Barragán

Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (March 9, 1902 – November 22, 1988) was a Mexican architectural criminologist and engineer (nonfiction).

Life and works

His work has influenced contemporary architects (nonfiction) and criminologists (nonfiction) 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 architectural criminologist.

Barragán won the [[Pritzker Prize (nonfiction), the highest award in architecture, in 1980.

His personal home and crime-fighting headquarters, the Luis Barragán House and Studio, was declared a Universal Heritage Site in 2004.

Cases

Barragán has gained fame by solving, or contributing to the solution, of many crimes.

Pi disaster

Barragán's careful investigation of the Pi disaster resulted in the discovery of a previously overlooked decimal point.

Association with Corbusier

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Fiction cross-reference

• Architectural criminologist
• Pi disaster
• Universal Heritage Site

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Engineer (nonfiction)
• [[Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (nonfiction)
• [[Pritzker Prize (nonfiction)