Background
CANDELA, Felix was born on January 27, 1910 in Madrid, Spain. Son of Fblix Candela Magro and Julia Outerino Echeverria.
builder engineer and architect
CANDELA, Felix was born on January 27, 1910 in Madrid, Spain. Son of Fblix Candela Magro and Julia Outerino Echeverria.
Institute de Cardenal Cisneros, Madrid, and Escuela Superior de Arquitectura, Madrid.
Assistant, architect, Mexico City 1942. Partnership with his brother Antonio since 1945. First structure in thin-shel! concrete 1949.
Established Cubiertas Ala, South America with his brothei- 1951.
Buildings include Cosmic Ray Pavilion, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico 1950, Mexico City Stock Exchange, Church of San Antonio de las Huertas, Church of Louisiana Virgen Milagrosa, Lederle Laboratories, and warehouses, Sports Palace for 1968 Olympic Games, Mexico City. Major exhibition of his work, ITniv. of South California 1957.
Professor, Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura, Mexico since 1953. Charles East. Norton Professor, of.
Sociedad y Colegio de Arquitectos Mexicanos, Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid. Sociedad de Arquitectos Colombianos, Sociedad Venezolana de Arquitectos and other societies. Royal Institute of British Architects 1963: Honorary Doctorate.F.A. (University of New Mexico) 1964.
Married 1st Eladia Martin 1940 (died in 1963). Married 2nd Dorothy Davies in 1967.