Art Deco
Stepped floors.
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The Kavanagh is an Art Deco apartment tower facing Plaza San Martín, one of the great symbols of modern architecture in Buenos Aires. Opened on 3 January 1936 at 120 metres, it was the tallest building in Latin America until 1947, the tallest reinforced-concrete structure in South America, and the city's first apartment building with central air conditioning. It was paid for by Corina Kavanagh, a wealthy landowner who gave it her name, and designed by the architects Sánchez, Lagos and de la Torre. Its shape is striking: a sharp-edged block whose upper floors step back like stairs to a slender tower, so it looks like a ship heading for the river, especially from the square. It is a residential building and cannot be visited inside; the best place to see it is the facing Plaza San Martín, from whose sloping lawn it shows in full, with the Torre Monumental and Retiro station close by.
Stepped floors.
The best view.
Facing the river.
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