Title & Author:

Félix Candela from Mexico City to Chicago : rise and fall of experimentation in concrete / edited by Alexander Eisenschmidt ; with contribution by Ero Aggelopoulou-Amiridis [and thirteen others].

Publication:

New York; Barcelona : Actar Publishers, 2024.
©2024

Description:

307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Constructing an Archive on Candela in Chicago / Alexander Eisenschmidt -- I. Experiment. "The Shell as a Space Encloser" (1954) / Félix Candela -- I:I Models: An Experimental Architecture of Trial and Error / Juan Ignacio del Cueto and Alexander Eisenschmidt -- The Architect Within the Engineer / Nader Tehrani -- Design and Construction of a Collaborative Practice: Candela, De la Mora, Tonda, and González Pozo / Elisa María Teresa Drago Quaglia -- "Simplified Vaulting Practices" (1953) / Reyner Banham -- II. Medium. "Notes for History: The Development of Thin Shells in Mexco" (1979) / Félix Candela -- Candela and the Culture of Mexican Concrete / Kathryn E. O'Rourke -- Hypars as Movie Stars: Candela's Cinematic Appearances / Jonathan Miller -- Golden Halos, Comic Rays: Félix Candela, the '68 Movement, and Techno-Politics in Mexico / George F. Flaherty -- "Mexico's Shell Builer - Félix Candela" (1957) / Esther McCoy -- "Félix Candela at the AA" (1964) / Alvin Boyarsky -- III. Chicago. "Polemics on Architecture: In Dialogue with Architect Félix Candela in Chicago, Illinois" (1975) -- Departures and Arrivals: From the City of Malleable Concrete to the City of Steel Frame / Alexander Eisenschmidt -- Interview / Stanley Tigerman -- A Candela Perspective of Chicago / Geoffrey Goldberg -- Interview / William Baker -- "Contractors View Mexican Shell Structures" (1964) -- "The New Architecture of Chicago" (1964) / Carl W. Condit -- IV. Academy. "New Architecture" (1973) / Félix Candela -- From Navy Pier to UICC / Robert Bruegmann -- Interview / Stuart Cohen -- A New Old House: The Candelas at the 1500 W. Jackson Block / Ero Aggelopoulou-Amiridis -- Interview / Kenneth Schroeder -- "Mexico Revisited (II): The Presence of Candela" (1964) / Esther McCoy -- Postscript: Constructing a Timeline.

ISBN:

9781638400424 (hardcover)
1638400423 (hardcover)

Subject:

Candela, Félix, 1910-1997 Criticism and interpretation.
Candela, Félix, 1910-1997
Architecture Mexico History 20th century.
Architecture Illinois Chicago 20th century.
Concrete construction History 20th century.
Roofs, Shell History 20th century.
Architecture Mexique Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Illinois Chicago 20e siècle.
Construction en béton Histoire 20e siècle.
Toits en voiles minces Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture
Concrete construction
Roofs, Shell
Illinois Chicago
Mexico

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Added entries:

Eisenschmidt, Alexander, editor.
Aggelopoulou-Amiridis, Ero, contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325956
Call No.: 325956
Copy: 1
Status: Available