Alejandro Aravena (1967), architect Universidad Católica de Chile, established Alejandro Aravena Architects in 1994. He was Visiting Professor at Harvard GSD (2000-05) and is currently the Elemental-Copec Professor at UC. He is member of the Pritzker Prize Jury and has been named International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Professional Work include Educational facilities, Institutional, corporate and Public buildings, Museums, Houses and Housing, and his last product for Vitra, the Chairless.Awards include the Silver Lion at the XI Venice Biennale, the Marcus Prize 2010, the Avonni Prize for Innovator of the Year and the Erich Schelling Architecture Medal 2006 (Germany) among other prizes.His Books include Los Hechos de la Arquitectura, El Lugar de la Arquitectura and Material de Arquitectura and a monography on Elemental by Actar to be published in 2010.Publications on his work include the monography Alejandro Aravena, progettare e costruire by Electa, Kenneth Frampton’s 4th edition of Modern Architecture; a critical history, Thames & Hudson’s 60 Innovators shaping our creative future and books by Phaidon and Taschen. Magazines include GA (Japan), Icon, Monocle and Architectural Review (UK), Casabella, Lotus, Abitare, The Plan and Domus (Italy), Arquitectura Viva (Spain), Detail and Arch+ (Germany), Mark and Volume (Netherlands), Architectural Record, Dwell, Praxis and Perspecta (United States) and others in more than 30 other countries. Lectures have been held in The London School of Economics and RIBA in the UK, America´s Society in NY, InterAmerican Development Bank in Washington, Experimenta Design in Portugal and Design Indaba Southafrica among other places.Exhibitions on his work have been held at Harvard GSD (2004), Sao Paulo Biennale (2007), Venice Biennale and Milan Triennale (2008) among other places. In 2011 he will be featured in MA Gallery in Tokyo.Since 2006 is Executive Director of ELEMENTAL S.A. a for profit company with social interest working in projects of infrastructure, transportation, public space and housing, partnering with Universidad Catolica de Chile and COPEC, Chilean Oil Company.