Enrique Besuievsky was an Uruguayan architect born in 1931. Prior to his time at the AA, he was already practicing and had notable engagement in two competition proposals. The first was for the Peugeot Headquarters in Buenos Aires (1962), a mixed-use tower building (integrating office spaces, with other elements including cultural spaces, a mall, and restaurants) - his joint proposal with Milton Pinto and Leonardo Turovlin winning fifth place. The second was a winning proposal in the 1966 competition to design the Kehila Headquarers in Montevideo. The entry was jointly prepared, Besuievesky working with Pinto, Turovlin and Isidoro Singer and the design for a religious community space was subsequently built. In 1969-70, Besuievsky attended the Architectural Association and received a post-graduate diploma from the Department of Development and Tropical Studies, with a specialization in housing. Although limited information is available on his later career, he seems to have developed expertise for working in historic areas. In c.1983-84, he worked with Pola Glikberg and Isidoro Singer on the renovation and preservation of a 19th century building in Montevideo which incorporates ornamental elements, semicircular arches, and iron balconies typical of the time, and which formerly housed the Café de Los Inmortales. In 1989-91, he worked again with Pola Glikberg but this time on the Bartolome Mitre project, a new building within the Old City. The scheme comprises two blocks of retail and apartment buildings with a courtyard in between and balances a respect for the scale and language of its historical surroundings, whilst crafting a contemporary identity for itself. Besuievsky is recorded as having passed away in 1993.
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