Capilla de las Capuchinas, Chapel (1960)*

Artist/Designer: Luis Barragán

Project Location: Mexico

Figure 1: Luis Barragán, Tlalpan Chapel. Source: Armando Salas Portugal/Barragan Foundation, Switzerland. Digital Images. ( Source )

Figure 2: Luis Barragán, Tlalpan Chapel. Source: Armando Salas Portugal/Barragan Foundation, Switzerland. Digital Images. ( Source )

Figure 3: Luis Barragán, Tlalpan Chapel. Source: Armando Salas Portugal/Barragan Foundation, Switzerland. Digital Images. ( Source )

Style/Period(s):
Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
Plaster, Paint

Function(s):
Religious Building

Related Website(s):

Design Museum. "Luis Barragan." | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Blogspot. "Luis Barragan Chapel of Capuchinas." | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Global Architecture. "Capilla de las Capuchinas o Capilla de Tlalpan | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Pritzker Prize Official Website | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-

Ambasz, Emilio. The Architecture of Luis Barragán. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1989.

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

Col. de, Miguel Hidalgo 43, Tlalpan Centro I, 14000 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

Significant Dates
Began work in 1953
Opened to public on April 24, 1960

Associated Projects
Barragán House

Tags
Mexican, Mexican Architecture, Luis Barragán, Mexican Modernism, Chapels, Religious Structures, Church, Christianity, Catholicism

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