Luis MacGregor Cevallos explained

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.

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.analesiie.unam.mx/pdf/35_03-04.pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Revista Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, ISSN 1870-3062 Volúmen IX, número 35, año 1966
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=PlVdAAAAMAAJ&q=%22luis+macgregor%22&dq=%22luis+macgregor%22 'A Guide to the Art of Latin America', p. 85, Robert Chester Smith, Elizabeth Wilder; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1948
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=wn-EuD2ACwgC&pg=PA377 'Decolonial Voices: Chicana and Chicano Cultural Studies in the 21st Century', p. 377, ed. Arturo J. Aldama, Naomi Helena Quiñonez
4. http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/colson/38/4.pdf "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. Web site: PLANEACIÓN, ESPACIOS VERDES Y SUSTENTABILIDAD EN EL DISTRITO FEDERAL. 5 February 2006. Daniel Rivas Torres. 2014-10-24.
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=BG4iQvOQ8isC&pg=PA188 'Artifacts of Revolution: Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City', Patrice Elizabeth Olsen, p. 188
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wxt9AAAAMAAJ 'Palenque 1947-1958', p.18, Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2007
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=vGItAQAAIAAJ 'San Agustín de Acolman', p.120, Teléfonos de México, Jan 1, 1990
9. Book: History of Mexican Literature. Peña, C.G.. Nance, G.B.. Dunstan, F.J.. 1945. 1. Inter-American Publ.. 2014-10-24.
10. Book: Foundational Arts: Mural Painting and Missionary Theater in New Spain. Schuessler, M.K.. 2014. University of Arizona Press. 9780816599134. 2014-10-24.