The Baha’i Temple of South America - with magnificent view of the Andes Mountains and onto Santiago de Chile - was inaugurated in 2016. The temple of Baha’i religious community which is spread all over the world, consists of nine transparent veils which seem to directly rise from the ground and resemble closed petals of flowers. The veils are glazed with translucent cast glass units which look like transparent stones. During the day, they allow light to pass through and during the night, they are suffused with warm light. The support structure of the 30 m high building consists of a highly sophisticated framework with rectangular steel hollow sections and mechanically processed steel nodes. All components of the individual veils have their own unique and highly irregular shape.

The temple, designed by the Canadian firm Hariri Pontarini Architects has been built on a 10 ha area at an altitude of approx. 900 m. The building has a diameter of 33 m and is designed to accommodate 600 visitors.