Barragán Guide

Barragán Guide

Author: Federica Zanco

Publisher: Editorial Rm

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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The Barragn Guide presents architect Luis Barragn's constructed works to a larger public, providing keys to his creative evolution and his cultural context. Following the volume's itinerary through three Mexican cities--Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey--provides not only a chronological survey of Barragn's surviving work, but also an interesting experience of three urban realities that constitute the basis of his architectural practice and the context of the work of his followers. Born and raised in the provincial town of Guadalajara, Barragan performed his first experiments there before moving to the more open and fertile creative environment of the capital, where rapidly growing new neighborhoods provided a wealth of opportunities for an ambitious young architect. It was on the outskirts of Mexico City that Barragn's vision of a new way of living, at once modern and Mexican, took shape in the late 1940s, in the form of a sophisticated residential development known as Jardines del Pedregal. The project won international acclaim and Barragn moved on to create a series of masterpieces: his own house, the houses built for the Prieto Lopez and Galvez families, the monument known as Satellite Towers, and the outstanding residential developments of Las Arboledas and Los Clubes are but a few examples of his singular way of dealing with nature and architecture as two key elements of the intimate relation between inside and outside, between constructed and non-constructed environments.


Barragán Guide

Barragán Guide

Author: Ilaria Valente

Publisher: Arquine

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9786077784043

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For architecture buffs, here's a dream tour of Mexico: an annotated guidebook to buildings by the Pritzker Prize-winning master Luis Barragan (1902-1988). Following the volume's itinerary through three Mexican cities - Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey - provides not only a chronological survey of Barragan's surviving work, but also a look at three urban realities that provided the context of his work. Cited as an inspiration by contemporary stars Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas, among others, Barragan succeeded in creating his own version of modernism, infused with the warmth and vibrancy of his native Mexico. This second edition updates the previous edition with new photos and a more comprehensive bibliography.


Barragán Burri

Barragán Burri

Author: Rene Burri

Publisher: Phaidon

Published: 2000-01-03

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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A photographic tribute to Mexico's most celebrated architect by the Magnum photographer.


Barragán – Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour

Barragán – Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour

Author: Danièle Pauly

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2008-06-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783764387051

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In this monograph, Danièle Pauly provides an overview of Barragán's life and his architectural œuvre, his Mexican roots, the Mediterranean influences, his Functionalist period, and finally the steps to maturity as a consummate architect.


The Environmental Imagination

The Environmental Imagination

Author: Dean Hawkes

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2019-11-07

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 1351810057

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The Environmental Imagination explores the relationship between tectonics and poetics in environmental design in architecture. Working thematically and chronologically from the eighteenth century to the present day, this book redefines the historiography of environmental design by looking beyond conventional histories to argue that the environments within buildings are a collaboration between poetic intentions and technical means. In a sequence of essays, the book traces a line through works by leading architects of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that illustrate the impact of new technologies on the conception and realisation of environments in buildings. In this, a consideration of the qualitative dimension of environment is added to the primarily technological narratives of other accounts. In this second edition, the book has been substantially rewritten and restructured to include further research conducted in the decade since the first edition. A number of important buildings have been revisited, in order to extend the descriptions of their environments, and studies have been made of a number of newly studied, significant buildings. A completely new essay offers an environmental interpretation of Luis Barragán’s magical own house in Mexico City and the earlier studies of buildings by Peter Zumthor have been gathered into a single, extended essay that includes a body of new research. On the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Reyner Banham’s, The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment, the book concludes with a critical tribute to that seminal text. The Environmental Imagination will appeal to academics and practitioners with interests in the history, theory and technology of architecture.


St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists

St. James Guide to Hispanic Artists

Author: Thomas Riggs

Publisher: Saint James Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13:

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Arranged alphabetically from Eduardo Abela to Francisco Zuniga, this volume provides biographical and career information, as well as critical essays, on prominent Hispanic artists.


Gardens of El Pedregal

Gardens of El Pedregal

Author: Keith Eggener

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2001-06

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781568982670

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He considered El Pedregal his most important project, and critics have described the houses and gardens there as a turning point in Mexican modern architecture.".


Alla Prima

Alla Prima

Author: Al Gury

Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Published: 2009-01-06

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0823098346

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Alla Prima is a comprehensive guide to direct painting, characterised by bold, expressive brushwork and a painterly, atmospheric surface. It covers the history of the direct methods in both Europe and America. From there, it includes detailed step-by-step lessons and discussions on drawing structure, broken and smooth brushwork, and colour development.


Luis Barragán

Luis Barragán

Author: Alfonso Alfaro

Publisher: Editorial RM

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788415118138

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This book is a joint project of the Architecture Foundation TapatíaBancomer Cultural Foundation and Editorial RM. This monograph presents the masterpiece of the architect: his home, considered one of the ten most important houses of the twentieth century. Built in 1947 and continually renovated Barragán the extent of being his masterpiece, is the greatest example of modern architecture in Mexico. 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.


This Is Mexico City

This Is Mexico City

Author: Abby Clawson Low

Publisher: Clarkson Potter

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1524762113

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This stylish, gorgeously photographed guide to Mexico City will help you get the most out of this vibrant, culturally rich destination—or make you want to plan a trip! Vast and exciting, Mexico City has so much to offer, from museums to markets, architectural wonders to Aztec monuments. This thorough and practical travel guide includes everything you need to know to enjoy the lifestyle of Mexico City—its sights, sounds, and tastes. This Is Mexico City showcases the best museums (both traditional and off-the-beaten-path), old-school mercados, public art, food trucks, and much more. Organized by neighborhood, each section offers insider recommendations for every interest: For shoppers there are boutiques, galleries, and local artisan studios; for foodies, trendy bars, tiny taco restaurants, ice cream parlors abound. An incredible experience awaits! This Is Mexico City includes: Archaeological Sites • Architecture • Artists • Designers • For Kids • Galleries • Libraries • Monuments • Museums • Parks • Plazas • Public Art • Shopping • To Eat, Drink • To Stay