Casa Barragán
Casa (house) Barragán was the house and studio of the architect and Pritzker Prize winner Luis Barragán , which he lived in until his death in 1988.
It was 1947 / 48 in the street General Francisco Ramírez in Tacubaya , a suburb of Mexico City , built and provides an excellent example of a building after the Second World War. The mainly created in concrete construction building consists of a ground floor and two upper floors and a small private garden facing west.
In 2004 Casa Barragán was added to the World Heritage List . The jury based its decision on the fact that Barragán's house and studio represented a masterpiece of the new developments in the modern architectural style, integrating traditional, philosophical and artistic currents in a new synthesis. The work of Barragán shows the integration of modern and traditional influences, which have had an important impact especially on the design of gardens and urban landscaping.
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Heritage: Historic Center of Mexico City and Xochimilco (1987) | Pre-Columbian City and National Park of Palenque (1987) | Pre-Columbian city of Teotihuacán (1987) | Old town of Oaxaca and ruins of Monte Albán (1987) | Historic Center of Puebla (1987) | Guanajuato Historic Center and Mines (1988) | Pre-Columbian city of Chichén Itzá (1988) | Old Town of Morelia (1991) | Pre-Columbian city of El Tajín (1992) | Old town of Zacatecas (1993) | Rock carvings in the Sierra de San Francisco (1993) | Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl (1994) | Pre-Columbian city of Uxmal (1996) | Querétaro monument ensemble (1996) | Cabañas Hospice in Guadalajara (1997) | Monument area of Tlacotalpan (1998) | Archaeological sites of Paquimé in Casas Grandes (1998) | Xochicalco Archaeological Site (1999) | Historic city and fortress of Campeche (1999) | Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda (2003) | Luís Barragán's house and studio (2004) | Agave landscape and historical tequila production sites (2006) | University campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2007) | Fortified town of San Miguel de Allende and the pilgrimage church of Jesús de Nazareno in Atotonilco (2008) | Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (2010) | Prehistoric caves of Yagul and Mitla in the Oaxaca Valley (2010) | Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque (2015)
Natural heritage: Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (1987) | El Vizcaíno lagoon - whale shelter (1993) | Islands and Protected Areas in the Gulf of California (2005) | Mariposa Monarca Biosphere Reserve (2008) | El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (2013) | Revillagigedo Archipelago (2016)
Cultural / natural heritage: Mayan city of Calakmul and tropical rainforests in Campeche (2002)
Coordinates: 19 ° 24 ′ 40 " N , 99 ° 11 ′ 33" W.