Usually representing spirits, ancestors or the primordial couple, these figures were placed in shrines and treated with great respect. Through a wide range of style, scale, belief and function the couples depicted share a timeless, serene equality necessary to the continuity of their societies.

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The Elemental Alehandro Aravena Scoops 2016 Pritzker Prize for Architecture

© Quinta Monroy Housing, 2004, Iquique, Chile. Photos by Cristobal Palma.

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© Elemental has also designed the Siamese Towers for the Universidad Católica de Chile. Photograph by Cristobal Palma

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© Alehandro Aravena Pritzker Prize for Architecture 2016 Elemental

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© Elemental has also designed the Siamese Towers for the Universidad Católica de Chile. Photograph by Cristobal Palma

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© Quinta Monroy Housing, 2004, Iquique, Chile. Photos by Cristobal Palma.

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© Elemental has also designed the Siamese Towers for the Universidad Católica de Chile. Photograph by Cristobal Palma

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