Argentine National Congress, Buenos Aires

Flag Memorial, Rosario

Biblioteca Nacional (National Library), Buenos Aires

The Architecture of Argentina can be said to start at the beginning of the Spanish colonisation, though it was in the 18th century that the cities of the country reached their splendour. Cities like Córdoba, Salta, Mendoza, Rosario and also Buenos Aires conserved most their historical colonial patrimony in spite of their urban growth. The National Congress ( Spanish: Congreso de la Nación Argentina) is the legislative branch of the government of Argentina. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 941 KB) Summary The National Flag Memorial (Monumento Nacional a la Bandera) in Rosario, Argentina, near the banks of the Paraná River. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 941 KB) Summary The National Flag Memorial (Monumento Nacional a la Bandera) in Rosario, Argentina, near the banks of the Paraná River. ... Monumento a la Bandera, Rosario, Argentina The National Flag Memorial (in Spanish, Monumento Nacional a la Bandera) in Rosario, Argentina, is a monumental complex built near the shore of the Paraná River. ... The Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina (Spanish, National Library of the Argentine Republic) is the largest library of Argentina and one of the most important in the Americas. ... Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ... Córdobas coat of arms Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the Suquía River, about 700 km west-northwest from Buenos Aires. ... The inside of Saltas main cathedral Salta (or San Felipe de Salta) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Salta, located at the centre of that province. ... Mendoza is a city in the west of Argentina, and the capital of the Mendoza Province. ... Rosario is the largest city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and the third most populous in the country, after Buenos Aires and Córdoba. ... Buenos Aires (English: ; originally , City of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds;[1] pronounced ) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port. ...

The simplicity of the Rioplatense baroque style can be clearly appreciated in Buenos Aires, in the works of Italian architects such as André Blanqui and Antonio Masella, in the churches of San Ignacio, Nuestra Señora del Pilar, the Cathedral and the Cabildo. Río de la Plata in relation to Uruguay and Argentina A satellite view of the estuary The Río de la Plata (from Spanish: Silver River), also known by the English name River Plate, as in the Battle of the River Plate, or sometimes [La] Plata River, is the... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint The Baroque was a style in art that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce... Exterior of the Cathedral. ... Buenos Aires Cabildo The Buenos Aires Cabildo (Spanish:Cabildo de Buenos Aires) was the public building in Buenos Aires that was used as government house during the colonial times of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate, and currently operates as a museum. ...

Italian and French influences increased after the declaration of independence at the beginning of the 19th century, though the academic style persisted until the first decades of the 20th century. Attempts of renovation took place during the second half of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, when the European tendencies penetrated into the country, reflected in several buildings of Buenos Aires, such as the Iglesia Santa Felicitam by Ernesto Bunge; the Palace of Justice, the National Congress, and the Colón Theatre, all of them by Víctor Meano. The Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán. ... Night shot of the Colon Theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina The present Colón Theater (Spanish:Teatro Colón) in Buenos Aires, Argentina is one of the most famous opera houses in the world. ...

The architecture of the second half of the 20th century continued reproducing French neoclassic models, such as the headquarters of the Banco Nacional de Buenos Aires built by Alejandro Bustillo, and the Museo Hispanoamericano of Martín Noel. However, since the 1930s the influence of Le Corbusier and the European rationalism consolidated in a group of young architects of the University of Tucumán, among whom Amacio Williams stands out. The construction of skyscrapers proliferated in Buenos Aires until the 1950s, when a new generation started rejecting their "brutality", and tried to find an architectonic identity. Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, widely known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965), was a Swiss architect famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... The Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (National University of Tucumán) is an university in the Tucumán Province, in the northwest region of Argentina. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest building architecturally, is located in Taipei City, Taiwan. ...

This search for identity is reflected in the Banco de Londres building finished in 1967 by Diego Peralta Ramos, Alfredo Agostini, Clorindo Testa and Santiago Sánchez Elía. In the following decades, the new generations of architects incorporate vanguardist styles, and new technics.

In the last years of the 20th century important buildings of high technology have been erected by Argentine architects in the country, such as the Le Parc Tower by Mario Álvarez and the Torre Fortabat by Sánchez Elía, and around the world, most notably the Petronas Towers by César Pelli. The Petronas Towers The Petronas Towers (also known as the Petronas Twin Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (, ), were once the worlds tallest buildings when measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural or architectural top. ... César Pelli (born October 12, 1926 in Tucumán, Argentina) is a noted architect known for designing some of the worlds tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. ...