35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Chile based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

• The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2023)
• The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2023)
• The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2023)
• The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2023)
• The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2023)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of Chile architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 35 best architecture firms in Chile:

35. Cristian Irarrazaval A. Architects

Some of Cristian Irarrazaval A. Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Las Trancas House, Chile
• Showrom Delineare, Vitacura, Chile
• Pallets House, Melipilla, Chile
• Lo Ovalle House, Casablanca, Chile

The following statistics helped Cristian Irarrazaval A. Architects achieve 35th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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34. PLAN Arquitectos

Plan Arquitectos

Architecture l Design Firm
www.planarquitectos.cl
Santiago | Chile

Some of PLAN Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• Constitución Town Hall Building, Constitución, Chile
• PWCC Spa & Fitness Center, 1901, Las Arañas, Santiago, Chile
• Club Deportivo Universidad de Chile
• Boulevard Ñuñoa Square, Santiago, Chile
• San Ignacio de Empedrado High School, Empedrado, Chile

The following statistics helped PLAN Arquitectos achieve 34th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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33. Duque Motta & AA

Some of Duque Motta & AA’s most prominent projects include:

• Economics and Business Faculty, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile

The following statistics helped Duque Motta & AA achieve 33rd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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32. RHGH

Some of RHGH’s most prominent projects include:

• Economics and Business Faculty, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile

The following statistics helped RHGH achieve 32nd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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31. CAE Arquitectura

Some of CAE Arquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

• Casa MV, Chile

The following statistics helped CAE Arquitectura achieve 31st place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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30. Cristián Axl Valdés

Some of Cristián Axl Valdés’s most prominent projects include:

• House on the Top, Curanipe, Chile

The following statistics helped Cristián Axl Valdés achieve 30th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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29. Pablo Larroulet | LARROU_Arq

Some of Pablo Larroulet | LARROU_Arq’s most prominent projects include:

• AKA Patagonia, Puerto Natales, Chile

The following statistics helped Pablo Larroulet | LARROU_Arq achieve 29th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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28. Estudio Base Arquitectos

Our work is based on adding value to architecture, through a methodology based on the client’s needs and collaborative work.

Design as the main tool to solve problems; Considering that conditions change constantly and the use of technology is increasing, our office has developed a way of working that allows us to carry out projects from idea to execution in a comprehensive manner; with sensitivity and respect for the geographical, cultural and environmental context. This is what we are passionate about and motivates us day by day in each project.

Some of Estudio Base Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• House in Puertecillo , Camino a puertecillo, Cardenal Caro, O’Higgins, Chile
• Patagonia Complex, Patagonia

The following statistics helped Estudio Base Arquitectos achieve 28th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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27. Tidy Architects

Albert Tidy Architects is an architecture office based in Santiago, Chile. We define our work as an exploration of architecture and design as plastic phenomenoma. Our search centers in the reduction of perceptible constructive complexities, to try to shorten the distance between the original idea and the complete building. This process is taken through a wide spectrum of scales, from object design, furniture design and architecture in a variety of scales.

Some of Tidy Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Martínez House, Maipo, Región Metropolitana, Chile
• Chovar House, Las Condes, Chile

The following statistics helped Tidy Architects achieve 27th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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26. Alex Plana Arquitecto

Some of Alex Plana Arquitecto’s most prominent projects include:

• Casa 39
• Casa 45, Curicó, Chile

The following statistics helped Alex Plana Arquitecto achieve 26th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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25. Elton + Léniz Arquitectos Asociados

Some of Elton + Léniz Arquitectos Asociados’s most prominent projects include:

• Casa El Pangue
• Ranco House, Lago Ranco, Chile

The following statistics helped Elton + Léniz Arquitectos Asociados achieve 25th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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24. Etcheberrigaray – Matuschka Arquitectos

Some of Etcheberrigaray – Matuschka Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• Pangal Refuge, Casablanca, Chile
• Casa Donoso Smith, Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

The following statistics helped Etcheberrigaray - Matuschka Arquitectos achieve 24th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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23. Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Arquitectos

Some of Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• Awasi Patagonia Hotel, Torres del Paine, Chile
• Pabellón de Cuatro Usos, Los Vilos, Chile

The following statistics helped Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido Arquitectos achieve 23rd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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22. COMUNarquitectos

COMUNarquitectos is a firm created in 2010 in Tokyo, Japan with the idea of make architecture mainly for the community. We, its founders think that architecture is a social-design issue and our goal is designing for and by people without neglecting art. Now we are in our mother land, Chile sharing all that we learned.

Some of COMUNarquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• Municipal Sports Pavilion – Calera de Tango, Calera de Tango, Chile
• MJ House, Melipilla, Chile
• LONQUÉN SCHOOL GIMNASIUM, Calera de Tango, Chile

The following statistics helped COMUNarquitectos achieve 22nd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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21. DX Arquitectos

Somos un soporte profesional que potencia emprendimientos individuales y colectivos para el desarrollo de una arquitectura consciente y consistente.

Trabajamos en red, con pasión y compromiso, generando propuestas que resuelven en forma íntegra la singularidad de cada proyecto.

Some of DX Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• Rabanua House , Santiago, Chile
• AYC, Santiago, Chile
• Acrobatic Arts Center, Santiago, Chile

The following statistics helped DX Arquitectos achieve 21st place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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20. Gonzalo Iturriaga | Arquitectos

Office of architecture

Some of Gonzalo Iturriaga | Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• Proingas, Santiago, Chile
• RF.C9, San Esteban, Chile
• Casa C.L.R, La Reina, Chile

The following statistics helped Gonzalo Iturriaga | Arquitectos achieve 20th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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19. MAPA

Some of MAPA’s most prominent projects include:

• MR House, Maule Region, Chile
• e_RC, Providencia, Chile
• WA HOUSE, Curacaví, Chile

The following statistics helped MAPA achieve 19th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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18. Masfernandez Arquitectos

MasFernandez Arquitectos

Some of Masfernandez Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• Tunquen House, Algarrobo, Chile
• Maitencillo House, Puchuncaví, Chile
• “Los Bosques” House, Santiago, Chile

The following statistics helped Masfernandez Arquitectos achieve 18th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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17. Alejandro Soffia

Some of Alejandro Soffia’s most prominent projects include:

• SIP Panel House, Santo Domingo, Chile
• SAWHORSE HOUSE, Santiago, Chile
• HOSTAL RITOQUE, Quintero, Chile
• Sawhorse House, La Reina, Chile

The following statistics helped Alejandro Soffia achieve 17th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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16. REPUBLICA PORTATIL

“UNINHABITED” PAVILION
Activism, Art and Architecture

The Uninhabited Pavilion is the territorial manifestation of the Transmedia “Uninhabited” project. The installation was developed at the end of 2012 by República Portátil (Portable Republic, in English); a creative company formed by architects and designers along with the cinematographic production agency Terkofilms. Uninhabited was born as a story as well as a short film, focused on the fantasy genre. It is the story of an empty city in ruins that proposes an
imaginary of the territory in crisis that takes place in the city of Concepcion. This, further leads into transmedia projects in order to make the story go through several media and platforms.

Some of REPUBLICA PORTATIL ‘s most prominent projects include:

• Diffuse Pavilion, Concepción, Chile
• FAV – ART FESTIVAL OF VALPARAÍSO, Valparaiso, Chile
• Uninhabited Pavilion , Concepción, Chile
• VSR – Vertical Students Residences
• FUNDAMENTAL ROOM, Concepcion, Chile

The following statistics helped REPUBLICA PORTATIL achieve 16th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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15. 2DM

Some of 2DM’s most prominent projects include:

• 2 houses in Puertecillo, Chile, Navidad, Chile
• Casa Rapel, VI Región, Chile

The following statistics helped 2DM achieve 15th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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14. Alvano y Riquelme Architects

Some of Alvano y Riquelme Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Casa 14, Casablanca, Chile
• Aulario UDP., Santiago, Chile

The following statistics helped Alvano y Riquelme Architects achieve 14th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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13. Azócar Catrón

AZÓCAR CATRÓN is an architecture and urbanism office established in Concepción, Chile in 2015 by Ricardo Azócar and Carolina Catrón.

Some of Azócar Catrón’s most prominent projects include:

• Infinity Bench, Concepción, Chile
• Two Towers and a Trail , Coronel, Chile

The following statistics helped Azócar Catrón achieve 13th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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12. Jorge Figueroa + Asociados

Some of Jorge Figueroa + Asociados’s most prominent projects include:

• Fray León , Santiago, Chile
• Noi Hotel, Santiago, Chile

The following statistics helped Jorge Figueroa + Asociados achieve 12th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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11. CONOR

CONOR ® – Architecture / Construction from the driest place on Earth. Desert is brutal build strong .

Some of CONOR’s most prominent projects include:

• Micro Oasis Tambo Pintados, Chile
• Hero Store, 2592, Avenida Heroes de La Concepción, Iquique, Chile
• Complejo Noctiluca, Playa Chanavayita, Iquique, Chile

The following statistics helped CONOR achieve 11th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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10. L A N D

Some of L A N D’s most prominent projects include:

• Rambla House, Chile
• PLINT HOUSE, Pichilemu, Chile
• CATCH THE LIGHT CLASSROONS

The following statistics helped L A N D achieve 10th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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9. 01ARQ

Some of 01ARQ’s most prominent projects include:

• Casa W, Canela, Chile
• Casa O Chile, Colina, Chile
• CASA SH, Lo Barnechea, Chile

The following statistics helped 01ARQ achieve 9th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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8. Cazu Zegers Arquitectura

Some of Cazu Zegers Arquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

• Casa Do, Canela, Chile
• Hotel of the Wind / Tierra Patagonia Hotel, Última Esperanza, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile
• Casa Soplo, Santiago, Chile

The following statistics helped Cazu Zegers Arquitectura achieve 8th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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7. Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto

Some of Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto’s most prominent projects include:

• MIELE Light Box
• Miele Gallery
• House RP, Lampa, Chile

The following statistics helped Gonzalo Mardones Arquitecto achieve 7th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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6. Pezo von Ellrichshausen

PEZO VON ELLRICHSHAUSEN ARCHITECTS WAS ESTABLISHED IN CONCEPCION (CHILE) IN 2001 BY MAURICIO PEZO AND SOFIA VON ELLRICHSHAUSEN. WITH A CROSS PRODUCTION BETWEEN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, THE STUDIO HAS BUILT A SERIES OF SINGULAR HOUSES, ART PAVILIONS AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THE OFFICE HAS BEEN AWARDED AT THE V IBEROAMERICAN BIENNIAL, AT THE XV CHILEAN ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL AND AT THE AR AWARDS FOR EMERGING ARCHITECTURE AND HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE SWISS ARCHITECTURAL AWARD (MENDRISIO, 2010) AND THE IAKOV CHERNIKOV PRIZE (MOSCÚ, 2010). THE STUDIO HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE OFFICIAL EXHIBITION AT THE 12H INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION OF LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA.

Some of Pezo von Ellrichshausen’s most prominent projects include:

• Solo House, Cretas, Spain
• Casa Cien, Concepcion, Chile
• Bell pavilion, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
• Blue Pavilion, London, United Kingdom
• VARA PAVILION XV VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2016, Riva dei Sette Martiri, Venezia, Italy

The following statistics helped Pezo von Ellrichshausen achieve 6th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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5. Grupo Arquitectos

www.grupoarquitectos.com
Grupo Arquitectos is an Architecture firm founded in 2002 by architects Jorge Hasbun N. and Catalina Valdés Tocornal.The firm develops architecture design focused in Housing, Commercial Architecture (Retail and Corporate), Master Plans and Real Estate Buildings.Our design principles are based in the direct study & concept analysis of each project as an individual case, characterized by exhibiting and akin diverse architecture results.

Some of Grupo Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• One Tree Book Store, Santiago, Chile
• O´Higgins Soccer Club Training Center, Rancagua, Chile
• Grupo Arquitectos Studio, Santiago, Chile
• Mujeres Empresarias Headquarters Offices, 5420, Cerro El Plomo, Santiago, Chile
• Book Cellar, Santiago, Chile

The following statistics helped Grupo Arquitectos achieve 5th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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4. Panorama Arquitectos

Panorama is a Chilean practice, launched at 2009 by architects Nicolás Valdés and Constanza Hagemann.Panorama, as the word explains, aims to research every possible aspect of an assignment. We emphasize the idea that every client is different, every site is unique and the formal outcome must be true to all those parameters.

Some of Panorama Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• D House, Matanzas
• Sauna in the Woods, Lago Ranco, Chile
• R House, Cachagua, Zapallar, Chile
• Water Bottling Plant, Coihaique, Chile

The following statistics helped Panorama Arquitectos achieve 4th place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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3. Gubbins Arquitectos

Some of Gubbins Arquitectos’s most prominent projects include:

• Escuela Panguipulli, Panguipulli, Chile
• Omnibus House, Zapallar, Chile
• Neighbor Care Center, Peñalolén, Chile
• THE MIRADOR HOUSE, Tunquen, Chile
• Colegio San Andrés, Maipú, Chile

The following statistics helped Gubbins Arquitectos achieve 3rd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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2. MARSINO Arquitectura

Marsino es una práctica de arquitectos, diseñadores, ingenieros y consultores con sede en Santiago y oficina en Lima. Trabajamos junto a clientes y usuarios para crear lugares especiales donde la gente quiera vivir, trabajar, aprender y estar.

Some of MARSINO Arquitectura’s most prominent projects include:

• AVA 159 Building, Lima, Peru
• Edificio Departamento de Física, Universidad de Tarapacá., Arica, Chile
• Aularios Campus Juan Gomez Millas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
• Oficina P17, Santiago, Chile
• ASIA House, Asia District, Peru

The following statistics helped MARSINO Arquitectura achieve 2nd place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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1. 57studio

Some of 57studio’s most prominent projects include:

• Fray Leon House, Las Condes, Chile
• Kübler House, Condominio Las Brisas Norte Chicureo, Colina, Chile
• Sasso House, Santiago, Chile
• Horse Stable, Coelemu, Chile
• Grupo Sud, Providencia, Chile

The following statistics helped 57studio achieve 1st place in the 35 Best Architecture Firms in Chile:

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• Project completed within the last 3 years
• A well written, concise project description of at least 3 paragraphs
• Architectural design with a high level of both functional and aesthetic value
• High quality, in focus photographs
• At least 8 photographs of both the interior and exterior of the building
• Inclusion of architectural drawings and renderings
• Inclusion of construction photographs

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