Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House (1968)*

Artist/Designer: Luis Barragán

Project Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Figure 1: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 2: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 3: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 4: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 5: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 6: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 7: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 8: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 9: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Figure 10: Luis Barragan, Cuadra San Cristobal/Egerstrom House. Source: Barragan Foundation, Los Clubes– Various. 1966-68, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 14, 2015 )

Style/Period(s):
Modern

Primary Material(s):
Plaster

Function(s):
Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

Barragan Foundation Official. | Accessed : April 14, 2015

Pritzker Prize | Accessed : April 14, 2015

Architect Luis Barragán's Mexican Modernist Masterpiece to Host Its First Art Exhibition | Accessed : February 8, 2018

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print

Zanco, Federica. Luis Barragan: The Quiet Revolution, Skira; First edition, ISBN-10: 8881187434 ISBN-13: 978-8881187430, 2001.

Turrentine, Jeff. Carter, Allen. Luis Barragan's San Cristobal: a masterly juxtaposition of form and color at an equestrian estate in Mexico.(AD Revisits)(Illustration). Architectural Digest, Oct, 2003, Vol.60(10), p.130(5). ISSN: 0003-8520.

Brillembourg, Carlos. Luis Barragan. Bomb, Summer 1995, Vol.1(52), p.52. ISSN: 0743-3204

Additional Information

Building Address:
Cda. Manantial Ote. 20, Mayorazgos de los Gigantes, 52957 Cd López Mateos, Méx., Mexico

Supporting Staff/ Designers
N/A

Significant Dates
Construction: 1968

Tags
Contemporary, Geometric, Minimalism, Luis Barragan, Earth tones, Pink, Light & Shadow.

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