Luis Barragán

Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (March 9, 1902 – November 22, 1988) was a Mexican architect and engineer. His work were inspired by  contemporary architects visually and conceptually.Estelle Jackson, "Luis Barragán Morfin," in Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, vol. 2, pp. 293-94. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1996.  Barragán's buildings are visited by international students and professors of architecture.

Barragán won the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture, in 1980. His personal home, the Luis Barragán House and Studio, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.

Barragán died on November 22, 1988, in Mexico City of Parkinson's disease at the age of 86.

References

Other websites
 Website of the Barragan Foundation
 Luis Barragan's house and studio (in Spanish)

 Artists Rights Society, Barragán's U.S. Copyright Representatives
 Luis Barragan's work

Category:1902 births
Category:1988 deaths
Category:Pritzker Architecture Prize winners
Category:Mexican architects
Category:People from Mexico City