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
oracles speak
Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.
architect essential rational
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.
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.
mistake bad-ass serenity
Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.
spiritual art believe
I believe that architects should design gardens to be used, as much as the houses they build, to develop a sense of beauty and the taste and inclination toward the fine arts and other spiritual values.
beautiful garden design
In the creation of a garden, the architect invites the partnership of the Kingdom of Nature. In a beautiful garden the majesty of nature is ever present, but it is nature reduced to human proportions and thus transformed into the most efficient haven against the aggressiveness of contemporary life.
art made art-is
Art is made by the alone for the alone.
inspiration home serenity
In alarming proportions the following words have disappeared from architectural publications: beauty, inspiration, magic, sorcery, enchantment, and also serenity, mystery, silence, privacy, astonishment. All of these have found a loving home in my soul.
motivational art atmosphere
Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.
garden joy serenity
A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy
looks building ask-me
Don't ask me about this building or that one, don't look at what I do, see what I see.
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.
emotional house pieces
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.
thinking space serenity
I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.