Félix Candela architectural records and papers, 1950-1984.

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Félix Candela architectural records and papers, 1950-1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/505729800

Collection contains 1,876 architectural drawings. Archival materials include correspondence, photographs, writings by and about Candela, and articles on architectural and technical topics.

Architectural drawings: 1,876 items.Archival materials: 76 boxes.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7627549

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Candela, Félix, 1910-1997

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Félix Candela was born in 1910 in Madrid, Spain, and trained there as an architect. In 1939, during the Spanish Civil War, he emigrated to Mexico. Candela specialized in the design and construction of thin concrete shells. Among his many projects are the cosmic ray laboratory at the Ciudad Universitaria, the church of the Miraculous Virgin in Mexico City, and the Sports Palace used in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. During the 1970s he resided in the United States and became and citizen ...