BARRAGAN:
ARMANDO SALAS PORTUGAL PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF LUIS BARRAGAN
Isabelle Bleecker and Andrea E. Monfried
Isabelle Bleecker and Andrea E. Monfried: BARRAGAN: ARMANDO SALAS PORTUGAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ARCHITECTURE OF LUIS BARRAGAN. NYC: Rizzoli, 1992. First edition. A fine hardcover book in a fine dust jacket: top of spine shows a hint of wear. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. 9.25 x 12.25 scarce hardcover book with 167 pages and 62 color photographs and 40 b/w photographs. Modernism is a global language. For many modernist architects, although their buildings were situated in a particular place, they didn¹t necessarily reference that place conceptually or materially. One exception comes to mind‹Walter Gropius¹ house in Lincoln, MA employed clapboard siding of all things! And then there¹s Barragan who is so obviously a modernist and yet incorporates Mexico¹s rich cultural and historic history into his structures. Breathtaking photographs by Mr. Portugal!
Contents
- The Village of Yesteryear, Ernest H. Brooks II
- Luis Barragan: His Work Concepts, Reflections, and Personal Experience, Armando Salas Portugal
- Tribute, Ricardo Legorreta
- The Harmony of Space, Ignacio Diaz Morales
- Architecture and Photography: A Life¹s Collaboration, Massimo Vignelli
- A short essay and plan drawing appears before each of the following sections:
- El Pedregal
- Two Houses on Avenida de las Fuentes
- Luis Barragan House
- Eduardo Prieto Lopez House
- Galvez House
- Capuchinas Sacramentarias del Purismo Corazon de Maria Chapel and Convent Restoration
- Satellite City Towers
- Las Arboledas
- Los Clubes
- Gilardi House
- San Cristobal Stable, Pools, and House
- Biographies
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