Felix Candela
| Félix Candela Outeriño | |
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| Born |
January 27, 1910 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | December 7, 1997 (aged 87) Durham, North Carolina, United States |
| Nationality | Spanish, Mexican |
| Education | Madrid School of Architecture |
| Spouse(s) | Eladia Martin |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Architecture |
| Institutions | Institution of Structural Engineers |
| Projects | Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Palacio de los Deportes |
| Significant design | thin shells |
| Awards | IStructE Gold Medal, Augusto Perret prize of the Architects International Union |
Félix Candela Outeriño (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈfeliks kanˈdela outeˈɾiɲo]; January 27, 1910 – December 7, 1997) was a Spanish architect who, at the age of 26, emigrated to Mexico, acquiring the double nationality.
He is known for his significant role in the development of Mexican architecture and structural engineering. Candela’s major contribution to architecture was the development of thin shells made out of reinforced concrete, popularly known as cascarones.
He also was teacher of Calatrava, which highly influenced the style of the Calatrava's works. Félix Candela died at the age of 87 in 1997 in North Carolina.
Felix Candela was born in Madrid, Spain in 1910. In 1927 Candela enrolled in La Escuela Superior de Arquitectura (Madrid Superior Technical School of Architecture), graduating in 1935; at which time Candela traveled to Germany to further study architecture. Early after he started classes, he developed a very keen sense of geometry and started teaching other students in private lessons. In his junior year, his visual intelligence and his descriptive geometric and trigonometric talent helped him catch the eye of Luis Vegas. Vegas was his material strength professor, and gave Candela the honorary title of “Luis Vegas’ Helper”. While “helping” Vegas, Candela entered many architecture competitions and won most of them. Unlike many of his peers, Candela didn’t show intellectual or aesthetic efforts in school. He didn’t even like pure mathematics. When Candela was a student in Madrid, the schools taught the theory of elasticity where Candela assisted the professors and even tutored other students.
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