April 2013 - BUENOS AIRES / I N M E M O R I A M - Clorindo Testa (1923-13) was the most notable Argentinian architect in the second half of the 20th Century. His "Banco de Londres y América del Sur" (1960-66, now Banco Hipotecario) is a world Masterpiece and one of the finest designs built in the sixties. Pouchulu first met "Cloro" in the eighties while studying at the UBA (University of Buenos Aires); they became friends after Pouchulu won the Fondo Nacional de las Artes FNA Scholarship (1997). Clorindo was an amazing man, with a great sense of humor. We visited together Italy and the UK, sometimes with Jorge Glusberg. I met him around 1985 at his office when I was a young architecture student, we eventually became friends. His legacy, in particular, built works, is extraordinary. We shared a similar attitude against life and art.
Left: Pouchulu and Testa at the Virginia Wolf cafe in Hotel Russel after lecturing at the Bartlett, London, 2000 / right: two images of the magnificent Banco de Londres y América del Sud, Buenos Aires.