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buenos aires: ciae architecture 1

06 August 201029 March 2024
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Buenos Aires, CIAE subestación, vector render

With financial needs met, a concession from Buenos Aires granted & service scheduled to begin in 1914, Carosio hired Juan Chiogna to build fantastic covers for CIAE generators & substations. Reminding passersby of Medieval Italy, these eye-catching structures only served as decorative shells to house large machinery, spare equipment & cables. Local architects term the style “Lombardy Romanesque” likely due to an early reference found in La Nacion newspaper in 1916:

found: palacio costaguta, buenos aires

Buenos Aires, San Nicolás, Tribunales, Plaza Lavalle, Palacio Costaguta, Alfredo Massüe, Art Nouveau

found: edificio capitol, madrid

22 July 2010
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Edificio Capitol, Madrid, 1930s

buenos aires: then & now, ex-bodegas giol

21 July 2010
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ex-Bodegas Giol, Palermo, Buenos Aires 2005

ex-Bodegas Giol, Palermo, Buenos Aires 2010

Situated along the train tracks in Palermo, restoration & reuse of the former warehouse of the Giol winery is advancing rapidly. Photos above are from 2005 & 2010, respectively.

found: estadio tomás adolfo ducó, buenos aires

Buenos Aires, Parque Patricios, Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, Huracán