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Buenos Aires, Argentina | Rosario Lix Klett & Adriana Massa, Adriana Massa Sotheby’s International Realty
Extraordinary and emblematic this nearly 750 square-meter apartment in the Kavanagh Building features unique 360º views of the city, the Plaza San Martín, and Río de la Plata.
The Kavanagh building was commissioned by Corina Kavanagh, a 39-year-old heiress who had the dream of building a luxurious stepped tower. The Kavanagh was the first porteño skyscraper, contemporary to the construction of Rockefeller Center in New York, whose destination was to be a rental property. It also had the characteristic of being the highest reinforced concrete structure in Latin America.
In 1939 it was distinguished by the American Institute of Architects and for its technical characteristics, it shared the award given by the Society of Engineers of the United States with the Eiffel Tower, the Assuan Dam, the Panama Canal. In 1948 its owner sold the building to banker Henry Roberts.
Since 1999, UNESCO integrated it into the catalog of World Heritage of Modern Architecture and that same year it was declared a Monumento Histórico Nacional. For this reason, its occupants are released from the payment of municipal taxes such as lighting, sweeping and cleaning.
