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Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

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Luis Barragan
Age: 86 †
Born: 1902
Born: March 9
Died: 1988
Died: November 22
Architect
Engineer
Urban Planner
Guadalajara
México
Luis Barragán Morfín
Luis Barragan Morfin
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Environment
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Art
Aesthetic
Wells
Creates
Well
Atmosphere
Architecture
Produce
Motivational
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Emotion
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