Luis MacGregor Cevallos

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

Books

MacGregor's books included:

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

References