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Kavanagh (Buenos Aires, 1933)

The Kavanagh is one of the emblems of the modern movement Argentino. When built in 1933 is not a pure Art Deco building in the lines we also observed a strong influence of European expressionism ..

expressionist facade

In the early 1930's Corina Kavanagh was a young rancher from Irish, eccentric and interested in anything that was avant-garde, to the point that by 1933 had the idea to sell two of its packages to construct a building for housing rents. Some say that the idea was actually his attorneys, Paul Kavanagh and Garret Diego Cardenas. However, the fact is that Corina sold his land and bought land on the cliff overlooking the Plaza San Martin, a triangle formed by the junction of Florida and San Martin streets.

The area where the future would rise building was one of the most quoted of the city and had even been proposed by the Commission Aesthetic Edilicia as the "major gateway to the city", as in the lower stations were the "Retreat" of the Central Argentine Railway, Central Pacific and Córdoba.

Corina Kavanagh's intention was that the building could restore much of the money invested. His idea was to allocate departments to hire young wealthy families of Buenos Aires, the only ones who have survived the economic crisis. So worried that I had all the best of times for comfort and progress. For the project was called the study made by the Uruguayan architect Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto engineer Lagos and Luis Maria de Tower.

Kavanagh Vista General

The June 24, 1933 was auctioned the demolition of buildings that existed in the land where the future building would rise and late August it was completely free of debris. Finally, the structure began in January 1934. At first, Kavanagh Building would have a height similar to that of its neighbor Plaza Hotel, but finally decided to build a skyscraper, which was the tallest building in Buenos Aires.

The concreting of the "Edificio Kavanagh was concluded on October 28, 1934. At that time, became the reinforced concrete structure highest in the world, surpassing Prédio Martinelli of Sao Paulo.

The building was finally officially opened on January 15, 1936. With a 110 meters high to the roof and 120.35 to the top of the mast, became the tallest building in Argentina and Latin America. 30 stories were also a record for the history of nation building because it was the first time that a building that amount reached high levels.

Main Facade

The Kavanagh should limit their plants to the complex terrain triangular perimeter. It was built on five volumes juxtaposed: one center, which is abut other two and these other two children. The central part with both sides given the symmetry of the building.

Kavanagh

The numbers were startling for their time. During construction 1500 had prepared plans and worksheets for built surface of 25,800 m2 . In concrete structures were used 1,600 km. iron bars while the total water pipes, vapor, drains and electrical conductors reached 90 km . The electrical system was equivalent to would be required to supply a city of 80,000 inhabitants, while the computer air conditioner refrigerant (unique in the world) could generate ice for an urban cluster of 75,000 people.

The scheme of the building consists of basement, ground floor, 30 floors with a total of 102 apartments spread over six wings (A, B, C, E, F and G) and gazebo on the terrace, which would be the floor 31 °. The ground floor was devoted to large reception rooms with covered entrance for cars, waiting rooms, information, telephones, toilets, halls and galleries. The Kavanagh is included in the list of world heritage of the modern movement developed by UNESCO

The Kavanagh in the forties

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Architect	Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis Maria de la Torre
	1936
Project Year	1933
Height	110 meters
Plants	30
Type	Apartment Building
City Buenos Aires
Promoter	Corina Kavanagh