#pancho gilardi

[ohyeahpop]

Mexican male model, singer, actor, entrepreneur & politician Sergio Mayer, modeling for ERES Magazine in 1989, photographed by Pancho Gilardi.

[sonntagpunctum]

Luis Barragán . Casa Gilardi

Casa Gilardi is the last house built entirely by legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán. Now the home of Martin Luque and his family, the house was constructed after Barragán had formally retired. Martin Luque and his advertising agency partner Pancho Gilardi approached Barragán, who originally didn't want to take on the project, until he found himself inspired by the astonishing jacaranda tree around which the house is built.

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In Residence: Casa Gilardi - Inside the high-modernist Mexico City home designed by Luis Barragán

Inside the high-modernist Mexico City home designed by Luis Barragán

Casa Gilardi is the last house built entirely by legendary Mexican architect Luis Barragán. Now the home of Martin Luque and his family, the house was constructed after Barragán had formally retired. Martin Luque and his advertising agency partner Pancho Gilardi approached Barragán, who originally didn't want to take on the project, until he found himself inspired by the astonishing jacaranda tree around which the house is built.

“He found himself inspired by the astonishing jacaranda tree around which the house is built”

The building, situated in Mexico City, is a classic example of the influential architect's work—from the combination of the Mexican vernacular with European high modernism to his vivid, inspired use of primary colour—and is as much an abstract expressionist mood piece as it is a much-loved residence.

* Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (March 9, 1902 – November 22, 1988) was a Mexican Architect and engineer. His work has influenced contemporary architects 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 architect.[1]

Barragán won the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture, in 1980, and his personal home, the Luis Barragán House and Studio, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Barrag%C3%A1n)