Alicia Cazzaniga Explained

Alicia Cazzaniga
Birth Date:	July 9, 1928
Birth Place:	Buenos Aires
Death Place:	Buenos Aires

Alicia Cazzaniga (1928–1968) was an Argentine modernist architect. She is best known for her work in designing the National Library of the Argentine Republic.^[1]

Alicia Cazzaniga was born in Buenos Aires on July 9, 1928. She attended the National University of Buenos Aires where she studied with Francisco Bullrich and Eduardo Polledo and Horacio Baliero.

Cazzaniga, along with Bullrich, Polledo, Bailero and others founded the Organization of Modern Architecture in 1948. The group practiced Rationalism, forming contacts with members of the Bauhaus.^{[2] [3]}

In 1962, a design produced by Cazzaniga along with Francisco Bullrich, and Clorindo Testa was chosen for the new building of the National Library of the Argentine Republic.^[4]

Alicia Cazzaniga died on February 28, 1968, in Buenos Aires.

Notes and References

1. Book: Kent, Allen. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 39 - Supplement 4: Accreditation of Library Education to Videotex: Teletext, and the ImPatt of Television Systems Information Systems on Library Services. 1985-11-27. CRC Press. 9780824720391. en.
2. Web site: ALICIA CAZZANIGA 1928-1968. Moisset. ~ Inés. 2019-03-08. UN DIA UNA ARQUITECTA 4. es-ES. 2019-05-13.
3. Web site: Cazzaniga De Bullrich, Alicia ModernaBuenosAires. ModernaBuenosAires.org. 2019-05-13.
4. Book: Kent, Allen. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 39 - Supplement 4: Accreditation of Library Education to Videotex: Teletext, and the ImPatt of Television Systems Information Systems on Library Services. 1985-11-27. CRC Press. 9780824720391. en.