Luis MacGregor Cevallos

Luis MacGregor Cevallos (1887–1965) was a Mexican architect as well as an author of book on Colonial Mexican architecture.[1]

His son Luis MacGregor Krieger was also an architect. His great-grandson Augusto Rodelo Mac Gregor is also a Mexican architect.

Architectural works

MacGregor was known for buildings of Modern architecture.[1]

• 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)[2][3]
• Parque Agrícola de la Ciudad de México (plan, 1930), Mexico City[4][5]
• Hospital Central Militar Mexico (1940)[6]
• Palenque camp and museum[7]
• Restoration works at the Convent at San Agustín de Acolman[8]

Books

MacGregor's books included:

• Huejotzingo: The City and the Franciscan Monastery (1934), with Rafael García Granados[9]
• Actopan (1955)[10]

References

1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Revista Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, ISSN 1870-3062 Volúmen IX, número 35, año 1966
2. 'A Guide to the Art of Latin America', p. 85, Robert Chester Smith, Elizabeth Wilder; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948
3. 'Decolonial Voices: Chicana and Chicano Cultural Studies in the 21st Century', p. 377, ed. Arturo J. Aldama, Naomi Helena Quiñonez
4. "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
5. Daniel Rivas Torres (5 February 2006). "PLANEACIÓN, ESPACIOS VERDES Y SUSTENTABILIDAD EN EL DISTRITO FEDERAL" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-10-24.
6. 'Artifacts of Revolution: Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City', Patrice Elizabeth Olsen, p. 188
7. 'Palenque 1947-1958', p.18, Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2007
8. 'San Agustín de Acolman', p.120, Teléfonos de México, Jan 1, 1990
9. Peña, C.G.; Nance, G.B.; Dunstan, F.J. (1945). History of Mexican Literature. 1. Inter-American Publ. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
10. Schuessler, M.K. (2014). Foundational Arts: Mural Painting and Missionary Theater in New Spain. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 9780816599134. Retrieved 2014-10-24.