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The Kavanagh Building is considered a leading example of [[International Style (architecture)|International Style]] architecture,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kp6FAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA776|page=776|accessdate=February 7, 2020|date=December 7, 2000|last1=Balderston|first1=Daniel|last2=González|first2=Mike|last3=López|first3=Ana M.|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-0415131889}}</ref> a current known locally as [[Rationalism (architecture)|rationalism]].<ref name="racionalismo">{{cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/arte-racionalismo-la-utopia-del-progreso-nid1556519|title=Racionalismo: la utopía del progreso|date=February 22, 2013|accessdate=February 7, 2020|work=[[La Nación]]|language=Spanish|first=Fabio|last=Grementieri}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/es/article/arquitectura-racionalista|language=Spanish|title=Arquitectura racionalista|accessdate=February 7, 2020|language=Spanish|publisher=Official tourism website of the City of Buenos Aires}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:15, 8 February 2020
| Kavanagh Building | |
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Edificio Kavanagh | |
 Kavanagh Building seen from Plaza San Martín | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Florida 1065[1] Retiro, Buenos Aires Argentina |
| Coordinates | 34°35′43.5″S 58°22′28.8″W / 34.595417°S 58.374667°W |
| Construction started | 1934 |
| Completed | 1936 |
| Opening | 2 January 1936 |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 120 m (390 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 31 |
| Floor area | 28,000 m2 (300,000 sq ft), on 2,400 m2 (26,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 12 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos, and Luis María de la Torre[2] |
| Main contractor | Rodolfo Cervini |
| Designated | 1999 |
The Kavanagh Building (Template:Lang-es) is a famed skyscraper in Buenos Aires, located at 1065 Florida Street in the barrio of Retiro, overlooking Plaza San Martín. Designed in 1934 by architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis María de la Torre, it is considered a classic of modernist architecture. At the time of its inauguration in 1936, the Kavanagh was the tallest building in Latin America, surprassing the Palacio Barolo, also located in Buenos Aires. It also became the tallest building in the world with a reinforced concrete structure.
It is considered one of the quintessential buildings of Buenos Aires.[3][4] A 2013 Clarín survey of 600 people who are not architects or builders found that the Kavanagh is the most liked building among porteños.[5] The Kavanagh Building was declared a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1994 and a National Historic Monument of Argentina in 1999.
History
It was designed in 1934, by local architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis María de la Torre, built by the constructor and engineer Rodolfo Cervini, and inaugurated in 1936. Standing at a height of 120 meters, the building is characterised by the austerity of its lines, the lack of external ornamentation, and its large prismatic volumes. It was declared a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1994[6] and a National Historic Monument by the Argentine government in 1999.[7] In the year of its completion the building obtained the Municipal Award for Collective Houses and Facades (Premio Municipal de Casa Colectiva y de Fachada) and three years later its facade received a similar award from the American Institute of Architects.
Its construction took only 14 months and was commissioned in 1934 by Corina Kavanagh, a millionaire of Irish descent who sold two ranches at the age of 39 to erect her own skyscraper.[8] The building has a towering form, with symmetrical setbacks and gradual surface reductions. It was created from the outside in, adapting outstandingly comfortable facilities to the space available. The structure was carefully designed to be as slender as possible, in order to avoid unnecessary weight, and influenced by the city planning regulations. The design combines Modernism and Art Deco with a Rationalist approach and is considered the apex of early Modernism in Argentina.
It was at the time the highest skyscraper in Latin America.[8] As the apartments in the new building were aimed at the upper middle classes, no expense was spared in its construction in order to insure a result of the highest quality. All 105 apartments contained the latest in technological advances, including central air conditioning, twelve Otis elevators, and state-of-the-art plumbing. Those on the upper floors have exquisite terrace gardens with views of the river, parks and the city.
Corina Kavanagh lived for many years on the 14th floor in the largest apartment, the only one that occupies an entire floor. There is a legend that says that the shape of the building was designed as a revenge. Corina, who was from a wealthy but not an aristocrat family, fell in love with the son of the Anchorena family, who were both wealthy and aristocratic. The Anchorenas, who lived in a palace on the other side of Plaza San Martín (today known as the San Martín Palace) and had built a church that they could see from their palace, disapproved of the engagement. In revenge, Corina made only one demand to the architects: that it would block the Anchorena family's view of their church.[1]
The building is separated from the Plaza Hotel by the passage Corina Kavanagh.
Architecture
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The Kavanagh Building is considered a leading example of International Style architecture,[9] a current known locally as rationalism.[10][11]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b Reina, Laura (January 3, 2006). "El Kavanagh y sus 70 años de historias". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ "Edificio Kavanagh". Comisión Nacional de Museos y de Monumentos y Lugares Históricos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Gigena, Daniel (May 30, 2018). "Los secretos del Kavanagh, el primer edificio moderno de Buenos Aires". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Abdala, Verónica (June 2, 2018). "Kavanagh, la torre que acaricia el cielo". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "El Kavanagh es el edificio que más le gusta a la gente en Capital". Clarín (in Spanish). December 22, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ^ "Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks Index - Listed by Country". American Society of Civil Engineers. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ Fernández, Roxana (23 April 1999). "El Kavanagh, entre los protegidos". Clarín (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ a b Novillo, Pablo (December 30, 2008). "Venden el piso 14 del edificio Kavanagh: el más caro de la Ciudad". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ Balderston, Daniel; González, Mike; López, Ana M. (December 7, 2000). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge. p. 776. ISBN 978-0415131889. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ^ Grementieri, Fabio (February 22, 2013). "Racionalismo: la utopía del progreso". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved February 7, 2020.
- ^ "Arquitectura racionalista" (in Spanish). Official tourism website of the City of Buenos Aires. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
