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Ricardo Legorreta | Mexican architect, 80

Ricardo Legorreta, 80, a Mexican architect whose hallmark was the use of color, died Friday. No cause or location of death was immediately given.

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file photo, Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan. Mexico City's Camino Real hotel from 1968 is the architect best known work, but he also oversaw the remodeling of Los Angeles' Pershing Square in 1993. The hallmark of Legorreta's work is the use of color; he put a 10-story purple bell tower in the middle of Pershing Square. Mexico's Foreign Relations Department and National Arts Council said Legorreta, who was 80, died Friday, but did not give the cause of death. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011 file photo, Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan. Mexico City's Camino Real hotel from 1968 is the architect best known work, but he also oversaw the remodeling of Los Angeles' Pershing Square in 1993. The hallmark of Legorreta's work is the use of color; he put a 10-story purple bell tower in the middle of Pershing Square. Mexico's Foreign Relations Department and National Arts Council said Legorreta, who was 80, died Friday, but did not give the cause of death. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)Read moreAP
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Ricardo Legorreta, 80, a Mexican architect whose hallmark was the use of color, died Friday. No cause or location of death was immediately given.

His best-known work is Mexico City's Camino Real hotel, built in 1968. He also oversaw the remodeling of Los Angeles' Pershing Square in 1993. He placed a 10-story purple bell tower in the middle of the square and covered the Camino Real's front exterior walls in pink and yellow.

Mr. Legorreta continued the tradition of architect Luis Barragan, who died in 1988. Like Barragan, Mr. Legorreta used bright colors, massive solid walls, courtyards, and geometric cutout windows to interact with Mexico's abundant sunlight. - AP

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