LUIS BARRAGAN

Mexican architect, his full name is Luis Ramiro Barragan Morfin. In 1976 the Museum of Modern Art in New York presented the first exhibition of his work and published the book catalog of Emilio Ambasz. This launched Luis Barragan to international fame. That year he also received, in Mexico, the National Prize for Sciences and Arts. In 1987 he receives the National Prize for Architecture.

Mexico City has the privilege to have several of Luis Barragan’s houses where he experienced to pleased & was a Mexican engineer and architect who won the Pritzker prize for architecture.

He studied as an engineer in his hometown Guadalajara while undertaking the entirety of additional coursework to obtain the title of architect.

Barragan won the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture, in 1980, and his personal home; The Luis Barragan House and Studio has declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.

some examples of his architectural heritage;

CASA GILARDI

It is the last private house designed and built in the ’70s by the renowned Mexican architect, it is located in Mexico City. Its main characteristic of it lies not only in its architecture but also in the colors, textures, sequences, and layout of the spaces, he was eighty years old when inspired by the Jacaranda tree, he built the house respecting the same tree.

CASA PRIETO LOPEZ

Barragán’s design took advantage of the terrain’s gradient by partially inserting a section of the building into the slope.

CUADRA SAN CRISTOBAL

where he evokes the landscapes, ranches, and haciendas of rural Mexico, of the state of Jalisco where Luis Barragan grew up.

CAPILLA DE LAS MONJAS CAPUCHINAS SACRAMENTARIAS

The project of restoration and Enhancement of the Capuchinas Sacramentarias convent was not only free by the famous Architect but also partially financed by Barragan.

“LUIS BARRAGAN” by Juan Carlos Gamiño