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Living Room and Studio, Barragán House (1948)*

Artist/Designer: Luis Barragán

Project Location: Mexico

Figure 1: Luis Barragán, Barragán House. Source: Armando Salas Portugal/Barragan Foundation, Switzerland. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )
Figure 2: Luis Barragán, Barragán House. Source: Armando Salas Portugal/Barragan Foundation, Switzerland. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )
Figure 3: Luis Barragán, Barragán House. Source: Armando Salas Portugal/Barragan Foundation, Switzerland. Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )
Figure 4: Luis Barragán, Barragán House. Source: Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico – Floor plans. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )
Figure 5: Luis Barragán, Barragán House. Source: Casa Luis Barragan, Mexico – Floor plans. Digital Images. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
Plaster

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Casa Luis Barragan Official Website | Accessed : April 7, 2014
Bargain Foundation. | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-

Barragán, Luis, Federica Zanco, Edward Heathcote, and Oscar Humphries. Architecture of Color: The Legacy of Luis Barragán. New York: Timothy Taylor Gallery, 2016.

Barragán, Luis, and Federica Zanco. Luis Barragán: The Quiet Revolution. Milano, Italy: Skira, 2001.

Barragán, Luis, Raúl Rispa, and Antonio Toca. Barragán: The Complete Works. London: Thames and Hudson, 1996.


Additional Information

Building Address
Gral. Francisco Ramírez 12-14, Ampliación Daniel Garza, Amp Daniel Garza, 11840 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

Significant Dates
Land purchased to build house in 1939
Lived in by Luis Barragan between 1943 to 1947.
Acquired by the state of Jalisco and Arquitectura Tapatía Luis Barragán Foundation in 1993
Turned into museum in 1994
Became UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004


Associated Projects
Casa Gilardi

Tags
Mexican Architecture, Mexican Modernism, Luis Barragan, Mexico City, Ciudad Mexico

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