Kavanagh Building

E773716

landmark skyscraper

The Kavanagh Building is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Buenos Aires, renowned for its pioneering modernist design and status as one of the city's most iconic residential towers.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Edificio Kavanagh	1
Kavanagh Building canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landmark ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
architect	Ernesto Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ Gregorio Sánchez NERFINISHED ⓘ Luis María de la Torre NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Art Deco ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
buildingType	luxury residential tower ⓘ
completionDate	1936 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1934 ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ
developer	Corina Kavanagh NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature	central tower with wings ⓘ large picture windows ⓘ minimal ornamentation ⓘ setback tower form ⓘ streamlined façade ⓘ
hasUse	ground-floor commercial spaces ⓘ residential apartments ⓘ
hasViewOf	Retiro railway station area NERFINISHED ⓘ Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ
height	120 m ⓘ approximately 394 ft ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Monument of Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	1999 ⓘ
inception	1936 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Autonomous City of Buenos Aires NERFINISHED ⓘ Retiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Buenos Aires NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	reinforced concrete ⓘ
namedAfter	Corina Kavanagh NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	iconic silhouette on the Buenos Aires skyline ⓘ integration of Art Deco and functionalist elements ⓘ pioneering modernist residential design in Argentina ⓘ
numberOfFloors	33 ⓘ
openingDate	1936 ⓘ
overlooks	Plaza San Martín NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	architectural heritage of Buenos Aires ⓘ
recordHeld	tallest reinforced concrete building in the world ⓘ
recordHeldEnd	late 1930s ⓘ
recordHeldStart	1936 ⓘ
status	standing ⓘ
streetAddress	Florida 1065 ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Sánchez, Lagos y de la Torre NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasTallestBuildingIn	Buenos Aires NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Edificio Kavanagh