South American Real Estate News | GTSA
On the corner of Juncal and Esmeralda streets, in the Retiro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, sits a stately and imposing relic of an era of French architecture in the city, often dubbed the “Paris of South America.” The residential Estrugamou Building, or Edificio Estrugamou, resembles an aristocratic French mansion with its chimneys, mansard roof, cornices, […]
In the 1920s, Argentina had the 5th largest economy in the world due to the wealth and abundance of its agricultural exports. Many of the city’s finest buildings were constructed during this period, mainly in the city’s centre and Recoleta / Retiro area. These buildings were built by European architects and modelled predominantly on French-style […]
From 1880, admirers of France as a model republic for cultural and aesthetic tastes, known as the ‘Generation of ‘80’, began to expand globally. The classical French style began to heavily influence even Non-French European Architects. At the beginning of the 19th century, European tendencies and influences penetrated Argentina after the wars of independence. As […]
