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HOWEVER YOU GET HERE - DO COME!
University Library BOOK SALE, April 6-8!

The University Library will hold a Book Sale, starting Monday, April 6 through Wednesday, April 8. The sale will be held in the Fourth Floor Lobby, 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, from 11 am to 7 pm on each of those days.

The books cover a wide variety of subjects, including business, economics, history, literature, social sciences, information technology, communication, the arts and many others. Most sale books will be priced in the $1-$2 range; special items will be individually priced.

The sale includes donated books that are duplicates of those already in the library collection; also donated books on subjects not part of the collection. Books may also be outdated copies that have been withdrawn and replaced by newer editions or by books in better physical condition. The assortment will be large and of varied subject areas of interest. Others may be brand new donated items.

At the sale, you just may find that book you've always wanted but could not buy because of its pricey tag. At the University Library Book Sale, you can be sure it will be something you can easily afford. And perhaps even have change left over to buy another book!

So, however you plan to come - by land, by sea, or by air, do come to our BOOKSALE!

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KNOW YOUR DATABASES

by C. DeLay

The University Library provides access to several research databases but given how many there are it's often difficult to know which database to use for a specific information need. This article is part of a continuing series that focuses on a single database and identifies the type of content it provides.

This month: Global Market Information Database (aka "GMID")

GMID is one of several great resources provided by the University Library that can help you locate company, marketing or country information. GMID includes demographic information, economic data, psychographics, economic indicators, and foreign trade, labor population, education and other vital statistics (just to name a few):

"This database contains over a million demographic, economic, and marketing statistics, with key political and economic indicators for countries, including lifestyles indicators such as disposable income, consumer expenditure, eating and drinking habits, home ownership, and health data." (Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, Vol.13(2) 2007, pp. 157-161)

The user interface for GMID can often be overwhelming, so if you need help using it please don't hesitate to contact a librarian for assistance.

Also, be sure to join us at the University Library on Wednesday April 8, 2009 when Matt Carty of Euromonitor International will be giving a live training session on using the GMID service. For times and to RSVP, please call 415-442-7244.

For you "self help" fans, you can get online help by clicking the "Help" link in the upper right-hand corner of any GMID web page. You can also download and print a GMID user guide at: http://www.euromonitor.com/pdf/GMID_User_Guide.pdf

If you have any questions or would like a demonstration on how to use GMID, please contact a reference librarian and make an appointment!

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APRIL 2009 WORKSHOPS & EVENTS



INFORMATION LITERACY in YOUR ORGANIZATION: A Panel Discussion

Join our panel of librarians and information specialists for a conversation about gaining organizational buy-in for information literacy and research skills. Librarians know what information literacy is and why it's so important, and some of our patrons do too, but do we have the support of the rest of our organizations? How can we demonstrate our value to our administrators, managers, faculty, and others to gain traction and expand our efforts? Participants will come away with new ideas for advocacy in various kinds of workplaces.
  • When: Wednesday, April 1, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
  • Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, Room 5203

TAKING the CRUNCH OUT of CRUNCH TIME

EEEEKKKKK!!!!!! It's the end of the term. So much to do, so little time.

What is the BEST USE of your time right now? Why, consulting with a Reference Librarian to help you devise a plan to research most effectively and efficiently, given the demands of the moment. We are here to help!!!!!! We offer wise and compassionate nonjudgmental assistance, for wherever you are now.
  • When: Saturday, April 4, 11:00 am - 12 noon and Saturday, April 18, 11:00 am - 12 noon
  • When: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library; meet at the Reference Desk

CITING SOURCES APPROPRIATELY
to GAIN CREDIT and CREDIBILITY

Citing sources is not just the right thing to do but also the smart thing to do. You get credit for using other sources, and gain credibility by showing people you are using other sources ethically. Talk about a win-win! Learn how to cite sources effectively and efficiently. Such a deal!
  • When: Saturday, April 11, 11:00 am to 12 noon; and Sunday, April 19, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library; meet at the Reference Desk

RESOURCES for FACULTY and STUDENT SUCCESS

This faculty development workshop will highlight services and resources that promote student success offered by GGU's Center for Academic and Professional Success (CAPS), the University Library and Wellness Resources.

CAPS includes resources provided by Office of Career Planning and Learning Support Services (such as the Writing Lab, OWL, the Math Lab and MOTH) Please join us for this important session, so you can refer your students to these important services and opportunities. Staff are also welcome to attend this session.
  • When: Thursday, April 16, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
  • Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, Room 5310

SEARCH WEBINAR: REFINE YOUR SKILLS

GGU's University Library offers many excellent article databases. Make the most of this resource by refining your technique with the help of a librarian. We'll clarify how you can best use articles for your research project and help you SAVE TIME by using the databases more efficiently. Bring your research questions! To participate, please email Amy Hofer ahofer@ggu.edu for the webinar URL and phone number.
If you are interested in any of these workshops but are unable to attend, please contact the Library's Reference Desk at 415-442-7244 or e-mail askalibrarian@ggu.edu to arrange for a personalized workshop or an in-person reference consultation. Please send us your ideas for other workshops and library services. We want to hear from you!






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SITE OF THE MONTH

by Larry Burg
BASEBALL ALMANAC
http://baseball-almanac.com

The first pitch gets thrown out this month (we're talking baseball here, not film script rejections) and amateur statisticians will be salivating over the numbers on Major League Baseball's stars and those that might be returning to AAA ball.

Baseball Almanac is full of stats, historical facts, hitting and pitching charts, lists - like that of baseball movies, gravesites, famous firsts, and Hall of Fame checklists to name just a few of the many features. There are 585 items about Rickey Henderson alone, according to their Google site search.

Here's one from the Quotes section: "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." - Yogi Berra

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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SUPPORT FOR FACULTY

GGU's University Library is an important professional resource for our faculty. We invite you to enrich your GGU experience by making use of our print and online collections and our interlibrary loan service. We can provide instruction for your students on the strategies and resources they need for your class, whether in person or on Cyber. In addition, we can work with you to develop assignments that best utilize the library's resources.

Please visit our *new* online guide to library services for faculty at http://ggu.libguides.com/faculty. You will find departmental liaison contact information, support for academic integrity, a presentation on writing research assignments, and more.

--A.Hofer

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BOOKS OF INTEREST

by Larry Burg


Harvard business review on emerging markets / Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Pub. Co., c2008.
HF1413 .H353 2008

Making change stick //Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business Press, c2008.
HD31 .M35 2008

Creative marketing for new product and new business development / editors, Akira Ishikawa, Atsushi Tsujimoto. Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2008.
HF5415.153 .C74 2008

Brand sense: build powerful brands through touch, taste, smell, sight, and sound / Martin Lindstrom ; foreword by Philip Kotler. New York : Free Press, c2005.
HD69.B7 L548 2005

Payment card industry data security standard handbook / Timothy M. Virtue. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
HG3755.7 .V57 2009

Buy-ology : truth and lies about why we buy / Martin Lindstrom. New York : Doubleday, c2008.
HF5415.12615 .L56 2008

Governance and information technology : from electronic government to information government / edited by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and David Lazer. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.
JF1525.A8 G683 2007

Contracting for services in state and local government agencies / William Sims Curry. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
HD3861.U6 C87 2009

IFRS for small and medium-sized enterprises : structuring the transition process / Richard Wittsiepe. Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2008.
HF5681.B2 W58 2008

How markets work : supply, demand and the 'real world' / Robert E. Prasch. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2008.
HB501 .P69185 2008

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POCKET PARKS and OTHER MAGICAL PLACES Near Golden Gate University

by J. Carter, Director

How can you regain your balance and restore your spirit during hectic work days? Lucky for us, there are many pocket parks and other magical places near Golden Gate University. With just 5 or 10 minutes, you can find a number of them, and determine which refuges work best for you.

Our first (somewhat) organized excursion to explore pocket parks and other magical places was on March 11 at noon. The next one will be April 8 at noon. We will meet in the lobby at 536 Mission Street. Where will we go? We will plan some options, but as on March 11, we will go with the flow. Please join us if you can and/or send me Janice Carter jcarter@ggu.edu information on your favorite places near GGU for relaxing and restoring your creativity.

On March 11, Vivian Aldridge shared with us the magical work she is doing on geocaching, and led us to a treasure within 5 minutes walk from GGU. Please see her article, Geocaching, Finding Treasures in Downtown San Francisco. I especially recommend her video on The Pixel People's Predicament which I showed in a staff meeting.


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FOOD for THOUGHT

compiled by Alice Dietrich

BOOKS

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome. ---William Ewart Gladstone

I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book. ---Groucho Marx

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. ---Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926), The Happy Life, 1896

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ---Chinese Proverb

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ---Jorge Luis Borges

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ---Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The Update is the University Library's monthly e-newsletter. To subscribe, send your e-mail address to editor@ggu.edu with SUBSCRIBE on the subject line. Please send comments and questions to this same address.

Editor: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
Features:
Books of Interest: Larry Burg | 415-442-7250
Born This Month: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
Food for Thought: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
Free Cultural Events Calendar: Alice Dietrich
Know Your Databases: Christian DeLay | 441-7246
Site of the Month: Larry Burg | 415-442-7250
Layout/Graphics: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259

Additional contributors to this issue: J. Carter, A. Hofer, C. DeLay, A. Lipson. Special thanks to Walt Stevenson for use of his photograph for the article on pocket parks.



FREE CULTURAL EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO
APRIL 2009

29th ANNUAL ST. STUPID'S DAY PARADE

The First Church of the Last Laugh presents the 29th Annual St. Stupid's Day Parade. Dress stupid and meet at the Transamerica building at 12 noon. The parade starts at the pointy bldg, (take a guess), then up Columbus Ave. to Washington Square Park for staged mini-service with 2 minute talent show, sacramints, leap of faith, free lunch and the search for the answer to the question…"What is Benjamin Franklin doing in Washington's Park?" (from the FCLL website
  • When: Sunday, April 1st, 12 Noon
  • Where: Transamerica Building, 600 Montgomery Street, San Francisco

MOVIES @ THE SFPL

Flamenco! Carlos Saura and Friends
  • Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium
  • Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove
  • Event Time: Thursdays, 12 noon - 2 pm
APRIL 2
GYPSY HEART (2006, 50 min.) - A tribute to flamenco dancer Omayra Amaya's struggle to keep a fiery dance form burning in the chilly city of Boston. Amaya states, "I am a Gypsy from Andalusia," explaining that Flamenco emerged from Spain's persecution of its Roma people as a "scream of liberation."

APRIL 9
BLOOD WEDDING ( 1981, 101 min.) - Carlos Saura's first collaboration with choreographer Antonio Gades is a dazzlingly shot and edited dress rehearsal for Gades' ballet of the classic Federico Garcia Lorca tragedy.

APRIL 16
CARMEN (1983, 101 min.) - Saura's Oscar-nominated take on the original Carmen story, by Prosper Merimee, casts Gades as a choreographer who falls for the gorgeous mystery woman he has discovered for his new production.

APRIL 23
EL AMOR BRUJO (1986, 103 min.) - Manuel de Falla's beloved Roma ballet explodes onto the screen with blazing colors in Saura's final work with Antonio Gades, a love quadrangle, and a ghost story featuring ravishing dancing and daring camera work.

APRIL 30
GYPSY CARAVAN (2007, 111 min.) - An audience favorite at film festivals worldwide, Gypsy Caravan takes the viewer along on a six week fire-in-the belly Roma music tour that encompasses flamenco, violin, Indian folk-to-raga and jazz music.

FIRST FREE SUNDAYS at the Asian Art Museum

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art. Admission to all to the museum and to the family programs offered on the First Free Sunday of every month is made possible by Target.
  • When: Sunday, April 5, 10 am - 5 pm
  • Where: Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street @ McAllistar, San Francisco

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOOK SALE

At the University Library Book Sale you will be able to pick up incredible bargains of books on various subject areas. Most of the donated new and used books are priced in the $1-$2 range; special items are individually priced. Come and look for that special book you've always wanted but could not afford to buy. Now you can!
  • When: Monday, April 6, 11:00 am - 7 pm; Tuesday, April 7, 11:00 am - 7 pm; and Wednesday, April 8, 11:00 am - 7 pm
  • Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library; 4th Floor Lobby

POCKET PARKS and OTHER MAGICAL PLACES Near Golden Gate University

Join us as we explore pocket parks and other magical places near Golden Gate University. You are most welcome to bring your friends and your camera.
  • When: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, @ Noon
  • Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco; meet in the Lobby

SAN FRANCISCO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Rush Hour Concerts

THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 5:30pm
@ Liuli Gallery
- 37 Yerba Buena Lane, SF (near CJM). Due to the Passover holiday, our Rush Hour Concert has been moved a few steps away to a new venue

FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 8pm
@ Herbst Theater, San Francisco
- 401 Van Ness Avenue (next to Opera House)

SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 8pm
@ St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
- 600 Colorado Avenue (near Middlefield)

SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 3pm
@ First Congregational Church, Berkeley
- 2345 Channing Way (at Dana St)
Note: A pre-concert talk precedes each concert by 30 minutes. All are welcome to join.


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CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL - 42nd Annual Northern California Festival, 2009

The 42nd Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival street fair will include a food bazaar, featuring traditional Japanese cuisine and cooking demonstrations, a Japanese traditional arts and crafts fair, and a children's village. Entertainment stages will feature performances by Japanese classical and folk dancers, martial artists, taiko drummers and others.
  • Festival: Saturday and Sunday, April 11 & 12 and Saturday and Sunday, April 18 & 19
  • Queen Program: Saturday, April 11
  • Grand Parade: Sunday, April 19

FREE THIRD WEDNESDAYS at the California Academy of Sciences

The California Academy of Sciences, which reopened in Golden Gate Park in September 2008, is home to Steinhart Aquarium, Morrison Planetarium, Kimball Natural History Museum, and world-class research and education programs, all under one living roof. Admission is free on "Wachovia Wednesdays", third Wednesday of every month.
  • When: Wednesday, April 15, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
  • Where: California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

EARTH DAY ON THE BAY 2009

Green festival with shark feeding & canoeing

The Marine Science Institute is honoring Planet Earth with our "Earth Day on the Bay" event on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 8 am - 5 pm. This all day event is filled with family-friendly events geared towards providing fun, memorable, and meaningful experiences to bond you with San Francisco Bay, and the planet.
  • When: Saturday, April 18, 8 am - 3 pm
  • Where: Marine Science Institute, 500 Discovery Parkway, Redwood City
  • Schedule of Events: {program:MSI website|http://www.sfbaymsi.org/earthday.html}

DOGFEST 2009: "Best Ears" Contest

Pooch Parade and Carnival at Duboce Park Which doggie in San Francisco has the Best Ears? Which pooch has the Best Bark, does the Best Trick or the Best Look-Alike Duo? Get the scoop on all the Doggie poop as nearly 100 dogs vie for titles at the annual DogFest 2009 festival in Duboce Park. A fundraiser for McKinley Elementary School, this festival will also have a dog parade and kids' carnival. Event is free but a $10-$20 donation will be charged for entering your dog in the contests.
  • When: Saturday, April 18, 11 am to 3 pm
  • Where: Duboce Park, Duboce Avene & Walter St., San Francisco

MORRISON ARTISTS SERIES CONCERT: Cuarteto Latinoamericano with Manuel Barrueco

Latinoamericano is known worldwide as the leading proponent of Latin American music for string quartet. The Cuarteto has recorded most of the Latin American repertoire for string quartet, and the sixth volume of their Villa-Lobos 17 quartets cycle, recorded for Dorian, was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002 in the field of Best Chamber Music Recording as well as for a Latin Grammy. Internationally recognized as one of the most important guitarists of our time, Grammy nominated Manuel Barrueco's unique artistry has been described as that of a superb instrumentalist and a superior and elegant musician possessing a seductive sound and uncommon lyrical gifts.
  • When: Sunday, April 19, 3 pm
  • Where: McKenna Theatre, Creative Arts Building,
  • SF State, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco


NATIONAL ARBOR DAY - APRIL 24

PLANT A TREE!

On Arbor Day, you are invited to plant a tree or two or even more! Arbor Day is celebrated throughout the United States; some states observe it on a different day.

Undeniably, trees make a world of difference. Here's your big chance to make that difference.

Learn more about this beautiful day. Visit the Arbor Day website. To learn more about its history go to this website.

The FARALLON ISLANDS - Past, Present and Future. Film and Panel Discussion

This 40-minute film provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Farallon Islands and the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, a remote wilderness refuge located 27 miles off San Francisco's coast.

A panel will provide additional insight and answer questions at the end of the showing.
  • Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium
  • Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove
  • Event Time: Wednesday, April 29, 6 - 7:30 pm

BORN THIS MONTH

Left to right: Sergei Rachmaninov, Maya Angelou, William Wordsworth, and Leonardo da Vinci

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (April 1, 1873 - March 28, 1943) born in Semyonovo, near Novgorod, Russia; composer, pianist, and conductor. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom which included a pronounced lyricism, expressive breadth, structural ingenuity and a tonal palette of rich, distinctive orchestral colors. (wikipedia)
MAYA ANGELOU (April 4, 1928- ) born in St. Louis, Missouri; American poet, playwright, memoirist, actress, author, television producer and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. She has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer". Angelou is known for her series of six autobiographies, starting with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which was nominated for a National Book Award. Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has been highly honored for her body of work and has been awarded over 30 honorary degrees. (wikipedia)
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (April 7, 1770 -April 23, 1850) born in Cumberland, the Lake District, England; major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years which the poet revised and expanded a number of times. The work was posthumously titled and published, prior to which it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850. (wikipedia)
LEONARDO DA VINCI (April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519); Italian polymath, being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man, a man whose unquenchable curiosity was equaled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Helen Gardner says "The scope and depth of his interests were without precedent...His mind and personality seem to us superhuman, the man himself mysterious and remote". Leonardo Da Vinci - Universal Genius excerpt from BBC documentary


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Left to right: Charles Chaplin, John Muir, Ella Fitzgerald, and William Shakespeare



CHARLES SPENCER CHAPLIN, JR., KBE (16 April 1889 - 25 December 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning English comedic actor and filmmaker. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid "Classical Hollywood" era of American cinema.

Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced and eventually scored his own films as one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. His working life in entertainment spanned over 65 years, from the Victorian stage and the Music Hall in the United Kingdom as a child performer almost until his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life encompassed both adulation and controversy. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith, Chaplin co-founded United Artists in 1919.
JOHN MUIR (April 23, 1838 - December 24, 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of U.S. wilderness. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, have been read by millions and are still popular today. His direct activism helped to save the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is now one of the most important conservation organizations in the United States. His writings and philosophy strongly influenced the formation of the modern environmental movement.

ELLA FITZGERALD (April 25, 1917 - June 15, 1996), also known as "Lady Ella" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century.

With a vocal range spanning three octaves, she was noted for her purity of tone, phrasing and intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. She is widely considered to have been one of the supreme interpreters of the Great American Songbook. Over a recording career that lasted 59 years, she was the winner of 14 Grammy Awards, and was awarded the National Medal of Art and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (April 26, 1564 - April 23, 1616); English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.


PICTURES ON TOP: Barragan House, Capuchinas Sacramentarias del Purismo Corazon de Maria, Cuadra San Cristobal, and Fuente de la Casa Giraldi, all in Mexico City. On left is another view of Fuente de la Casa Giraldi. All works by Luis Barragan.

Luis Barragán (1902-1988) is regarded as the most prominent Mexican architect and as one of the major figures on the international stage of architecture in the 20th Century. Barragán achieved international attention and acclaim for his poetic architectural style when he received the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1980.

The buildings and landscapes realized by Barragán, all in his home country, exemplify his ability to fuse the structural tenets of traditional Mexican architecture with the vocabulary of Modernism. The result is at once intensely Mexican and thoroughly universal.

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APRIL 2009, volume 4, no.4



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