Forewords and Acknowledgments

p. 6

To Luis Barragan

p. 12

A Propos Barragan: Formation, Critique and Influence

p. 14

Building Modern Mexico

p. 28

The Origins of Modernism: Luis Barragan, the Formative Years

p. 42

Barragan / Ortega House, Gardens on Calzada Madereros

p. 66

Luis Barragan: the Quiet Revolution

p. 78

Barragan House

p. 106

A Setting for Solitude: the Landscape of Luis Barragan

p. 114

Gardens on Avenida San Jeronimo

p. 140

Luis Barragan: Urban Design and Speculation

p. 146

Las Arboledas, Los Clubes

p. 168

Barragan's "Photographic Architecture": Image, Advertising and Memory

p. 178

Jardines Del Pedregal

p. 196

In the Shadows of Barragan

p. 206

Tlalpan Chapel

p. 228

Art Within Architecture

p. 236

Satelite Towers

p. 252

The Struggle for form: Cultural Production in the Mexico of Luis Barragan

p. 256

Light in the Labyrinth or the Teachings of Luis Barragan

p. 274

Portraits and Drawings

p. 284

Bibliography

p. 297

Index

p. 314

Photograph Credits

p. 319

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