The house of Suipacha. Posted on 02/05/2021 By God

The house of Suipacha

   The city of Buenos Aires, rich in fantastic architecture, never ceases to dazzle with its constructions; as is the case of its art nouveau on Suipacha Street, built more than a hundred years ago, where it continues to exude elegance and hide the history of its secrets. 

This building, completed one year after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, is a grandiose expression of late 19th century modernist architecture.


Photo 1 The house of Suipacha.

The style is shared with other buildings in Buenos Aires such as the Casa Calise, El Palacio de los Lirios or the Casa de los Azulejos, but the house at Suipacha 936 - 940 has, however, a peculiarity: the only history we have of its interior reveals it not only as a "petit-hotel" with six rooms and five bathrooms, but as a night spota house of quotesas told by Iuri Izrastzoff in "Fervor for Buenos Aires".

Photo 2 The house of Suipacha.
(Photo by Pablo Bedrossian)

The person in charge of making this jewel was Bernardo Milliwhose name is engraved on the façade. 

The "excellent cedar woodwork of the openings and the design of the pink granite that covers the front, developed in curves and scrolls that seem to wake up felinely" as Iuri Izrastzoff expresses.

Photo 3 The house of Suipacha.
(Photo by Pablo Bedrossian)

It is said that in front of his abstract style and certain pomp, he met in one of his nights in Buenos Aires an unsuspecting gentleman, who, taciturn, was fascinated not so much by the facade of the house on Suipacha, but rather by the beautiful lady he found smoking at the door. The man, recently arrived from the north of the country, was dazzled by the beauty of Buenos Aires, and awkwardly approached the girl. 

He set out to express his fascination.

- What a beautiful night, but nothing compared to you and your beauty.

Photo 4 The house of Suipacha.
(Photo by Pablo Bedrossian)

Accustomed to men gawking at her and their machinic compliments that she sometimes recognized in herself as accurate and sometimes not, she asked the man if he wanted to come in. Of course, the rest hour was over.

-Of course," said the gentleman. -You may think I am not serious, but I have never seen such a beauty," he continued.

She simply glided, feline like the house she inhabited, into the appropriate room as he followed. 

Photo 5 The house of Suipacha.
(Photo by Pablo Bedrossian)

There she exhibited her charms, the man consummating his desires, he would never forget her. 

When she finished, the woman earnestly asked him for the fee for her diligent service. The man found it hard to understand, he was sure that the woman had really wanted to consummate the act and that it was not a mere service. His enthusiasm for telling his friends about the ease with which he had seduced this wonderful lady faded and he felt extremely embarrassed. 

Especially since the total in his wallet did not even cover half of what he had to pay. 

They say that, as payment, he spent the night cleaning the house on Suipacha, even among its corners, and that what began for the man as a beautiful night ended up as an unexpected anecdote that he would not be able to forget.
Little do we know how many stories of this kind can still be recovered and how many will never be discovered behind those undulations and abstract ornaments that run along its surface, crowned under its dome, "with wrought iron finial"..

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Sources:

https://www.fervorxbuenosaires.com/suipacha-936/

https://art.nouveau.world/casa-31

https://pablobedrossian.com/2020/09/16/la-casa-de-suipacha-936-940-otra-joya-art-nouveau-de-buenos-aires-por-pablo-r-bedrossian/

http://arquitectos-italianos-buenos-aires.blogspot.com/search/label/-MILLI%20BERNARDO%20-%20ARQUITECTO

Comments (1)

Yael

4 years ago

I passed by a thousand times and didn't know the story. Thank you 😊 upload more

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