Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and Amazement: THE GARDENS OF LUIS BARRAGAN

摘要

It is virtually impossible to describe the extraordinary power of Luis Barragan's gardens, Images of his work are a staple of luxury design publications, but while photographs can suggest the austerity of his designs, they never convey the richness, Photographs reveal the harmony of light and shadow, colour and texture, fragile plants and solid architectural planes; they capture the drama - and Barragan's gardens are undoubtedly dramatic; but they are also poetic, and this is the quality most difficult to describe — particularly today, when Barragan's style has been so widely copied and so little understood.