Félix Candela : engineer, builder, structural artist / Maria E. Moreyra Garlock and David P. Billington ; with contributions by Noah Burger [and others].
Material type: TextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : New Haven : Princeton University Art Museum ; Yale University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 207 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0300122098
- 9780300122091
- Engineer, builder, structural artist
- 720.92 22
- NA759.C35 A4 2008
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 720.92 CAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A432713B |
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Félix Candela: engineer, builder, structural artist, on view at the Princeton University Art Museum from October 10, 2008, through February 22, 2009"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Selected publications by Félix Candela": p. 190-192.
"Selected publications about Félix Candela": p. 193-197.
Map of Greater Mexico City -- Introduction -- The European Tradition -- 1. Master Builders and Structural Artists -- 2. Modern Master Builders of Thin Shell Concrete Structures -- 3. Modern Spanish Masters of Thin Shell Roof Forms -- Candela's Development as a Structural Artist -- 4. Candela in Spain, 1910- -- 5. Early Years in Mexico -- Candela and the Hyperbolic Paraboloid -- 6. Discipline of the Hyperbolic Paraboloid -- 7. Cosmic Rays Laboratory -- 8. Umbrellas -- 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 -- Appendixes -- 1. Letter from Felix Candela to Anton Tedesko -- 2. "New Architecture," by Felix Candela -- 3. Visiting the Works of Felix Candela -- Selected Major Works -- Selected Publications by Felix Candela -- Selected Publications about Felix Candela.
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