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Comega Building (1931, Buenos Aires)

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Architect	Douillet and Alfredo Enrique Joselevich
	1933
Project Year	1931
Height	85 meters
Plants	21
Type	Office Building
Construction	Comega The building construction began in 1931 as the emblem of Corrientes future. The arteries of the city should expand and align great monsters of steel and concrete as Comega. The building was constructed with three basements, 21 floors and a balcony. In the basement parking included, one of the first buildings to incorporate Argentine. On the first floor, two bodies were lifted straight from 14 floors each and a third away from municipal line, which was extended to the floor 21 °. The building then reached a total height of 85 m . excluding the antenna. Floors 1 ° to 18 ° were used for offices, while on the floor 19 ° was installed "Comega Club" a kind of "living room" consisting of lounge and bar with large windows that allowed a large visual range . Finally, the floors 20 and 21 ° were assigned to the elevator machine room and butler's home. glazed doors and bronze in the lobby of the building were made in the House Markus Berlin. The walls, the roof and the elevator doors were coated stainless steel plates brought from Sweden. For furniture used black marble and brass plated. On the floors of the offices was used the dark green linoleum, while the walls were painted with oil fillings and light colors. Similarly, units and bathrooms are clad in bright green majolica. The five elevators are Otis brand and have a speed of 180 m . per minute. Despite having adopted the H-shaped plant emerging architects are not highlighted the upward trend in either the front or telescoping composition of the shot.
City	Buenos Aires
Promoter	Mercantile and Cattle Company SA

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