The design of the National Library of Argentina is dominated by color, texture and its imposing structure. It is one of Argentina’s most notable modern structures and well-suited for Argentina’s largest library and the library with one of the most important collections in South America.

In 1960, poet, essayist, writer and chief librarian Jorje Louis Borges called for a new building to serve the growing collections. Three hectares were set aside by national law for the building between Avenues Libertador and Las Heras, Austria and Aguero. The work was awarded to architects Clorindo Testa, Alicia D. Cazzanica and Francisco Bullrich. The cornerstone was laid in 1971 and the work was completed and inaugurated in 1992 by the President Carlos Menem.

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