Mario Palanti designed the building for Luis Barolo, an Italian immigrant who made his fortune in knitted fabrics. Construction began in 1919, and it opened on July 7, 1923. It was then the tallest building in Buenos Aires and in South America.
It is 330 feet (100 m) high with 22 floors and a steel frame, and each floor has a unique design. The infobox lists Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Eclecticism and Gothic, while the text calls it eclectic.
The article says the design follows Dante's Divine Comedy: Hell below, Purgatory on floors 1 to 14 and Heaven above, with the height meant as one meter per canto. National Historic Monument dates are given as 1989, 1992 and 1997.
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