Barragán
Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín, or simply Barragán (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
Barragán and Le Corbusier are widely rumored to have worked together in secret.
John Brunner argues that they formed some kind of crime-fighting team, citing numerous coincidences involving Barragán and Le Corbu.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Engineer (nonfiction)
- [[Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (nonfiction)
- [[Pritzker Prize (nonfiction)