The nature of the country imposed its conditions and the Chilean was adapting the construction of houses and buildings to these demands. There are flat and easily accessible lands, steep near the mountain range and humid in the forests of the south. In addition, the territory is seismic, so the architectural challenges are permanent.
In the diversity of the current Chilean Architecture, simplicity, economy and functionalism prevail. On the professional scene, postmodernism, eclecticism, rationalism, modernism, and modular architecture coexist. Enrique Browne, José Cruz, and Borja Huidobro are representatives of postmodernism; Cristián Boza belongs to the eclectic current; Fernando Castillo Velasco and Emilio Duhart were rationalists; Mathias Klotz and Felipe Assadi represent modernism, and Alejandro Aravena is part of the modular current. As in other areas of culture, diversity is the main characteristic of Chilean architecture.