A Cabin Springs Up Above a Dry Creek Bed in a Chilean Forest

On a rocky bank, Hebra Arquitectos builds a breezy home that opens wide to nature.
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Claudia García Cardemil and Ivan Petricio were thinking about the future when they decided to build a house in Chile’s Los Ríos region, more than 500 miles from their primary residence in Santiago. Their sons, Dusan and Andro, were nearly college age, and the couple sought a vacation home that could also serve as a year-round retirement residence. 

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Brian Libby
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Brian Libby is a Portland-based architecture writer who has contributed to Dwell since 2004. He has also written for The New York Times, Architect, CityLab, Salon, Metropolis, Architectural Record and The Oregonian, among others.

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