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Bank of London and South America

The main atrium roof building access. Photos: Francisco Cellini

BANK OF LONDON AND SOUTH AMERICA

Clorindo Testa

Reconquest, 101. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1966

This administrative building in the heart of Buenos Aires is part in the mainstream Brutalist clearly that define a part of the architecture of the second half of the twentieth century.
Its originality and formal richness is founded on creating piranesianos interior spaces that provide an alternative to the narrow streets that surround. The design of floating bridges trays and serve as inspiration for other subsequent bank designs.

Building Access Floor

View of the courtyard of banking. Image extracted from blog Worlds-Trotter

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