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Félix Candela : engineer, builder, structural artist / Maria E. Moreyra Garlock and David P. Billington ; with contributions by Noah Burger [and others].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0300122098
  • 9780300122091
Other title:
  • Engineer, builder, structural artist
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.92 22
LOC classification:
  • NA759.C35 A4 2008
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
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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