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Cristobal Palma documents streets of Santiago during protests

April 5, 2021 India Block 0
Santiago photo series by Cristobal Palma

Architecture photographer Cristobal Palma captures an atmosphere of “paranoia” with shots of the boarded-up streets in Santiago’s wealthy areas during the recent protests. Palma’s photographs frame shops and banks in the capital of Chile with their lower levels covered by metal hoardings last year. According to Palma these buildings were never truly at risk, but he

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Alberto Moletto designs gridded facade for Santiago college building

December 24, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0
PEM Building Alberto Moletto

Chilean architect Alberto Moletto has created a concrete-framed educational facility at a Catholic university that is designed to go “unnoticed for those who walk through the campus”. The FEM Building is located within the San Joaquín campus for the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) – a prestigious institution started in the late 19th century.

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Rodolfo Cañas extends “oversized skylight” from Mogro House in Chile

September 29, 2019 James Brillon 0
Skylight House by Rodolfo Cañas

A stainless steel volume topped by a skylight protrudes from this house in Santiago, which Chilean architect Rodolfo Cañas has completed for his family. The residence is nicknamed Skylight House after the extension that peeks out above the house. Clad in stainless steel panels, the slender volume lets light in through a large opening at

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Elongated skylight illuminates stables in Chile by Matias Zegers Architects

July 29, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A skylight that runs along the ridge of this stables near the Chilean capital of Santiago allows daylight to flood onto laminated-timber trusses that support its curved ceiling. Santiago-based architect Matias Zegers designed the stables for an equestrian centre occupying a three-hectare compound in the foothills of the Andes mountains. Zegers, who founded Matias Zegers Architects, has

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