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Kavanagh building

The Kavanagh Building is a residential skyscraper in , , Argentina. Designed in 1934 by architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis María de la Torre, it is considered a pinnacle of modernist architecture.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: residential skyscraper in Retiro, Buenos Aires
  • Also known as: “Kavanagh Building”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento and Embassy of Denmark.

Church
Photo: Fulviusbsas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Government office
Photo: Gastón Cuello, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a government office, which is situated 150 metres east of Kavanagh building.

Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, formerly known as Torre de los Ingleses, is a clock tower located in the barrio of in , . It is situated in the by Avenida San Martín and Avenida del Libertador.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Retiro and Microcentro.

Suburb
Photo: Carlos Ravazzani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Quarter
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The center of has most of the city's attractions, including performances in the Tribunales theater district, the dense downtown area with government buildings, the San Telmo tango scene, and the biggest train station and the general bus station that offers connections to the surrounding provinces and neighboring countries.

Quarter
, sometimes called Barrio Padre Mugica or Barrio 31, is a large villa miseria in the area of Buenos Aires, near the .

Kavanagh building

Latitude
-34.5954° or 34° 35′ 44″ south
Longitude
-58.37468° or 58° 22′ 29″ west
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Height
120 metres (394 feet)
Open location code
48Q3CJ3G+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 102440659
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6957099
Wiki­data ID
Q375910
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Kavanagh building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “卡瓦纳大厦”
  • Dutch: “Kavanagh building”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى كافانا”
  • French: “Édifice Kavanagh”
  • German: “Kavanagh Gebäude”
  • German: “Kavanagh-Gebäude”
  • Hebrew: “בניין קוואנה”
  • Hungarian: “Edificio Kavanagh”
  • Hungarian: “Kavanagh-épület”
  • Italian: “Edificio Kavanagh”
  • Japanese: “エディフィシオ・カヴァナ”
  • Japanese: “カバナ・ビル”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Edifici Kavanagh”
  • Portuguese: “Edifício Kavanagh”
  • Slovenian: “Edificio Kavanagh”
  • Slovenian: “Stavba Kavanagh”
  • Spanish: “Edificio Kavanagh”
  • Swedish: “Edificio Kavanagh”
  • Thai: “อาคารกาบานัก”
  • Turkish: “Edificio Kavanagh”
  • Turkish: “Kavanagh binası”
  • Ukrainian: “Каванаг (будинок)”
  • Ukrainian: “Каванаг”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kavanagh building”. Photo: Marcos Prack, CC BY 2.0.