Buenos Aires Zoo Elephant House

Given the "crystal cathedrals" and "Asian Jungle Markets" that are being built today in a modern world with high technology and machines, you can't help but be so very, very impressed with the skill and craftsmanship of many of the older zoo buildings, structures, and exhibits built years ago. Although the standard was to replicate the exotic origins of the animals, there seemed, in my mind to be more pride in what was built, as well as an apparent institutional pride in the facility you were designing and building it for. Today it seems to be about meet and greets, cocktail parties and impressing colleagues, or winning some award from folks as full of it as the architect/designer who conceived it.