Thursday, October 2, 2014

light at the end of the tunnel







Luis Barragan, the Mexican architect, is known for the sheer poetry he creates in his buildings through the very imaginative use of volumes, walls, light and colour. Modern in design and very Mexican at heart, his architecture demonstrates how a sensitive architect can combine the best of traditional vernacular architecture with the most modern building concepts to create a masterpiece.

"Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as concepts of Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and amazement ..... They have never ceased to be my guiding lights " Fom his acceptance speech at the Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1980. Source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Luis_Barrag%C3%A1n



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