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Religious · Modernism

Church of La Medalla Milagrosa

Félix Candela · Mexico City, Mexico · 1955

Key featuresThin hyperbolic paraboloid shells twist into columns and roof as one continuous concrete structure.

Architect
Félix Candela
Place
Mexico City, Mexico
Year
1955
Typology
Religious
Movement
Modernism
Region
Americas
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