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Alejandro Aravena on Design, Venice and Why He Paused His Career to Open a Bar

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In an exclusive half-hour interview with Alejandro Aravena, Monocle's Josh Fehnert questions the recent Pritzker Prize-laureate on Chilean architecture and urbanism, why he considers simple design as the key to alleviating the world's biggest woes, and the conception and ultimate result of his 15th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

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Cite: AD Editorial Team. "Alejandro Aravena on Design, Venice and Why He Paused His Career to Open a Bar" 21 Jul 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed 15 Feb 2025. <https://www.archdaily.com/791596/alejandro-aravena-on-design-venice-and-why-he-paused-his-career-to-open-a-bar> ISSN 0719-8884

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