Casa Calise displays a massive, curvaceous facade covered in intricate allegorical sculptures, rising sharply above the neighboring buildings on Hipolito Yrigoyen Street. Built in nineteen eleven by Italian architect Virginio Colombo, this…
Congreso Art Nouveau Details
This self-guided walk leads you past the most eccentric and whimsical early 20th-century facades surrounding the National Congress. We will seek out Gaudí-inspired concrete curves, ornate iron balconies, and spectacular domes that define the neighborhood's rich Art Nouveau heritage.
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1. Casa Calise
2. Palacio De Los Lirios (obra de Eduardo S. Rodríguez Ortega)
The Palacio de los Lirios features a chaotic, tangled facade of concrete lilies and organic shapes that seem to spill off the building like frozen vegetation. Architect Eduardo Rodriguez Ortega designed this apartment house in nineteen oh…
3. El Molino Patisserie
The corner of Callao and Rivadavia features a five-story building topped by a distinctive, dark green dome with a bronze rotating windmill. This is El Molino, a confectionery opened in nineteen seventeen by Italian immigrants Constantino…
4. Edificio De La Inmobiliaria
The Edificio de la Inmobiliaria wears a crown of two massive, copper-domed corner towers that stand out against the Buenos Aires skyline. Built in nineteen oh nine by the Italian architect Luis Broggi, it functioned as a luxury apartment…
5. Palacio Barolo
The Palacio Barolo climbs twenty-two stories of ornate, concrete wedding-cake layers, topped by a lighthouse that pierces the Buenos Aires skyline. Architect Mario Palanti designed the building in nineteen nineteen for textile magnate Luis…
6. Club Español
The Club Español building stands out on Bernardo de Irigoyen Street because of its grand, ornate facade, covered in intricate, colorful Spanish tiles and stone carvings that seem to pull a piece of Madrid directly into the center of Buenos…