Hospital Naval

Hospital Naval is a building in the Caballito section of Buenos Aires designed by architect Clorindo Testa in 1977. Serving Argentine Navy personnel and facing Parque Centenario, the institution was established in 1947, and its current, modernist building was inaugurated in 1981.^[1] The 30,000 m² (320,000 ft²) hospital is one of the best-known examples of brutalist architecture in Argentina.^[2]

Hospital Naval Central.

Hospital Naval
Argentine Navy
The Naval Hospital
Geography
Location	Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coordinates	34°36′19″S 58°25′59″W
Organisation
Funding	Argentine government
Type	Military hospital
History
Opened	1947
Links
Website	www.hnpm.mil.ar
Lists	Hospitals in Argentina

References

1. "Hospital Naval: historia" (in Spanish).
2. "Clorindo Testa: painter, architect, teacher (Clorindo Testa: pintor, arquitto, maestro). El Día". 9 September 2008. (in Spanish)

External links

• "Hospital Naval Buenos Aires". Hospital Naval. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
• Clorindo Testa. "Architecture of Hospital Naval". Architectuul.
• "Naval Hospital in Buenos Aires". Wiki arquitectura.