Chile

The ZeroCabin is a small off-grid cabin made by a team in Chile with no formal architecture training. It can be delivered as a finished turnkey home to locals but is also being sold as a kit for handy types to build their own.

With industrial conversions a growing trend around the world, exposed concrete has come to carry a certain simplistic charm. Felipe Assadi Arquitectos has gone all in on the material, putting it to use in a recently finished residence nestled into the hillside on Chile’s central coast.

Buried in lush Patagonian rainforest lies the Huilo Huilo Biological Reserve, home to bizarrely shaped hotels crafted from local timber. This magical getaway stands tall as a beacon of sustainable architecture in one of the world's most pristine environments.

Renowned Chilean architect Cristián Undurraga has created a standout pavilion for this year’s World Exposition. Inspired by “the art of hospitality” the Chile pavilion features a dramatic external wooden facade and stretches over 1,910 sq m (20,560 sq ft).

Billed as the "world's first unstealable bike," the Yerka Project is the work of three engineering students from Chile who have figured out how to make the lock an integral part of the frame.