Who commissioned the construction of the building?

Corina Kavanagh financed and commissioned the tower as an apartment residence.

What architectural styles are reflected in the design?

Architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos, and Luis María de la Torre combined Rationalism, Art Deco influences, and early Modernism into a slender reinforced concrete form.

What is the story behind the tower orientation?

Local accounts explain that the orientation was intended to obstruct the view of the nearby church from the Anchorena residence across the plaza.

What engineering designations has the tower achieved?

The American Society of Civil Engineers named it a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, and it received the Municipal Award for Collective Houses and Facades upon completion.

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Residents facing Plaza San Martín trade quiet evenings for the transit volume around Retiro while living beside early concrete high-rises.

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Commissioned as a private skyscraper overlooking Plaza San Martín, the structure stands as an austere landmark of South American rationalist architecture.

Architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos, and Luis María de la Torre designed the residential high-rise for Corina Kavanagh, who funded the concrete project after liquidating family ranches. Rising over Plaza San Martín in Retiro, the tower surpassed Palacio Salvo in height through an unornamented rationalist exterior with stepped setbacks designed from the outside inward to comply with municipal weight codes.

Engineered by Empresa Argentina de Cemento Armado, the reinforced concrete skeleton introduced central air conditioning, Otis elevator shafts, and stepped garden terraces overlooking the river. Local lore claims the building footprint deliberately blocked the Anchorena family palace from viewing their nearby church, though the property remains an occupied residential monument rather than a public observatory.

Асоціації

Площа Сан-Мартіна (Буенос-Айрес)The central public square facing the stepped rationalist facade.
Corina KavanaghThe investor who commissioned the tower and occupied a full floor.
Private accessApartments remain private residences with no public interior entry.
Anchorena familyNeighbouring aristocrats whose palace church views were obstructed.

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Architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos, and Luis María de la Torre designed the building.
The Argentine government declared the skyscraper a National Historic Monument.
Empresa Argentina de Cemento Armado engineered the reinforced concrete structure.
The design combines rationalist lines with symmetrical setbacks to limit structural weight.

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Commissioned as a private skyscraper overlooking Plaza San Martín, the structure stands as an austere landmark of South American rationalist architecture.

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