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Luis Barragán House and Studio

Mexico
Date of Inscription: 2004
Criteria: (i)(ii)
Core zone: 0.1161 ha
Buffer zone: 22.943001 ha
Mexico City
N19 25 6 W99 11 54
Ref: 1136

Brief Description

Built in 1948, the House and Studio of architect Luis Barragán in the suburbs of Mexico City represents an outstanding example of the architect’s creative work in the post-Second World War period. The concrete building, totalling 1,161 m2, consists of a ground floor and two upper storeys, as well as a small private garden. Barragán’s work integrated modern and traditional artistic and vernacular currents and elements into a new synthesis, which has been greatly influential, especially in the contemporary design of gardens, plazas and landscapes.