Luis MacGregor Cevallos (1887–1965) was a Mexican architect as well as an author of book on Colonial Mexican architecture.
His son Luis MacGregor Krieger was also an architect.
Architectural works
MacGregor was known for buildings of Modern architecture.
- MacGregor designed the garden at Chapultepec Castle in which a sculpture, La Madre Patria, commemorating the Niños Héroes, is located (1924; sculptor Ignacio Asúnsolo; note this is not the better-known, larger monument to the Niños Héroes, Altar a la Patria)
- Parque Agrícola de la Ciudad de México (plan, 1930), Mexico City
- Hospital Central Militar Mexico (1940)
- Palenque camp and museum
- Restoration works at the Convent at San Agustín de Acolman
Books
MacGregor's books included:
- Huejotzingo: The City and the Franciscan Monastery (1934), with Rafael García Granados
- Actopan (1955)
References
- ^ Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Revista Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, ISSN 1870-3062 Volúmen IX, número 35, año 1966
- 'A Guide to the Art of Latin America', p. 85, Robert Chester Smith, Elizabeth Wilder; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948
- 'Decolonial Voices: Chicana and Chicano Cultural Studies in the 21st Century', p. 377, ed. Arturo J. Aldama, Naomi Helena Quiñonez
- "La escuela alemana de la planeación moderna de ciudades. Principios e influencia en México", Gerardo G. Sánchez Ruiz, 'Región y Sociedad' (journal), vol. XIX / no. 38. 2007
- Daniel Rivas Torres (5 February 2006). "PLANEACIÓN, ESPACIOS VERDES Y SUSTENTABILIDAD EN EL DISTRITO FEDERAL" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- 'Artifacts of Revolution: Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City', Patrice Elizabeth Olsen, p. 188
- 'Palenque 1947-1958', p.18, Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2007
- 'San Agustín de Acolman', p.120, Teléfonos de México, Jan 1, 1990
- Peña, C.G.; Nance, G.B.; Dunstan, F.J. (1945). History of Mexican Literature. Vol. 1. Inter-American Publ. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- Schuessler, M.K. (2014). Foundational Arts: Mural Painting and Missionary Theater in New Spain. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 9780816599134. Retrieved 2014-10-24.