Alejandro Aravena

Website: http://alejandroaravena.com/

Biography:

Alejandro Aravena was born on June 22, 1967, in Santiago, Chile. He graduated as an architect from the Universidad Católica de Chile in 1992. In 1994, he established his own practice, Alejandro Aravena Architects. Since 2001 he has been leading ELEMENTAL, a “Do Tank” focusing on projects of public interest and social impact, including housing, public space, infrastructure, and transportation.ELEMENTAL has built work in Chile, The United States, Mexico, China and Switzerland.He was a member of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury from 2009 to 2015 and the 2016 Pritzker Prize winner.