Enrique Browne

The Consorcio building is a well-known office building in Santiago, Chile, recognized for its plant-covered exterior and layered facade. Vegetation and terraces help soften the building's large urban presence while contributing to shade and environmental control.

The planted facade was designed as part of the building's environmental response, not merely as decoration. The vegetation helps filter sunlight and creates a changing green surface on a large office building in Santiago.

Browne received Chile's National Architecture Award in 2010. The award recognized a career that includes the Consorcio building and a broader interest in integrating landscape, climate, and urban architecture.

Browne is associated with an approach that brings gardens, vegetation, and ecological relationships into modern buildings. His work often treats landscape as an architectural system that shapes shade, views, circulation, and the building's relationship with the city.