World Heritage Scanned Nomination File Name: 1136.pdf UNESCO Region: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN __________________________________________________________________________________________________ SITE NAME: Luis Barragán House and Studio DATE OF...
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World Heritage Scanned Nomination File Name: 1136.pdf UNESCO Region: LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN __________________________________________________________________________________________________ SITE NAME: Luis Barragán House and Studio DATE OF INSCRIPTION: 7th July 2004 STATE PARTY: MEXICO CRITERIA: C (i) (ii) DECISION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE: Excerpt from the Report of the 28th Session of the World Heritage Committee Criterion (i): The House and Studio of Luis Barragán represents a masterpiece of the new developments in the Modern Movement, integrating traditional, philosophical and artistic currents into a new synthesis. Criterion (ii): The work of Luis Barragán exhibits the integration of modern and traditional influences, which in turn have had an important impact especially on the design of garden and urban landscape design. BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS Built in 1948, the House and Studio of architect Luis Barragán in the suburb of Mexico City represents an outstanding example
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