Felix Candela (1910 - 1997)

Felix Candela

Name:	Felix Candela
Born on	27 January 1910 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Europe
Deceased on	7 December 1997 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA, North America
Collaborator of	Juan Antonio Tonda Magallón
Place(s) of activity:	Cubiertas Ala S.A.
1932	National champion skier
1934	National champion with his rugby team
Until 1935	Studies natural sciences and architecture in Madrid
1936 - 1939	Fights on the republican side of the Spanish Civil War, emprisoned in Perpignan (France)
1939	Arrives in Veracruz (Mexico) on June 13
1941 - 1942	Works as architect in Acapulco; founds his own construction firm
Until 1960	around 300 works built and 900 projects, mainly thin concrete shells

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:

Candela, Felix Notes for History, in "Journal of the International Association for Shell Structures", September 1979, n. 71; pp. 34-35

Zum Werk von Felix Candela, Rudolf Müller, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3481004893, 1992
Bechthold, Martin Innovative Surface Structures, Taylor and Francis, Abingdon (United Kingdom), ISBN 0415419670, 2008
Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA), ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 189-93
Chilton, John Heinz Isler, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0727728784, 2000
Faber, Colin Candela/The Shell Builder, Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York (USA), 1963
Joedicke, Jürgen Schalenbau, Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart (Germany), 1962; pp. 210-237
Moreyra Garlock, Maria E. Félix Candela, Princeton University Art Museum, Yale University Press, New Haven (USA), ISBN 0300122098
Nordenson, Guy Constellations,
Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 106-7
Ricken, Herbert Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 212
Saito, Yutaka Felix Candela, TOTO Shuppan, Tokyo (Japan), ISBN 4887061234, 1995
Seguí Buenaventura, Miguel Félix Candela Arquitecto, Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Medio Mabiente, Mexico City (Mexico), ISBN 8460088715, 1994
de Anda Alanís, Enrique X. Félix Candela 1910-1997, Taschen, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3822837237, 2008