The Architecture of Luis Barragan
Humberto Spíndola proposes intervening in the architecture of Luis Barragán with his installations fashioned from traditional Mexican colored tissue paper, known as papel de china or papel picado. The installations...
Armando Salas Portugal. Preface by Massimo Vignelli. Introduction by Ignacio Diaz Morales. Covers the architect's most important commissions.
Since 2004 is part of the WorldHeritatge Site of UNESCO. This work presents an extensivevisual tour of both the house and the studio and the garden that hosts impressive. The book includes three essays written byconnoisseurs of the work.
"Luis Barragán is an icon of contemporary architecture - a genius of color, light, walls, the garden, the tower, the rooftop, he has influenced an entire generation of current architects,...
When architect Luis Barragán (1902-1988) won the Pritzker Prize in 1980, he marveled that "publications devoted to architecture have banished from their pages the words Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment,...
Many books cover the sublime forms and colors of Luis Barragan's architecture - its visual aspect - yet are silent on his education and development as an architect, his methods...
"This book showcases 26 Mexican architects' contemporary design in a wide variety of interior and exterior spaces"--Preface.
One of the key figures in modern architecture, Luis Barragán's (1902-88) influence has travelled far beyond his Mexican homeland, culminating in his reception of architecture's most prestigious award, the Pritzker...
Mexican 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...