Luis Barragรกn
LIFE 4 Career 6 Important works Honors 10
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LIFE BIRTH: March 9, 1902 Guadalajara, Mexico with
JosĂŠ Clemente Orozco
DEATH:November 22, 1988 Mexico City, Mexico
6 private homes in the Colonia Americana area Casa Cristo
Fuente de los Amantes
CAREER “any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake.”
Barragán House
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IMPORTANT Tlalpan Chapel
Las Arboledas
Gilardi House
Torres de SatĂŠlite
WORKS
10
HONORS
Museum of Modern Art in New York
Barragรกn worked for years with little acknowledgement or praise until 1975 when he was honored with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His house and studio, built in 1948 in Mexico City, were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004.
Luis Barragรกn
nejc fajfar, 2016