Luis Barragan
- Category : 1902-births
- Type : PSP
- Profile : 2/4 - Hermit / Opportunist
- Definition : Split - Large
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Rulership 1
Biography
Mexican architect and engineer whose work has influenced contemporary architects visually and conceptually. 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.
Barragán won the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture, in 1980, and his personal home, the Luis Barragán House and Studio, built in 1948 in Mexico City, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.
He died on 22 November 1988, aged 86, in Mexico City.
