Architecture of Argentina

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The architecture of

Spanish colonial architecture
in spite of their urban growth.

History

National Congress of Argentina designed by Victor Meano.

The simplicity of the

Cabildo
.

Italian and French influences increased after the

National Congress by Vittorio Meano and the Colón Opera House, by Francesco Tamburini
.

A number of young Italian architects, including

Exposición Internacional del Centenario (1910), went on to establish successful careers in Buenos Aires working in a number of styles, including Art Nouveau
. Their buildings were some of the most important of the 20th century in Buenos Aires and those that remain continue to play a significant role in defining the city's architectural landscape.

The architecture of the second half of the 20th century continued adapting French

Museo de Arte Hispano Fernández Blanco
, by Martín Noel.

However, after the early 1930s, the influence of

Rationalist architecture and of Le Corbusier became dominant among local architects, among whom Alberto Prebisch and Amancio Williams stand out in this new vein. The construction of skyscrapers
proliferated in Buenos Aires after 1950, though a new generation started rejecting their "brutality," and tried to find an architectonic identity.

This search for identity is reflected in the

Banco de Londres building finished in 1967 by Clorindo Testa
with Diego Peralta Ramos, Alfredo Agostini, and Santiago Sánchez Elía. In the following decades, the new generations of architects incorporate, as always, European vanguardist styles, and new techniques.

Curutchet House, World Heritage Site in La Plata

Since the latter part of the 20th century, Argentine architects have become more prominent in the design of prime real estate projects in the country, such as the

Norwest Center and the Petronas Towers, both by César Pelli
.

Argentine neighborhoods are characterized by highly independent designs for each building. Most houses have individual designs. Tract housing is near to non-existent, generally reserved for subsidized houses made by the state for the poorest.

See also

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External links

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