Abstract

The architect Emilio Duhart (1917-2006), a prominent representative of Latin America modern architecture, had the privilege of training with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, two of the most important architects of the 20th century. In 1942, Duhart completed a postgraduate degree in Architecture and Urbanism at Harvard University, while Gropius was the Director of the Department of Architecture at the Graduate School of Design. In 1952, ten years later, he stayed at Le Corbusier’s Atelier in Paris. The review of Duhart's various writings (publications, letters, interviews) allows us to explore his formative and professional experience with Gropius and Le Corbusier, his later meetings and the degrees of intimacy with each one. At the same time, the interpretation of these documents mirrors Duhart's ideas on architecture and planning in Chile (1941-1970), together with his personal vision of the Andean country, as well as the discrepancies with both architects.