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Barragan, Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour

English · Hardback

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Mexican architect Luis Barragán (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, Danièle 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 Barragán'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colour - a celebration of Barragán's undeniably significant contribution to world architecture, including previously unpublished material.

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Der mexikanische Architekt Luis Barragan (1902-1988), Träger des Pritzker-Preises, gehört zu den herausragenden und eigenwilligsten Architektenpersönlichkeiten des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als Ingenieur ausgebildet, lernte Barragan den Beruf des Architekten als Autodidakt und orientierte sich dabei vor allem an den Tendenzen des International Style. 1936 ließ er sich in Mexiko-Stadt nieder und fand hier zu seinem persönlichen künstlerischen Stil, in welchem sich aufs äußerste reduzierte, geometrische Grundformen, oszillierende Farben, Pflanzen und Wasser zu einer magischen, beinahe surrealen Wirkung verbinden. Zu Barragans bekanntesten Werken gehören sein eigenes Wohnhaus in Tacubaya (1947), die Türme der Ciudad Satelite in Mexiko-Stadt (1957) sowie das Wohnhaus mit Pferdestallungen San Cristobal in Mexiko-Stadt (1967/68).

Product details

Authors Luis Barragan
Publisher Birkhäuser Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2002
 
EAN 9783764366797
ISBN 978-3-7643-6679-7
No. of pages 231
Weight 1646 g
Illustrations w. 150 col. and 80 b&w figs.
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture

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