Combining teaching and practice, Aravena has in a short time succeeded to create impressing public housing for Chile as well as significant single buildings. The way he handles the available means proves that excellent architecture is based on sensitive intelligence. Aravena is meanwhile known throughout the world for his unrelenting commitment to socially responsible building.
Alejandro Aravena is the winner of the Pritzker Prize
Alejandro Aravena – awarded a Schelling Architecture Medal in 2006 – has been named as the winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize. Highlighting his dedication to improve urban environments and to address …read more
Alejandro Aravena will lead the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016
Alejandro Aravena, Schelling award medalist 2006, is the leader of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. He follows Rem Koolhaas (2014), David Chipperfield (2012), Kazuyo Sejima (2010 leader Biennal…read more
The awards
In keeping with the motto “Fostering the seminally significant, spreading substantiated knowledge”, the Schelling Architecture Foundation grants the Schelling Architecture Awards for Architecture and…read more
