All over the world there is a reawakening of interest in local, traditional approaches to architecture. In Mexico, nearly five centuries after the Spanish Conquest, the descendants of the Aztec and the Maya may no longer build pyramids, but their rural dwellings reflect the past in other ways: perfectly adapted to their environment, they incorporate natural materials such as palm for thatching, wattle, stones, adobe bricks and wood. They include...

"Mexican architect Luis Barragan (1902-88) was one of the twentieth century's most creative designers and one of its best-known architects. Winner of, among other awards, the Pritzker Prize in 1980 and the Premio America in 1987, he achieved international renown for his remarkable personal artistic vision." "This revised edition of Barragan: The Complete Works covers his complete oeuvre - 199 documented works and projects - as architect and landscape...