Luis Barragan
Luis Barragan
Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfínwas a Mexican architect and engineer. His work has influenced contemporary architects through visual and conceptual aspects. Barragán's buildings are frequently visited by international students and professors of architecture. He studied as an engineer in his home town, while undertaking the entirety of additional coursework to obtain the title of architect...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth9 March 1902
CountryMexico
art mean vision
The Art of Seeing. It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean, to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis.
art made art-is
Art is made by the alone for the alone.
men solitude may
Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun it.
inspiration light justice
I have devoted myself to architecture as a sublime act of poetic imagination. Consequently, I am only a symbol for all those who have been touched by beauty. The words Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as the concepts of Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and Amazement, all these have nestled in my soul. Though I am fully aware that I have not done them complete justice in my work, they have never ceased to be my guiding lights.