Luis Barragán, René Burri, 2000, Mexican architecture, Near Fine hardcover

Burri, René, London, United Kingdom: Phaidon Press Limited, 2000, Near Fine, 6 ½” x 9”, 8vo, 80 pp.

ISBN: 9780714839608

Near Fine octavo, black-and-yellow pattern to front and back cover, white lettering to front cover, grey paper over spine with white lettering, Phaidon postcard laid in loose, 80 pp. Black-and-white and full-color photographs of Luis Barragán’s work taken by René Burri between 1969 and 1976. All quotations by Luis Barragán are taken from his acceptance speech at the Pritzker Prize Ceremony in 1980. This book combines René Burri’s photographs from the 1960s and 1970s with the work of architect Luis Barragán, whose blend of Mexican vernacular, Moorish influence, and spiritual ideals shaped a unique architecture of serenity and beauty that continues to resonate today.