Office: Alicia Cazzaniga | ArchDaily ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sun, 3 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 <![CDATA[Architectural Classics: Mariano Moreno National Library / Clorindo Testa + Francisco Bullrich + Alicia Cazzaniga]]> https://www.archdaily.com/991707/architectural-classics-mariano-moreno-national-library-clorindo-testa-bullrich-and-cazzaniga Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:00:00 +0000 Fabian Dejtiar https://www.archdaily.com/991707/architectural-classics-mariano-moreno-national-library-clorindo-testa-bullrich-and-cazzaniga In the central Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, in a large lot between Austria Street, Agüero Street, and Del Libertador Avenue, stands the current building of the Mariano Moreno National Library, designed by architects Clorindo Testa, Francisco Bullrich, and Alicia Cazzaniga.

Built on the basis of the project that won first prize in a national competition in 1961, and completed in the early 1990s, it has become a landmark of modern Argentine architecture and an example of the variant of 20th century expressionism known as "brutalism".

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