Latin-American Church Architecture in the Premio Internazionale di Architettura Sacra Frate Sole

Abstract

This essay is an analysis of the Latin-American participation in the five editions of the Premio Internazionale di Architettura Sacra Frate Sole (International Contest of Church Architecture Frate Sole) 1996-2012. It was a significant and relevant presence, which had been increasing in time and it reached its heyday in the First Prize given to the Cappella of Auco of Undurraga-Deves during the latest edition of the international event.
It’s due to mention the particular character of the International Contest —in each edition only the churches built in the previous decade can be submitted— and its peculiar contemporary and universal vocation to promote the Church architecture.
The meaningful proposals, besides the rewarded ones, which came from the Latin-American countries, will be analyzed to contextualize their peculiarities. The results obtained in these years mean to sugg