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Casa Cavia: a top-level cultural center

1 October 2015

Francesca Tagliabue

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Catering, high perfumery, florist, and small art publishing house with dedicated bookstore: the Casa Cavia in Buenos Aires is all this at the same time. Located in upscale Palermo Chico, a very exclusive residential area, Casa Cavia occupies a white mansion in eclectic style built in 1927. The building has undergone a complete restoration project by the studio Kallos Tourin Architect, also responsible for the interior design. The spaces have been retained as much as possible as they were originally, and most of the interior decoration – its plaster mouldings and the banister of the main staircase, by way of examples – have been returned to their original splendour. In what were once the private rooms of a house, today refined shops follow one another without interruption. The interesting interdisciplinary concept of Casa Cavia was designed by Guadalupe Garcia Mosqueda, founder and creative director. Under her guidance, chefs, bartenders and master perfumers work to offer only the best.

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Al Casa Cavia “interdisciplinarità” è la parola d’ordine. La fondatrice Guadalupe Garcia Mosqueda ha deciso infatti di raccogliere sotto lo stesso tetto un bar-ristorante, un bookshop, una piccola casa editrice, un fiorista e una ricercata profumeria.
Il decorativismo non cede il passo al minimalismo nemmeno nella zona dei servizi; cornici di gesso, lampadari d’ottone e lavabo old stile guardano indietro agli anni ’30 del secolo scorso.

WHERE: Casa Cavia – Cavia 2985, Buenos Aires C1425DDA, Argentina

Catering, high perfumery, florist, and small art publishing house with dedicated bookstore: the Casa Cavia in Buenos Aires is all this at the same time. Located in upscale Palermo Chico, a very exclusive residential area, Casa Cavia occupies a white mansion in eclectic style built in 1927. The building has undergone a complete restoration project by the studio Kallos Tourin Architect, also responsible for the interior design. The spaces have been retained as much as possible as they were originally, and most of the interior decoration – its plaster mouldings and the banister of the main staircase, by way of examples – have been returned to their original splendour. In what were once the private rooms of a house, today refined shops follow one another without interruption. The interesting interdisciplinary concept of Casa Cavia was designed by Guadalupe Garcia Mosqueda, founder and creative director. Under her guidance, chefs, bartenders and master perfumers work to offer only the best.
WHERE: Casa Cavia – Cavia 2985, Buenos Aires C1425DDA, Argentina

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