Buenos Aires and Cultura
Topic: Buildings & Bridges

The Obelisk of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Topic: Buildings & Bridges
The Obelisk of Buenos Aires celebrates its 70th anniversary.

Just like Gardel, Maradona, dulce de leche, ball pens and colectivo buses, the Obelisk is Buenos Aires trademark.

Typical BA postcards feature it as the centerpiece in between Corrientes and 9 of July avenues. The last is the widest road in the world and yet another Argentine trademark.

This obelisk, alike those around the world –in Egypt, Washington, etc- are rationalistic monuments to modernity, tracing a continuous line throughout the evolution of the Western Civilization.

Inaugurated in 1936, this monument was built to commemorate the 4th centennial of the city of Buenos Aires foundation. And ever since it was built, regardless its detractors and enemies, the Buenos Aires obelisk has become the icon and centerpiece for every significant social celebration: from protests to political campaigns, to celebrate soccer championships.

Designed by the Tucuman Architect Alberto Prebisch for the Buenos Aires city governor Mariano Vedia y Mitre, the argentine obelisk was built in only 31 days. Siemens Bauunion was the contractor who carried on the construction.

The 221.46 feet tall monument raised a few eyebrows due to its immensity and hard lines. However, this monument is a celebration of our history; each of its four sides remembers one outstanding historical event of Buenos Aires. The first foundation of the city in 1536, the second and definitive in 1580, the first time the national flag was raised in Buenos Aires in 1812, and the constitution of Buenos Aires as the country’s capital city in 1880.

Some of the latest public events that had the obelisk as a main feature are:

- In 1989, the Black organization crew performed hanging from the trademark building featuring the air show: La Tirolesa Obelisco.

- In 1999, it became an immense altar and over 300,000 people attended a millennium mass.
- In 2002, Spencer Tunik portrayed 450 naked people around the obelisk.



                 
The Obelisk Of Buenos Aires, Argentina
- On December 1st 2005, as part of the world’s Aids day, the city government covered the obelisk with a 220 feet pink condom.

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Art Deco Empire State Building, Kavanagh Building & Lighthouses
Topic: Buildings & Bridges
Like London's Crystal Palace and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Empire State Building represented in its time "what we were capable of," says Carol Willis, an architectural historian and founder-director of lower Manhattan's Skyscraper Museum.

Empire State Building, in central Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Ave. between 33d St. and 34th St. It was designed by the firm of Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon and built in 1930–31. For many years its 102 stories (1,250 ft/381 m high) made it the tallest building in the world.

The trademark looking building is cemented in both New York and U.S. History. Built during the harsh and complicated years of the 1929 (and those years to follow) Great Depression, the building was a monument to modernity and to men’s unthought-of domain of nature. The construction began on March 17, 1930 and the building's steel frame rose at an average rate of four and a half floors per week.

William Lamb was the man chosen to design the Empire State Building. Featuring an epoch feel to an amazing extent, this Art Deco monument is an ode to the architectural trend that was being born back in the early days of the third decade of the 20th century.

The Art Deco style is characterized by symmetrical geometric patterns such as chevron, sunburst, and zigzag patterns. Commonly used materials include aluminum, stainless steel, lacquer, inlaid wood, sharkskin, and zebra-skin. The bold use of stepped forms and sweeping curves were the great innovation resulting of the blend between modernity and design, taking upon the essencials of geometry and lifting them into design heaven.

Argentina also features odes to modernity thru means of Art Deco design and style, which have become city trademarks alike the Empire State is to NYC. For starters, Kavanagh building in downtown BA, facing the gorgeous San Martin’s park has been a city icon since early 1930s when the daughter of a world magnate chose to develop a modern conception in the bursting capital of one of the world’s greatest barns. The architects that carried out this ambitious project were Gregorio Sanchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis Maria de la Torre.

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In 1936, the architects expressed their feelings about the new creation in one of Buenos Aires' most refined architectural magazines: Sanchez, Lagos and de la Torre said that the building was created from the outside in, adapting outstanding comfortable facilities to the space they had in order to create the masterpiece they were asked to design. The gradual surface reduction, a strategy these magnificent architects worked with in order to make the most of the city's construction limitations. Their choices resulted in a great use of space allowing the owners of those exquisite apartments to enjoy amazing terrace gardens in the height and in the heart of the city.

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Yet another example of Art Deco design and architecture is in the Argentine Yacht Club, located in the portside are in Southern Costanera Av and Viamonte St. this Yacht house is also a magnificent lighthouse looking building, with exquisite design trademarks. Conceived and carried on by the French Architect Eduard Le Monnier, this building was an early example of a trend that would soon conquer the world’s architecture and design. In 1917, Argentina was far away from the conflict line in the Old Continent and allowed her self to portray its magnificence and opulence thru its buildings.


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The Empire State Building, once the tallest building in the world and again the tallest in New York City, turned 75 years old this past Monday, May, 2006. There are yearlong celebrations going on in New York to homage the life and history of this breathtaking monument of modernity.

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Bridges in the City of Buenos Aires
Topic: Buildings & Bridges
Architecture

By 1900 Buenos Aires was one of the twelve world capitals with finest architecture. In terms of growing, Buenos Aires was the third most growing city behind Hamburg and Chicago.
Throughout these years the ever-growing sophisticated architecture aimed to symbolize the country’s prestige and greatness. Back then some of the finest particular and public palaces. For instance, the National mail Postal Office building was designed by the same French architect in charge of designing the New York Postal Office.
Architectural experts who have studied Buenos Aires buildings agree to describe the city’s architecture not as mere copies of the European designs, but a special and authentic view of world major trends that were brought to the Buenos Aires scene transgressing the Old continent’s hard and austere lines. This is a very special and unique feature, for most European architects working in BA projects “felt freer to innovate, adapt, adorn and leave their personal signature”.
The American Utopia in terms of architecture arrived to the new continent through two main port-side cities: New York and Buenos Aires.
From 1880 to 1930, the city of Buenos Aires went through a major makeover –unparalleled elsewhere-. The buildings and sculptured monuments, including public interest areas such as parks and avenues, included in the World’s patrimony list are over 200.
The main European style prevailing throughout those years was to be complemented during the early 20s with innovative styles such as Art nouveau and Art Deco, as well as an aesthetic highly influenced by the archeological discoveries from way back then: Tutankhamen’s tomb discovery and the later discovery of Inca, Mayan and Aztec archeological remains inspired much of the design work. Rectangles and pyramids, double and triple frames and Egyptian and Inca motifs are yet to be found and admired through several barrios that were growing back then, Flores, Caballito and Balvanera. While this cosmopolitan style developed some local architects had also created what they described as “a nationalist architecture” invoking a sort of national style linked to some Spaniard and colonial styles, and the new and modern Buenos Aires neo-River Plate Architecture.

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Architecture, Buenos Aires. Argentina

The city’s functional architecture evolved with it’s economy. Early in the 1900, La Boca and Barracas were the city’s main working class neighborhoods, filled with joint houses known as conventillos. Very colorful constructions made out of inexpensive materials such as metal, wood. The 1940s and the increase in number of the portenan ( as the Buenos Aires City dwellers are known ) working class would bring to the architectonic scene mono-block serialized buildings specially around Saavedra, Chacabuco and Lugano.
The 1960s and 1970s were years of innovation in design and aesthetic linked to nature and prime materials revalued and exposed in all its basic and beautiful features. Organic and functionality is a duel that prevails in the constructions of those days.
From the 80s to our days, the eclectic feel of the city prevails, and ultra modern high buildings are this years main input. The late 90s and the new millennium, following a worldwide trend, express a return to some basic aesthetic, remodeling and recovering high quality constructions from demolition, in vintage modern buildings.

Interesting facts about Buenos Aires architecture: Casa Chorizo and Conventillos.
The Casa chorizo has it’s origin in Italy’s Roman Empire middle class construction, one story buildings with several inside patios connecting the many rooms. The Argentinean version is not so opulent, it has less rooms and patios, just the main living room, kitchen, bathroom and a couple of bedrooms all face the sole and main patio, that’s accessed through a narrow hall connecting it with the street. Further rooms are added when resources are higher than the media.
The Conventillos were the main lodging available to the immense immigrant flow from the early years of the Republic. These are communitarian like homes, were whole families lived in a room, shared a bathroom and a cooking area. Most of these conventillos were abandoned in 1871 because of a yellow fever epidemic. Later on the buildings were occupied again, in better conditions, but they were still shared houses.

La Boca bridges, an unmistakable pair

La Boca is a neighborhood of fantasy and beauty. Not just regular and plain beauty but local and exotic. Its streets come up to life through means of the colorful collection of houses, up and down high streets to avoid flooding and the unmistakable folk around the Sunday football matches, when the local team Boca Juniors awakes all sorts of passions.
Originally organized as a port side town, La Boca is located at the shore of the Riachuelo, a small river descending from the marvelous River Plate. Italian and Spanish immigrants were the first to populate this neighborhood and to set its unique character. Even when, back in the early days of the twentieth century two of the most beloved and hated football clubs were being born –Boca Juniors and River Plate- the port gave them their identity, for the traditional gold and blue from their T shirt was inspired in a ship’s flag arriving to the port at the very same moment a group of football lover friends were “giving birth” to Boca.
Among the many interesting features of La Boca, its bridges are a fantastic attraction. Rarely happens –anywhere- to find two bridges one side by side the other, and even less that both of them carry the same name. But we had to be in La Boca for something like this to happen.
For this is the last neighborhood in Buenos Aires city, it’s the joining point to the Grater Buenos Aires, aka Provincia de Buenos Aires.
Back in 1908 El Sur Railway Company began to build a monumental iron bridge to join the city and the province. Through means of it people could cross walking from one end to the other of the Riachuelo –before everybody crossed by boat- and also for heavy vehicles flow. On May 30th 1914, in front of a exited crowd the city’s authorities inaugurated the Nicolas Avellaneda -in honor of the Republic’s president through 1874-1880 -Transfer car.
But in 1940 the city’s government built another bridge, for the transit flow was increasingly growing. The new bridge would take over the transport car’s functions; and for the authorities didn’t want the name of the Republic’s president to go down with it, they christened the new bridge Nicolas Avellaneda too.
Only at La Boca, this enchanting location, one finds twin bridges with less than 200 meters apart one from the other, both named after the same ex president…a fantastic honor, no doubt about it.


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Kavanagh building, down town Buenos Aires.
Topic: Buildings & Bridges
Buenos Aires Architectural Masterpiece
by Bob Frassinetti.

Edificio Kavanagh, the Kavanagh building, is one of the most impressive architectonic masterpieces of Buenos Aires.
Built in the 1930s, this building expresses the feeling of an era, and as many specialists agree, its features remind us that what has been often called a problematic view of modernism, meaning that what can be seen at first sight as esthetic conservatism, is actually updated, or better said, irrupted by pure and modern lines that give this incredible monument that undefinable Je ne sais quois.

Corina Kavanagh, one of Argentina's wealthiest women, invested all she had inherited - the story tells that she had to sell all her other properties to do so - to build her own skyscraper.

The architects that carried out this ambitious project were Gregorio S?nchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis Maria de la Torre.
In 1936, the architects expressed their feelings about the new creation in one of Buenos Aires' most refined architectural magazines, noting that the shape of the building was determined by material and legislative limitations. As the explained the project, S?nchez, Lagos and de la Torre affirmed that the building was created from the outside in, adapting outstanding comfortable facilities to the space they had in order to create the masterpiece they were asked to design. This design is seen in many of the building's features such as the passage that separates it from the Plaza Hotel, one of the most traditional buildings of the area; and the gradual surface reduction, a strategy these magnificent architects took in order to make the most of the city's construction limitations. Their choices resulted in a great use of space allowing the owners of those exquisite apartments to enjoy amazing terrace gardens in the height and in the heart of the city. S?nchez, Lagos y de la Torre designed 105 apartments whose leitmotiv was functionality and economy, demonstrating in each and every corner the feeling of the epoch, rationality and technological advances.

This Argentinean Art Dec? masterpiece was at that time, 1935, the highest skyscraper built entirely in concrete of Latin America with its luxurious 120 meters of height. Nowadays, although surpassed by other constructions in height, the Kavanagh still is one of Buenos Aires' most coveted apartment buildings. Located in the heart of the chic neighborhood of Retiro, in up town Buenos Aires, the expos? of the Latin American Art Dec? dresses up the whole area. The Kavanagh offers its tenants one of the city's best views combining a perfect approach to the coasts of the Rio de la Plata, the outstanding British styled Retiro train station, the amazing walkable Florida Street, and of course, an excellent "front yard" in the Plaza San Mart?n, the beautiful central park on a hill that runs all the way from Libertador Avenue up to Santa Fe Avenue.

No doubt about it, the Kavanagh was, is and will be one of Buenos Aires' lighting stars that makes the city of Tango as special as it is.

Bob Frassinetti.CopyRight, 2004. Roberto Dario Frassinetti.

The Barolo Palace and Lighthouse.
Topic: Buildings & Bridges
The Barolo Palace, a Latin homage to Dante's greatness, but something also for those lighthouse fans....... Bob Frassinetti.



In 1884 the Argentinean Congress approved a modernization project for the city of Buenos Aires. Hence the upcoming centenary of the Independence, and the pushing economy development at that time, the Argentinean government decided to renew the image of this portside big village up to the times most important cities. Among the many architectural innovations was the creation of the gorgeous 30 meters wide Avenida de Mayo, that connected the Executive and Legislative powers, at one end of the Avenue, the impressive Casa Rosada, on the other end, the National Congress, both buildings showing an outstanding art nouveau architecture.

The Barolo Palace was conceived at that time, responding to the needs of a modernization era.

However, this outstanding building expressed a rupture regarding the feel of that time, for its conception and shapes can be seen as a reaction to the academic aesthetics prevalent back then.

Many experts have said when referring to "the Barolo": An ambitious skyscraper that synthesizes the ambition for progress, with its 32 meters front by 42 depth, exiting to the parallel Avenida de Mayo e Hip?lito Irigoyen; between which was traced a pedestrian shopping passage. The total of 16.630 m2 are distributed in 18 floors and 2 underground floors. Entirely made out of reinforced concrete this building's structure was a novelty in the country and one of the world's first to be made with that technique. It was the highest building in Buenos Aires until 1934, when the Kavanagh building surpassed it in height.

The architect who brought into life this spectacular building was the Italian immigrant Mario Palanti financially supported by the uprising textile industrial -also Italian- Luis Barolo. Palanti requested the city to exceed the construction limitations of the time; they granted him that. So the building began to be thought as a center in which different trends converged bringing an idea into life, to celebrate Dante?s Latin geniality.

According to the some of Palanti's biographies this Italian architect, who had studied in the University of Bera in Milan, belonged to a medieval lodge: Fede Santa, as Dante did. This brotherhood's bishop - that remains to our days- is the very same Dante, who brought into life the moralizing metaphor of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, that showed three ways of being: vice, virtue and perfection. These convictions together with an aesthetic trend of the time, the gothic revival -very important at that time, for it was not only an artistic statement but a social point of view in which the need of transforming the social and spiritual life brought into life a late romantic view of the world- lined up the project. This trend can be seen in many architectural monuments of that time such as Gaud?'s Sagrada Familia and many of Rudolf Steiner's buildings among the most representative.

The palace, therefore, was a synthesis of those conceptions. Displayed following the directions of the Southern cross, the building rises from the ground becoming a laic temple that stands upon the ascensional path for souls. Many experts assure that the building commemorates the VI Centennial of Dante's revelation. That's why the building's definitions are understood in syntony with Dante's Divine Comedy. Both -the poem's and the building's division is in three; there are nine hell hierarchies, as well as the amount of access vaults representing the initiation steps -there are phrases in Latin above each of them explaining them. The purgatory is divided in seven, as well as Palanti's tower. The nine divisions of Heaven are represented in the outstanding 300,000 voltaic power bulbs lighthouse, above which it's the Southern Cross, the entrance to heaven, that can be clearly seen during the first days of June around 7:45 PM, lined up to the Palace's coordinates. And of course, 100 are the cantos and 100 are the meters the building rises from the ground. Most of the cantos are divided into seven or twenty two stanzas, each floor is divided in seven modules on the front and twenty two office modules and the total height of the building is divided into twenty two floors: fourteen basic stories, seven in the tower, plus the lighthouse.

All these number related information gives us an idea about the cultural background of the project as well as the spiritual intentions with which it was built.

The Barolo Palace has always been a reference point in Buenos Aires. There is a very famous anechdote around this building and lighthouse. In 1923, shortly after the project that began in 1919 was finished, there was a famous fight taking place in the US, Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Angel Firpo; at that time, this was a one of a kind event, an there were no simultaneous transmitions, nor TV. People say that there was a radio show that translated what an American radio station said about the fight. Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Barolo Palace, for from the lighthouse, through a game of lights, they indicated how the fight was developing. Not only for the Porte?os who gathered in front of the Barolo, but these lights were proyected all the way to Uruguay to the Palacio Salvo in Montevideo -the Barolo Palace twin building also designed by Mario Palanti.

Both the Palacio Salvo and the Palacio Barolo were conceived by Palanti as the Hercules Columns of the Rio de la Plata. These are two main land lighthouses that connect the estuary.

Without a doubt an outstanding architectual piece that has entered the Olympus of art together with some other few modern art expressions.

Bob Frassinetti.Copyright, 2004.Roberto Dario Frassinetti.

Barbie Dolls and High Style Living.
Topic: Buildings & Bridges
Barbie Theme Hotel in Buenos Aires


Its like a dream come true. Ever since childhood one has always thought of a fantasy world, alike the one our toys lived in. Beautiful and perfect pink houses with matching accessories... it never happened, till now!

The Buenos Aires Hilton Hotel together with Mattel international have made this dream come true. Room number 538 is the Barbie room from now at least till September. This joint project between two of the most successful business minds has resulted in the first Barbie theme room in the whole wold is at one of the planet's most interesting and beautiful capitals, the city of tango.

The room is fully furnished in pink Barbie accessories, over fifty trade mark Barbie items: furniture, china, telephones, sleepers, towels, rugs, perfumes, and of course, a full closet with Barbie outfits and all kinds of toys.

Hilton and Mattel have thought through this experience so much that when leaving the Barbie room you get a complementary Barbie to remind you about this one of a kind experience.



The perfect Barbie room is not only perfect for kids who are discovering the magic of this perfect doll and her world, but also for those Barbie fans who have collected these items for a great part of their life. One could say this is one just perfect chance for a mother -daughter trip to fantasy land.

Furthermore when visiting Buenos Aires, those Barbie lovers can hunt down some of the most eccentric Barbie models specially designed for the local Argentinean market, those models you'll only find in BA as well as enjoying a great time at a perfect city that blends the sophistication of Paris and the friendly environment of Latin America.

There's no doubt about it, if you love Barbie you must come to Buenos Aires for one lifetime experience you'll never forget.


Bob Frassinetti.Copyright, 2004.Roberto Dario Frassinetti.

NH Joustin Corrientes Av. 280, Centro
Topic: Buildings & Bridges

NH Joustin Corrientes Av. 280, Centro

Hotel next to Comega Buliding se encuentra en un emplazamiento inmejorable, en pleno barrio historico y comercial de la ciudad, junto al Edificio de Correos, a la Plaza de Mayo, al Obelisco, al Teatro Colon, a la estacion de ferrocarril del Retiro y al metro. El NH Jousten esta a tan solo 5 kilometros del Aeropuerto Jorge Newberry. El edificio, un monumento artistico

Sofitel Buenos Aires Arroyo 841/849
Topic: Buildings & Bridges
Sofitel Buenos Aires Arroyo 841/849

...........on the buildings...

Gorgeous buildings in a gorgeous city. It
couldn't be any either way. Buenos Aires has always been a beautiful city. It
was in the early 1900s when the local government -in honor of the 100th
anniversary- decided to modernize the colonial feel of Buenos Aires. In that
occasion many important architects from all over the world came to the city
of Tango to contribute with their outstanding view of art.
This was a breakthrough. The years to come would be just incredible in terms
of architecture.
Among the outstanding examples of this new and sophisticated trend is the
Mianovich tower, nowadays Sofitel Hotel, 841/849 Arroyo St . This luxurious
five star hotel is a carefully restored landmark building dated form 1929
that resembles a lighthouse casting light over the city. The neoclassic
splendor of its outside is perfectly blend with a contemporary design and
Art Deco interior. The Mianovich Tower, originally was a immigrant gathering
point when they first arrived to the city of tango. No other place is as
perfect as the Sofitel to stay at the beginning of our incredible journey.

Comega Building. Corrientes Avenue, corner with Leandro N. Alem Avenue.
Topic: Buildings & Bridges
Comega Building. Corrientes Avenue, corner with Leandro N. Alem Avenue.

Built by Kalnay, Andres. Born Budapest, Hungary. 1893 -Buenos Aires,1982.


An other fantastic building is the Comega Building on Corrientes Avenue,
corner with Leandro N. Alem Avenue. It was built by Kalnay, Andres. Born
Budapest, Hungary 1893, and lived in Buenos Aires until 1982. Not just an
outstanding Art Deco example but also an outstanding combination of places,
from offices to cousine restaurants to sushi bars, with a terrific view of
the majestic city! Just next to the Comega, is one other great example of
beautiful architecture. Next of which we can admire an other outstanding
architectural example, now transformed into a top NH hotel. This building,
however does not follow the art deco style, but a more British and American
influence Art nouveau feel.
All three of these buildings are top quality high class examples of Buenos
Aires glamorous side.


And a terrific dinning option ........

I wanted to delight all my senses this night. I thought: were can I go? The
perfect dinner place was to be found in the hottest neighbor in BA, Retiro.
I have heard of the outstanding Comega building's restaurant. I've even been
once, many years ago, when I was a young by. I was to discover that the
memory of that event was still fresh in my mind, the minute I stepped inside
the fabulous building.
Taking the elevator to the 19th floor restaurant filled me with anxiety and
emotion. One of the best oriented restaurants in the city, for its nearby
the River Plate's shore and for its height one can enjoy one of the best
views of the city, the river and the sparkling sky while enjoying a
delightful meal.
I had the pleasure of sitting at the best table in the place, number 18. As
the head waiter led me there I began to wonder why would they define this
particular table as the top one. I finally got it as I got there, for its
orientation couldn't be better, in the very center of the gorgeous
bow-window, I had the best possible view! There are just no words to
describe it.
I consider myself a well equipped journalist, with a broad vocabulary -and
when it happens that I can't find the words I often have the precious help
of my dictionaries and books-. however, for the first time in a long time I
was completely speechless! The beauty surpassed all possible words
available. And moreover, it's not so common for a local to be bewitched by
his own city, but it happened.

I enjoyed a marvelous dinner with a broad smile, feeling complete and happy.
Oh! What an experience to treasure. It was a feast to all my senses.

Just one floor above this fantastic restaurant, I found to my surprise there
was a sushi bar for the chick and fun people of BA with a fantastic box like
appearance and its rectangular window to the north, on a sunny day you can
see the coast line, ships... an other perspective to enjoy the majestic
Buenos Aires. Hopefully I'll soon return to enjoy this outstanding view and
cousine!









The view that one is able to see from the 19 th Floor, is of the Luna Park, Post Office Main Building, Madero Docks, the Pink House, and whats know as the the Southern Coast Line, the northen part of BA,un unbelievable view of a BA and not known to many.

Bob Frassinetti. Copyright 2004. Roberto Dario Frassinetti.