Casa Barragan
Categories：Architecture
A miraculous architecture that plays with color. Luis Barragan (1902-88), one of Mexico's leading architects. His style is modern and reflects Mexico's richly lyrical climate, with bright pink and red colors, sculptural wall compositions, and the relationship between the building and the courtyard, which boldly uses water in a way that anticipates landscape architecture. In 1976, his work gained worldwide attention after an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and in 1980 he won the Pritzker Prize, the most prestigious award in the architecture world.
This book features five houses, including Barragan's home, which was registered as a World Heritage Site in 2004. Houses designed by architects are often introduced with photos taken immediately after completion, but in this book, Hiroshi Saito, an architect who has been fascinated by Barragan's architecture and has been exploring it for the past 20 years, traveled to Mexico again to take new photographs.The book is composed of the best photographs, and the captions provide the key to deciphering the secrets of their beauty. (Japanese/English)
Yutaka Saito (author)
Contents (from the "MARC" database)
Luis Barragan was an architect who was active in Mexico. Yutaka Saito explains Barragan's works, which are known for their bright pink and red colors, sculptural walls, and architecture that makes full use of water. Contains many color photos of the Barrag?n residence, Prieto residence, etc. Also included in English.
About the author
Saito Yutaka Architect
Born in 1947 in Otaru, Hokkaido. Studied architecture by myself. Established Hiroshi Saito Architectural Institute in 1970. In 1986, he received the Japan Institute of Architects' Newcomer Award for "Rurururu Abou''. Received the Yoshida Isohachi Prize in 1992 for "Kohichii.'' Received the 2000 Architectural Institute of Japan Award and the "Mangetsukyo'' work selection. His collections of architectural works include "Hiroshi Saito's Architecture'' (1998/TOTO Publishing) and "Modern Architect Series Yutaka Saito'' (1994/Kajima Publishing).
In recent years, he has begun to explore space through photography, and has published photo books such as "The Architecture of Luis Barragan'' (1992), "The World of Felix Candela'' (1995), and "The Poet of Architecture''. Carlo Scarpa'' (1997), "Casa Barragan'' (2002), "The Complete Houses of Louis Kahn'' (2003), and "Villa Mairea/Alvar Aalto'' (2005/all published by TOTO).
Luis Barragan (Architect)
1902 Born in Guadalajara, Mexico
1919 Entered the Escuela Libre de Ingenieria in Guadalajara. Obtained a degree in civil engineering (1923)
1925 First trip to Europe
1927 Worked primarily on housing in Guadalajara (~1936)
1936 Moved base of activities to Mexico City
1976 Exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
1980 Received the Pritzker Prize
1985 Exhibition at Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City
Died on November 20, 1988
Publisher: TOTO Publishing (April 20, 2002)
Release date: April 20, 2002
Language: English
Hardcover: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 4887062117
ISBN-13: 978-4887062115
Dimensions: 19 x 2.3 x 25 cm
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