BIOGRAPHY

Also First Prize in the Competition “Sonda Building”, Santiago de Chile (1996). Over the last years he has participated in international competitions with good results. Finalist un the International Competition for the “Porter School of Environmental Studies”, (Tel Aviv University, 2002). Gold Medal in the III Architecture Biennial of Miami-Beach for the Project for the International Competition for the O.M.C in Geneve (Florida, U.S.A, 2005). In 2008 he received the Gold Award AOA by the Chilean Association of Architectural Offices. In 2009 the Union of Schools and Faculties of Architecture of Latin America (UDEFAL) declares it the Main Referring of the Sustainable Architecture in Latin America. The same year he obtain the Prize Bicentenary Work for the Consorcio Building in Santiago. In 2010 he was award National Prize of Architecture of Chile. During 2011 he obtain the AVONNI prize for innovation for his “Double Vegetal Skin” in buildings. He has been jury in 67 national and international competitions such as the “America Prize” (1991), III Architecture Biennial of Sao Paulo (1997), XVI Colombian Architecture Biennial (1998), II Mies Van der Rohe Prize for Latin America (Barcelona, 2000), II Architecture Biennial of Argentina (2006). Velux Award International Prize (Turín, 2008), etc. Author of 4 books about architecture and urbanism, plus 6 in collaboration with other authors. Among the first “Other Architecture in Latin America” (G. Gili Editors, México 1988) and “Arquitectura: Crítica, y Nueva Época” (Edit. STOQ Chile 2011). He has also written 68 essays about these subjects in International magazines. His works have been the centerpiece of 3 monographs. Among them “ENRIQUE BROWNE: Work 1974 - 94” (Bilingual. Edic. ARQ, U.C., Chile, 1995). Also, his projects have been published 300 times in magazines and books from Latin America, U.S.A and Europe, including more then 33 covers. He has also given 125 conferences in Chile and outside.

Born in 1942 in Santiago of Chile Architect (1965) and Master in Urban Planning (1968) both earned with “Maximum Distinction” at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He later completed advanced studies in the U.S., England and Japan. He won scholarships by the P. Catholic University of Chile (1967), the Ford Foundation (1969-71), the Social Science Research Council (1975) and the Guggenheim Foundation (1983). He has won 72 awards and honorable mentions in different Competitions and Architecture Biennales, such as the First Prize at the Chilean Architectural Biennale (1979 and 1995), the First Latin-American Award to the Young Generation at the VII Buenos Aires Biennale (1998). Latin-American Vitruvius Award (2000), Gold Medal Award at the III Architecture Biennale of Miami Beach (USA, 2005). In 2009 he receives the AOA Great Prize, given by the Association of Architecture Studios of Chile (Asociación de Oficinas de Arquitectura). That same year the Latin-American Architectural Schools Union (UDEFAL) declare him as the Most Influential Architect in Sustainable Architecture throughout Latin America and is awarded the Bicentennial Award for the Consorcio-Santiago Building (with Borja Huidobro). In 2010 he is awarded the National Prize in Architecture. In 2011 he is awarded the Avonni National Prize for Innovation (Chile). In 2014, he obtained the First Prize in the First Latinamerican Biennale of Landscape Architecture (Mexico). He has participated as member of the Jury in 76 national and international competitions. He is the author of 5 books about architecture and urbanism. He has written 69 papers on these subjects for international magazines. His work has been published in 3 monographic volumes and 316 times in several publications throughout Latin America, U.S.A. and Europe. He has offered 136 lectures, more than half of them abroad.