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Alejandro Aravena’s Architecture Crusade (PHOTOS)

Beauty

Alejandro Aravena, who’s just been awarded architecture’s highest honor, the Pritzker Prize mixes beautiful, innovative design and social awareness in his amazing buildings.

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Photo by Cristobal Palma
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Social architecture—architecture that looks good, is good for the community, and benefits those that need decent, affordable housing most—is, sadly, an all-too-elusive trifecta. But Alejandro Aravena of Chile, the just-announced 2016 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, admirably designs buildings with all of those things in mind.

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