Clorindo Testa
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- Italy
Italy
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, December 10, 1923) is an Italian-Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
architect
Architect
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and artist
Artist
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. He graduated from the School of Architecture at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1948.
With his work he is one of the leaders of the Argentine rationalist movement and is one of the pioneers of the brutalist movement
Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, spawned from the modernist architectural movement.-The term "brutalism":...
in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. His style as an architect has always been influenced by his artistic nature, with projects dominated by the effects of colour, tension, metaphors and plasticity, these aspects are well illustrated in his designs for the Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina
Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina
The National Library of the Argentine Republic is the largest library in Argentina and one of the most important in the Americas...
and the Banco de Londres building in Buenos Aires.
1950-1959
- Cámara Argentina de la Construcción
- Centro Vacacional Municipalidad Córdoba
- Templete Y Nichos Cementerio Chacarita
- Centro Cívico La Pampa, Casa De Gobierno Y Terminal
- Plan Regulador Buenos Aires
- Edificio Flota Fluvial del Estado
- Banco de Londres y Sudamérica
1960-1969
- Biblioteca Nacional de la República ArgentinaBiblioteca Nacional de la República ArgentinaThe National Library of the Argentine Republic is the largest library in Argentina and one of the most important in the Americas...
- Instituto Di Tella
- Banco de Londres y América del Sur
- Harrods local del Banco Londres
- Casa Michel Robirosa
- Pabellón Argentino Feria Del Campo Madrid
- Casa Di Tella
1970-1979
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos AiresHospital Italiano de Buenos AiresThe Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires is a private hospital in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. It has 500 beds and serves around 2,000 inpatients per month. Its main facilities cover a surface area of 78,000 m² . The hospital treats both private patients and those derived by social security...
ampliación - Escuela Oficiales De La Armada Argentina
- Museo Nacional Bellas Artes Montevideo, ampliación
- Ba.Na.De. (National Development Bank)
- Hospital NavalHospital NavalHospital Naval is a building in the Caballito section of Buenos Aires designed by architect Clorindo Testa in 1977. Serving Argentine Navy personnel and facing Parque Centenario, the institution was established in 1947, and its current, modernist building was inaugurated in 1981...
- Casa Carabassa
- Centro Comercial Pinamar
- Centro Cívico La Pampa: Palacio Legislativo
- Banco Holandés Unido y Embajada Holanda
- Departamentos Esmeralda 1366
- Country Club “Macabi”
- Edificio Calle Rodriguez Peña
- Conjunto Residencial Torres Castex
- Plaza HotelMarriott Plaza Hotel, Buenos AiresThe Buenos Aires Marriott Plaza Hotel is a five star establishment located in the city's Retiro section.-Overview:The Marriott Plaza was originally developed by local landowner and banker Ernesto Tornquist. Facing San Martín Plaza, the nine-story hotel was designed by German architect Adolf Zucker...
- Central Hospital, AbidjanAbidjanAbidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal...
, Côte d'IvoireCôte d'IvoireThe Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...
. - Sanatorio Omint
- Casa Lacarra
- Casa Castiñheira
1980-1989
- Centro Cultural De La Ciudad De Buenos Aires
- Torres Castex 1 Etapa
- Aerolíneas Argentinas. Simulador De Vuelo
- Torres Castex 2 Etapa
- Centro Cívico Sta. Rosa ampliación
- Atelier Clorindo Testa
- Centro Comercial Paseo De La Recoleta
- Casa Capotesta
- Banco Nación Suc. Carlos Paz, Cba.
- Gimnasio Paseo Infanta
- La Perla SpaLa Perla SpaLa Perla Spa is a seaside resort created by the unification of five smaller spas along La Perla beach in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The architectural project was designed by Clorindo Testa, and completed in 1985.-References:**...
(Balneario La Perla) - Torres Castex 3ª Etapa
- Casa La Tumbona
- Local del I.C.I
- Restaurante Japonés Paseo Infanta
- Casa En Country Club San Diego
1990-1999
- Plaza Del Pilar- Bs. As. Design Center
- Casa en Martínez
- Locar para Interior Forma
- Auditorio Templo S.G.I.A.R.
- Caritas Guarderías y Escuelas Prototipo
- Stand Feria Libro
- Casa Verde
- Galeria Arte Altera
- Casa en barrio River Oaks- Maschwitz
2000-2009
- Casa en Stud en La Plata
- Departamento Di Tella
- Universidad Di Tella
- Hospital Quilmes
- Campus Universidad del SalvadorCampus Universidad del SalvadorCampus Universidad del Salvador is an architectural project created by Clorindo Testa for the Universidad del Salvador in Pilar, Buenos Aires. It comprises an auditorium and a library. The auditorium has capacity for 600 people and was designed not only for academic functions but for other types of...
, Auditorio - Campus Universidad de San Luis
- C. C. Fundación Konex
- biblioteca Gobernación de La Pampa.