Pier Luigi Nervi, Félix Candela and the Kuwait Sports Centre Competition in 1968

M. Mendoza, Manuel Cresciani

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Abstract

The present paper discusses the work of two of the main structural artists of the last century: Pier Luigi Nervi and Félix Candela. Candela was a devoted admirer of Nervi and the influence on his work is analysed in this paper. Despite the shared ethos of economic efficiency the two structural artists also had diverging points of view in their theoretical stance towards structural design and which are also discussed in this appraisal. Furthermore the paper also analyses the Kuwait Sport Centre competition in which Nervi and Candela competed for the first and only time.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-210
JournalJournal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures
Volume54
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - Sep 2013

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