Aren’t the lines on this slaughterhouse building stunning?

Francisco Salamone was an architect in Argentina who designed more than 60 municipal buildings in the 1930s. His persuasion skills must have been substantial, to convince the decision makers that paid for this building  to go beyond simple function. I mean, what’s more functional than a slaughterhouse? Yet Salomone designed and oversaw the construction of this Art Deco reinforced concrete tower shown above. I wonder if the tower had any practical uses. Any ideas?

During this time, roads, electrical lines and communications were being built to connect the small towns hundreds of miles from Buenos Aires. Many municipal buildings were also built. The ruins of the municipal building shown below also shows the creativity of Salamone’s design.

Are you striving to build structures that will be notable in the future? Whether you are a carpenter taking advantage of your “Carpenter License” to add some flair or a project manager fighting with the architect to control costs, strive to create beauty and quality that delights you and others. We can’t always do that, but we can sometimes.

“If you don’t take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn’t been seen before?” –Francis Ford Coppola