Dafne Fernandez

This office interior was design by Mas y Fernández arquitectos located in Santiago, Chile. The commission consists in developing the interior architecture for the new investment department of an important Bank, located in the first and second floor of the El Bosque 500 building in Santiago, Chile. The proposal tries to materialize a new corporate image in both projects, where the noble materials such as wood or travertine marble and granite take the main roles. We tried to give the interior spaces the warmth of natural lighting, generating a permeability of the vertical elements through the perimeter spaces, without losing the privacy that each ... Read Full Story

Review “… author has read widely around his subject, is familiar with what motivates people, and how to spot the best candidates.” ( Financial Times, Thursday 31st May) “[The] author has read widely around his subject, and is familiar with much of the latest thinking concerning the psychology of business, what motivates people, and how to spot the best candidates.” (Financial Times, Thursday 31st May) Praise for Great People Decisions “Fernandez-Araoz has captured the essence of building great teams with a masterful and entirely practical study of what goes into getting people selection right.” –JACK WELCH “Fernandez-Araoz does a great service with this wonderful ... Read Full Story

The house was designed by Mas y Fernández Arquitectos located in El Refugio, Loteo 5, Camino interior carretera San Martin, Chile. In this project the client has a significant role by giving fundamental premises for the project. We attempted to generate non-orthogonal spaces, playing with different levels and organizing the enclosures from two interior patios that introduce natural light and vegetation to the house interior, and a family living room located in the center of the house, articulating the situations. Moreover, the beamed steel skin is based in a green support that interacts with the environment by becoming part of itself and providing shade ... Read Full Story

Leopoldo Fernández (in the middle) used to be the prefect of Pando, one of the various prefects from the east of the country who have become the official opposition to the democratically elected government of Evo Morales. Two weeks ago, the international press widely reported the situation of civil unrest in the region due to ‘confrontations between supporters of the government and opposition forces’. It now seems clear that the so-called confrontations were in fact violent and organised assaults on government institutions and NGOs in the region by a small and armed opposition funded paramilitary groups. The worst excesses of these groups took place ... Read Full Story

Ossa house is design by Mas y Fernández Arquitectos.Ossa House is located in Lo Barnechea, Santiago, to host a young family, considering as part of the commission to achieve a connection and visual integration between its inhabitants.To generate spaces according to these requirements, light appears as a fundamental cutting tool in the initial volume, projecting [...] Read Full Story