Barragan - The Complete WorksMexican architect Luis Barragan (1902-88) was one of the twentieth centurys most creative designers and one of its best-known architects. Self-taught, he achieved international renown for his remarkable personal artistic vision. Using vegetation, water, primary geometric forms, and vivid colors, Barragan created a poetic and painterly yet elegantly simple architectural style that transformed the Mexican building tradition into an abstract architectural language. This revised edition of our best-selling monograph the first comprehensive compilation of Barragans work (102 buildings and 12 additional projects) contains new photographs and an updated bibliography. Its intelligent analyses and superb illustrations demonstrate the complexity and scope of this genius, as both an architect and a landscape designer. Barragan The Complete Works collects over 300 illustrations including Barragans drawings; photographs of his work; re-drawn plans, elevations, and scale models of important projects; texts by Alvaro Siza, Antonio Toca, and J. M. Buendia, as well as an essay by Barragan himself; and an unabridged transcription of his Pritzker Prize acceptance speech. this book is the essential compendium on the work of this great master architect. |
Contents
Forewords | 9 |
The Spirit of Place | 21 |
The Complete Works | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Alberto Moreno Guzmán Andrés Casillas Antonio Apartment Building Arboledas Arquitectura y Conservación Artes de México Atizapán de Zaragoza Avda Barragán's architecture Barragán's House beauty Casa Centre Chapala Chapel Collaborator Colonia Cuauhtémoc colour composition Conservación del Patrimonio courtyard create Cuadernos de Arquitectura cultural currently being researched Drinking Trough Egerstrom El Pedregal elements Espacios Estado de México façade Fernando González Fernando González Gortázar Fraccionamiento Fuentes González Luna Guadalajara House and Studio Jalisco Jardines del Pedregal José Josep Lluís Sert landscape Las Arboledas lattice light Listed by Alberto Lomas Verdes Louis Kahn Luis Barragán Madrid master plan Mathias Goeritz Max Cetto Mexican architecture Mexico City Modern Museum obra Orozco patio Patrimonio Artístico Pedregal de San Plaza and Fountain pool Prieto Pritzker Prize receives the Pritzker Rental House Revista Río Robles León Rohe San Angel Satellite City Towers SEP-INBA September serenity space subdivision UNAM Universidad urban Vázquez View York