Conversation between architect Alejandro Aravena, filmmaker Gary Hustwit, designer Christien Meindertsma and journalist Bruce Nussbaum, moderated by Justin McGuirk, during Design Indaba, Cape Town, 26 February 2010.

Chairless will be one of the talking points of Milan: it’s a chair with none of the attributes the word implies.

Chairless will be one of the talking points of Milan: it's a chair with none of the attributes the word implies. Designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena for Vitra, this non-chair must be the most affordable launch the furniture fair has seen for a while - it costs €20.

Austin, Texas is where Alejandro Aravena has completed his first major commission outside Chile.

How to revolutionise housing for the world's poor.

There is a new breed of client who collects architecture like stamps. In Mongolia, Taiwan, South Africa and Brazil, private developers are commissioning big names and hot young practices by the dozen to build huge, diverse developments.

Is it just us or is the young architect a very different beast these days? For the first time, “young” actually means young, but “architect” may no longer mean architect. This is our list of the most significant rising practices. Like all list stories, you’ll disagree with some of it, but that’s half the fun.

The "siamese towers" are actually just one building, designed by the young Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena for the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago.