Clorindo Testa
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| Clorindo Testa | |
| Born | December 10, 1923; Naples, Italy |
| Education | Universidad de Buenos Aires |
| Notes | |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/architects/Clorindo_Testa.html |
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[edit] Works
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 Argentina
- 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 Aires ampliación
- Escuela Oficiales De La Armada Argentina
- Museo Nacional Bellas Artes Montevideo, ampliación
- Ba.Na.De. (National Development Bank)
- Hospital Naval
- 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 Hotel
- Central Hospital, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.[1]
- 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 Spa (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 Salvador, Auditorio
- Campus Universidad de San Luis
- C. C. Fundación Konex
- biblioteca Gobernación de La Pampa.
[edit] Discussion
(b. Naples, Italy 1923) Argentinean architect.
Clorindo Testa was born in Naples in 1923, though he is a long-time resident of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1948 he graduated from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the National University of Buenos Aires where he studied the Beaux Arts tradition. He worked for the Buenos Aires Regulating Plan for one year, but left to study painting in Italy. Three years later, he returned to Argentina and established a private practice.
Ostensibly partnerless, Testa generally prefers to work collaboratively on his designs. His first works often echoes the bold forms and spatial manipulations of his paintings. His designs often incorporate a heavily textured concrete finish which predates and predicts the first Brutalist architecture. Also uses coloured closed forms.
[edit] References
- Dennis Sharp. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Architects and Architecture. New York: Quatro Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-8230-2539-X. NA40.I45. p153.
- Muriel Emmanuel. Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. ISBN 0-312-16635-4. NA680.C625.
