Architect

Felix Candela

Felix Candela was a Spanish-Mexican architect and engineer celebrated for thin-shell concrete structures that reshaped postwar architecture in Mexico.

1910-1997

Spanish-Mexican

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Sacred Building Sacred Space Hotel Cultural Building Industrial Building Factory Stadium Arena

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Works

Bureaus

Books

Places

Cities

Mexico City2 Cuernavaca1 Greater Mexico City1

Countries

Mexico4

Sources

Wikipedia Wikidata

Focus

arena · church · cultural building

Concrete Steel

Bureaus

Bureau

Felix Candela

studio · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Role: founder

Years: 1997

Founder relationship

Selected works

Iglesia de la Medalla de la Virgen Milagrosa

1953-1955 · Mexico City, Mexico

Church

Felix Candela

Casino de la Selva

1950s additions · Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

Hotel and cultural complex

Felix Candela

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and Felix Candela's Industrial Buildings

1958-1961 · Greater Mexico City, State of Mexico, Mexico

Industrial complex

Felix Candela

Palacio de los Deportes

1968 · Mexico City, Mexico

Indoor arena

Felix Candela