Clorindo Testa

Clorindo Jose Manuel Testa
Born (1923-12-10)December 10, 1923
Benevento, Italy
Died April 11, 2013(2013-04-11) (aged 89)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Italian-Argentine
Occupation Architect
Buildings

Banco de Londres y América del Sur Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina

La Perla Spa
1959 - Bank of London and South America (today the National Mortgage Bank)
1979 - National Development Bank
Arbol de la Vida de Clorindo Testa en la sinagoga Amijai en Buenos Aires
2002 - Campus in Pilar.

Clorindo Manuel José Testa (December 10, 1923 – April 11, 2013) was an Italian-Argentine architect and artist.

Testa was born in Benevento,[1] Italy. He graduated from the School of Architecture at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1948.

Testa was one of the leaders of the Argentine rationalist movement and one of the pioneers of the brutalist movement in Argentina. 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 and the Banco de Londres building in Buenos Aires.

Testa died, aged 89, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Principal projects

1950-1959

1960-1969

1970-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

References

  1. ↑ http://artistasargentinos.com/clorindo-testa/
  2. ↑ http://www.grupotorcello.com.ar/antecedentes/hospital_central_de_abidjan.htm
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