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Mexican architect Luis Barragan (1902-1988) is famous throughout the world for his seductive treatment of colour and space. His unique persona and remarkable buildings have attracted growing interest for many years. In this monograph, Daniele Pauly, provides an overview of his life and his architectural oeuvre, his Mexican roots, the Mediterranean influences, his Functionalist period, and finally the steps to maturity as a consummate architect. All Barragan's major buildings are documented comprehensively and analysed in the light of his life, enhanced with attractive illustrations that reveal his masterly, almost magical touch with space and shadow, walls and colour - a celebration of Barragan's undeniably significant contribution to world architecture, including previously unpublished material. Daniele Pauly is Professor of Architecture in Strasbourg and author of the Le Corbusier Guide to the Chapel at Ronchamp, also published by Birkhauser.
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Daniele 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 She has visited Mexico on numerous occasions where she researched the material - in part unpublished - for this volume.
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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
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perfect book for someone that knows,
By Shelley (Belgium) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Barragán Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour (Paperback)
I bought it fr my husband and he loved it. He loves Barragan and his works. He has seen most of them in situ. The book complements perfectly what he's seen and more...
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3.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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The History of Luis Barragan,
By Dusty - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Barragán 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. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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More than pictures....,
By Juan C. Orozco "JC_arc" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Barragán Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour (Paperback)
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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Amazing Architecture book,
By A. Dickinson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Barragan: Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour (Hardcover)
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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