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Enrique X De Anda Alanis
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Format: Book
Pages: 96
Publisher: Taschen
Date Published: Jun 2008
Stock Code: 64872
Binding: Paperback
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The focus of this monograph on Spanish-born Felix Candela (1919-1997) is on modern Mexican architecture and its international influence. Conducting daring structural experiments with materials such as reinforced concrete and experimenting with shell vaulting to find new methods to save costs and material in building, Candela not only succeeded in putting his engineering knowledge into high quality constructions but also into high quality architecture.
Geometry marks his impressive sculptural work, not only in the industrial buildings but also in churches, restaurants, university buildings, and sport facilities. With this book, readers are invited to discover how construction problems result in poetic and bizarre forms, and how advances in engineering can lead to expressionist architecture.
Candela: Experimentation and Invention (part of the Taschen Basic Architecture Series) features approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans; essays exploring Candela's life and work; his most important works presented in chronological order; and, an appendix including a list of works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect's most famous buildings.
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