AA Retro: Chapel Notre-Dame de la Solitude
In 1956, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui dedicated its issue 64 to Structures. The chapel Notre-Dame de la Solitude (E. de la Mora, W. Oehler and F. Candela) was introduced to illustrate an article of the architect Félix Candela about concrete shell and architectural space.
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Chapelle Notre-dame de la Solitude, Cocoyan, San José del Altillo, Mexique
Projet et direction : Enrique de la Mora, Architecte
Fondation, structure et exécution : W. Oehler, Architecte
Voute, calcul et exécution : Félix Candela