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Felix Candela

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Felix Candela , 1910-, Mexican architect, b. Madrid. Candela studied in Madrid but was forced to flee Spain after his participation in the Spanish civil war. He went to Mexico in 1939 and set up his own construction firm, gaining renown for his design of thin-shelled concrete domes. Among his best-known works are the Cosmic Ray Pavilion (1950-51) for Mexico's University City; the Church of La Virgen Milagrosa (1953), Mexico City; and Los Manantiales restaurant (1958), Xochimilco. Bibliography: See study by C. Faber (1963). Author not available, CANDELA, FELIX. , The Columbia... Read more
Felix Candela
...this material. Notable works include the expressionistic church of Nuestra Senora de los Milagros in Mexico City (1955), with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof of ferroconcrete only 1.5 in. (3.8 cm) thick. Felix Candela Felix Candela Felix Candela Read more
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...shapes, and intersecting parabolic vaults less than 0.5 in. (1.25 cm) thick. Pioneering thin-shell designers include Felix Candela and Pier Luigi Nervi . shell structure shell structure shell structure Read more

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