A building that surprised neighbors of Palermo in the 20′s, the home of Victoria Ocampo is a must-see sites on the street Rufino Elizalde in Buenos Aires.
The rationalist style that the writer chose, inspired by European houses designed by the architect Le Corbusier, was one of the first expressions of modernism in Buenos Aires in the Palermo neighborhood.
It was built by Bustillos in 1929 and revolutionized the Palermo neighborhood with its clean lines, poor decor and white walls.
Now it houses the National Endowment for the Arts and performed there the most varied cultural activities. It houses a permanent collection of works of art and valuable library. There are reliable planes of the original documentation produced by Bustillo in Palermo.
To meet the cultural activities were designed for the public baths, wardrobe, air conditioning and security systems. No open fires touched – beautiful art deco pieces – or light fixtures embedded in the walls or floors or rooms on the upper floors, which were the apartments of the owner
