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Mexican architect Luis Barragán's prolific career, which spanned the 1920s to the 1980s, evolved through distinct phases. After traveling to the United States and Europe in the early 1930s and immersing himself in a broader architectural discourse, Barragán began incorporating principles derived from functionalism and modernism in his work, as seen in the apartment building at 14 Parque Melchor Ocampo, whose unadorned geometric forms contrast with his earlier projects in Guadalajara, such as the Carmen Orozco House, which evince the aesthetics of traditional Mediterranean and Mexican styles.