architecture

Kavanagh Building

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Edificio Kavanagh [Spanish]

Architecture

When it was inaugurated in 1936, the Kavanagh Building was the world's tallest edifice with a reinforced concrete structure. It surpassed the Palácio Salvo in Montevideo to become the tallest building in Latin America, and remained so until 1947.

built
–
culture
Argentine
style/period
Art Deco, Rationalism, International Style
work type
residential building
form/concept
high-rise building
material
reinforced concrete
architect
Sánchez, Lagos y de la Torre, Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos, Luis María de la Torre
structural engineer
Carlos Laucher, Fernando Schwarz
patronage
Corina Kavanagh

Specifications

height
120.0 m
stories (above ground)
31

Geography

America » Latin America » South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Commune 1 » Retiro
local language location name
Buenos Aires, Argentina [Spanish]