Clorindo Testa

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

Clorindo Jose Manuel Testa
Testa in 2012
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 (Tree of Life) by Clorindo Testa, located in the Amijai synagogue in Buenos Aires

2002 - Campus in Pilar.

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. He was member of the international jury which chose Carlos Ott as the architect for the Opera Bastille in Paris.

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