Consulate General of Mexico
in San Antonio, Texas
Mexican Cultural Institute
PRESS RELEASE
We are honored to present the opening exhibit and symposium “Candela´s Shells”
Free admission
Tenemos el honor de presentar el simposio e inauguración de la exhibición: “Cascarones de Candela
Entrada libre
Friday, April 29th 2016, 18:00 hrs
Mexican Cultural Institute
600 Hemisfair Park, San Antonio, TX 78205
Moderator: Marcos Mazari / Director, Facultad de Arquitectura UNAM, Mexico
Félix Candela: the Architect and his Circumstance
Juan Ignacio del Cueto / CIAUP, Facultad de Arquitectura UNAM, Mexico. Author of Guía Candela (2013)
and Arquitectos españoles exiliados en México (2014). Curator of “Candela’s Shells” exhibit
Mexican Architecture Before Candela
John Hertz / UT San Antonio, Dept. of Architecture. Architect and builder. Former Dean, University
of Puerto Rico School of Architecture. Visiting professor at UNAM, Mexico and Universidad Ricardo
Palma, Lima, Perú
Candela in Texas and O’Neil Ford in Mexico: Collaborations and Cross Connections
Edward Burian / UT San Antonio, Dept. of Architecture. Author of The Architecture and Cities of Northern
Mexico from Independence to Present (2015) and Modernity and the Architecture of Mexico (1997)
Learning from Félix
Juan Miró / UT Austin, School of Architecture. Director, Studio Mexico. Principal, Miró Rivera Architects
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