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Casa Gilardi · San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico
Luis Barragán’s final house remains a private home in San Miguel Chapultepec. It shows that a house can be a serious work of architecture without becoming a museum.
Most celebrated houses end up as museums. Casa Gilardi, the last house Luis Barragán designed, is still a home. It was built in 1976 in San Miguel Chapultepec and is lived in by its owners today.
That changes the visit. Tours are guided by a current resident or authorized staff, last about an hour and are booked only through the house’s official website. There are no agencies, no walk-ins and no professional cameras. The house sets the terms, which is part of the point.
Serious architecture, still doing the ordinary work of a home.
Book a day or two ahead, arrive on time and leave the camera bag behind. Much of what makes the visit worthwhile is that the house is still lived in.
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