Mathias Klotz Germain is a Chile

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an architect

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, born in Viña del Mar

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 on 13 April 1965. Studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

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, where he graduated in 1991. Winner of the Borromini Prize of Architecture

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 in 2001 for under 40 architects.

Klotz together with Alejandro Aravena are perhaps the most renowned Chilean architects of the early 21st century, outside his native Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. His work, elegant and deeply rooted in the Modernist tradition, has put him on the international spotlight. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture of the Diego Portales University in Santiago, Chile

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.

His work, which has been published in numerous international architectural magazines, includes:

• Casa Klotz, Tongoy, Chile. 1993.
• Casa Reutter, Cachagua, Chile. 1999.
• Colegio Altamira, Santiago, Chile. 2000.
• Casa Ponce, Buenos Aires
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  , Argentina
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  . 2001-2003.