When we were introduced to the work of Mexican architect Luis Barragán, we couldn’t understand why anyone would think of modern architecture as a cold discipline. Barragán developed his own take on modernism, with the use of vivid colors and textural contrast as shown in the Caudra San Christobál stables designed in 1966.
Today this is still on the list of one of our dream stables. While the stables are privately owned, the current owners welcome visitors to come and enjoy this architectural gem.
The more than seven-acre compound captures the atmosphere of a palazzo with its main house, stables with three-bedroom apartment, two-bedroom guesthouse, and two L-shaped swimming pools, one for people and a larger one for the horses. A cascade of water, a Barragán signature, spills into the large pool creating the sound that Barragán himself described as “peace, joy, and restful sensuality.” The horses enter their pool through two rectangular openings in a long, rose pink wall that Barragán, himself a horse enthusiast, scaled to the animals’ large size. On the other side of the wall, hidden from the view from the main house, is the stable area and track.
When we were introduced to the work of Mexican architect Luis Barragán, we couldn’t understand why anyone would think of modern architecture as a cold discipline. Barragán developed his own take on modernism, with the use of vivid colors and textural contrast as shown in the Caudra San Christobál stables designed in 1966.
Today this is still on the list of one of our dream stables. While the stables are privately owned, the current owners welcome visitors to come and enjoy this architectural gem.
The more than seven-acre compound captures the atmosphere of a palazzo with its main house, stables with three-bedroom apartment, two-bedroom guesthouse, and two L-shaped swimming pools, one for people and a larger one for the horses. A cascade of water, a Barragán signature, spills into the large pool creating the sound that Barragán himself described as “peace, joy, and restful sensuality.” The horses enter their pool through two rectangular openings in a long, rose pink wall that Barragán, himself a horse enthusiast, scaled to the animals’ large size. On the other side of the wall, hidden from the view from the main house, is the stable area and track.