Emilio Duhart Harosteguy (1917 in Temuco – January 2, 2006 in Ustaritz, Labort)[1] was a Chilean architect, representative of modern architecture and considered to be one of the most relevant urbanists of the 20th century.
[1] Duhart's work was profoundly influenced by Le Corbusier's and Walter Gropius' theories, with whom he collaborated in several projects.
[2] Duhart returned to Chile at some point in the 40s, he worked along Sergio Larraín García-Moreno— founder of the Chilean Museum of Precolumbian Art,[4]— in several architectural projects: housing, industrial buildings and urban planning, among others.
In 1946 he was elected counselor at the National College of Architects in Chile,[2] and in 1951 he returned to the PCUC to work as a teacher[2] where he would later become director of the Urbanism, Housing and Planning department.
In 1952 Duhart received a scholarship at the Institut d'Urbanisme in the Sorbonne University,[2] and during his stay he worked with Le Corbusier in several architectural projects at the Indian cities of Ahmedabad and Chandigarh.