. A wealthy man, Barragßn "practiced architecture for himself."
Frampton has identified seven features, "or rather attitudes," that distinguish the work of Critical Regionalist architects. As he points out, not all the categories need apply to each architect. What is important is that if an architect is engaged in the process of assimilating external influences and rediscovering local possibilities, then he illustrates Frampton's critical concept and these particular features have characterized the architects who fit this general description. The first of the features of Critical Regionalism identified by Frampton is that it is a "marginal
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