Baronia (1)
Home Tour: La Baronia House / Nicolás del Rio + Max Núñez
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Built in 2009, La Baronia House floats above a vast open ocean, thus named after an ingenious species of butterfly. Often considered a modern masterpiece of Chile , this structure needed to be stronger than most around it since it was built into a Quintero, Valparaíso region hillside. © Erieta Attali The harsh elements of the ocean, including the salty sea air, are extremely corrosive to most building materials. Thanks to a predominantly opaque outer envelope made of two corrosive [...] more