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Luis Barragán
Luis Barragán trained as an engineer and taught himself architecture.
Background & practice
Luis Barragán trained as an engineer and taught himself architecture. After travelling in Europe and North Africa, he related Mediterranean and regional building traditions to work in Mexico. His practice moved from Guadalajara to Mexico City in 1936. The official biography describes compositions of coloured and textured planes, water and nature, and records his belief that gardens should be designed for use with the same care as houses.
How to read the work
Compose walls, water and landscape as parts of the same inhabited environment, using colour and texture to connect regional traditions with the sensory and spiritual experience of architecture.
Self-taught architect with engineering training, as expressly stated by the official biography.
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