las Cruces, Placilla, VI Región
Date built: 2006
Design: Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
Siamese Towers, Campus San Joaquin Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago
Date built: 2005
Alejandro Aravena
Viña Almaviva, Baron Phillipe de Rotschild – Concha y Toro S.A., Puente Alto, Santiago
Date built: 1998
Martin Hurtado Arquitectos Asociados
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Location: Chile, South America
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