Felix Candela: Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 2008

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Contents are as follows: The European Tradition : 1. Master builders and structural artists : Structural engineers in metal ; Structural engineers in concrete -- 2. Modern master builders of thin shell concrete structures : Anton Tedesko ; Pier Luigi Nervi ; Heinz Isler -- 3. Modern Spanish masters of thin shell roof forms : Antonio Gaudí ; Eduardo Torreja -- Candela's development as a structural artist : 4. Candela in Spain, 1910-1939 : Family and sports ; Education ; The civil war and exile to Mexico -- 5. Early years in Mexico : The Mexican context ; The development of a shell builder ; Early thin shell forms, 1950-51 ; Publications and publicity -- Candela and the hyperbolic paraboloid -- 6. Discipline of the hyperbolic paraboloid : Candela's process of design ; Candela's process of construction ; The free edge -- 7. Cosmic rays laboratory : Design ; Analysis ; Construction ; Finished structure -- 8. Umbrellas : Form, construction, and analysis ; Markets and warehouses ; Umbrellas transformed -- Candela's favorite works : 9. Church of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal -- 10. Chapel Lomas de Cuernavaca -- 11. Los Manantiales Restaurant at Xochimilco -- 12. Bacardi Rum Factory -- Conclusions : Candela, the structural artist ; Candela, the critic ; A new art form -- Appendices : 1. Letter from Felix Candela to Anton Tedesko -- 2. "New Architecture," by Felix Candela -- 3. Visiting the works of Felix Candela. VG: The pages are bound upside down and backwards to the wraps. Clean body pages and solid binding.…

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Title
Felix Candela: Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist
Author
Garlock, Maria (and) David Billington (and) Noah Burger
Publisher
Yale University Press, New Haven
Publication year
2008
Binding
Softcover
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