Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902-1988) is famous throughout the world for his charming treatment of colour and space, and he has been a focus of general interest for many years. His unique persona and his wonderful buildings, invite us to renew our acquaintance time and time again. In this monograph, Danièle Pauly, provides an overview of his life and his architectural oeuvre. Chronologically she delineates in detail the biography of Barragán, his Mexican roots, the Mediterranean influences, his Functionalist period, and finally the steps to maturity as a consummate architect. All Barragán's significant buildings are documented comprehensively and analysed in the light of his life. This is enhanced with attractive illustrations all of which reveal Barragán's masterly, almost magical touch with space and shadow, walls and colour. This publication celebrates Barragán's undeniably important contribution to world architecture with a distinct new clarity.
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Danièle Pauly is Professor of Architecture in Strasbourg. She is the author of the Le Corbusier Guide to the Chapel at Ronchamp. She has visited Mexico on numerous occasions where she researched the material-in part unpublished-for this volume.
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The History of Luis Barragan,
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This review is from: Barragan - Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour (Paperback)
I am an architect. There may be some published architecture that needs a lot of verbage. Luis Barragan's work does not.
Barragan's architecture and its pure emotion can be explained/expresed with floor plans and color photographs. Barragan's work is the most colorful work in modern architecture. This book does not make a reasonable attempt to depict that fact. There are not enough photographs contained here and less than 1/3 of them are in color. If you are interested in Barragan's history and architectural development, then maybe this book is for you. If you are interested in a visual description of the essential vibrant works of Luis Barragan, this is not that book.
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I am also an architect, and I completely agree with another review that states that this book is about Barragan's history and development, Although I have to say that architecture, while being mostly a visual art, also requires to have conceptual depth, sometimes this cannot be captured only by photographs. So I agree that this book is not the best one if you want to look at the "pretty picture"s to appreciate his architecture, however, its value should not be reduced because of that, and as a scholar this book helped quite a lot with my masters thesis on architecture and cultural identity, and coming from a similar background as barragan, i found this book quite appealing. Bottom line: for research and deeper understanding of barragan=good, coffee table book= not so good.
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This book is amazing! I love how is portrays the light, shadow and color of Barragan's architecture. Beautiful! It makes me want to visit Mexico.
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Luis Barragan Morfin was born in 1902 in Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco, into a family of landowners who divided their time between farming and raising cattle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tinta dormida, bosquejo critico, itinerarios espirituales, structural volumes, studio house, del silencio, typed document, garden facade, strip windows, coloured walls, residential estate, design logic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mexico City, Luis Barragán, Les Colombières, New York, Barbara Meyer, Chucho Reyes, Diaz Morales, Gilardi House, San Angel, Juan O'Gorman, Mathias Goeritz, Gálvez House, Ferdinand Bac, Cristo House, Francisco Gilardi, Max Cetto, Antonio Riggen Martinez, Elena Poniatowska, Avenida de las Fuentes, Calle Francisco Ramirez, Diego Rivera, Frederick Kiesler, Josef Albers, Robles León, San Cristóbal New!
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Luis Barragan Morfin was born in 1902 in Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco, into a family of landowners who divided their time between farming and raising cattle. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tinta dormida, bosquejo critico, itinerarios espirituales, structural volumes, studio house, del silencio, typed document, garden facade, strip windows, coloured walls, residential estate, design logic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mexico City, Luis Barragán, Les Colombières, New York, Barbara Meyer, Chucho Reyes, Diaz Morales, Gilardi House, San Angel, Juan O'Gorman, Mathias Goeritz, Gálvez House, Ferdinand Bac, Cristo House, Francisco Gilardi, Max Cetto, Antonio Riggen Martinez, Elena Poniatowska, Avenida de las Fuentes, Calle Francisco Ramirez, Diego Rivera, Frederick Kiesler, Josef Albers, Robles León, San Cristóbal New!
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- Chucho Reyes by Lily S. De Kassner on page 27, and page 188
- The International Style by Henry Russell Hitchcock on page 103, and page 127
- Les Tarahumaras by Antonin Arnaud on page 20
- Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky on page 183
- Towards a New Architecture (Dover Architecture) by Le Corbusier on page 104
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