Félix Candela
✓ Source-basedrisingMexican architect (1910-1997)
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Félix Candela Outeriño was a Spanish and Mexican architect who was born in Madrid and, at the age of 29, emigrated to Mexico, acquiring double nationality.
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Photos 8
1951, Pabellón de Rayos Cósmicos ("Pavilion of Cosmic Rays"), National Autonomous University of Mexico, with Jorge González Reyna
San Lázaro metro station, Mexico City
Roof of Candelaria metro station, Mexico City
Restaurant of the Hotel Casino de la Selva, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City
L'Oceanogràfic (El Oceanográfico), City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain, with Alberto Domingo and Carlos Lázaro.
Templo de Santa Mónica in Colonia Del Valle, Mexico CityAwards 5
Connected to Félix 6
Álvaro Siza VieiraAlso won Gold Medal of Architecture (Spain)
Theodore von KármánAlso won honorary doctorate of Seville University
Margarita SalasAlso won honorary doctorate of the University Polytechnic of Madrid
Hans ScharounAlso won Auguste Perret Prize
José Luis SampedroAlso won honorary doctorate of Seville University
Jean ProuvéAlso won Auguste Perret PrizeAbout this person
Country
SpainCategory
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1910 to 1997 · aged 87
Written about in
25 languages
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