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church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is designed by Félix Candela, dated 1967, located in Spain. The entry can be read through Post-War Modernism, religious.

church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is useful as a node in the architectural history network: it links an author, a period, a region, and a building category instead of standing as an isolated image.

Overview

ArchitectsFélix Candela
Year1967
LocationSpain
Typereligious
PeriodsPost-War Modernism

Historical context

1967 · Post-War Modernism

The question around this work

Can architecture rebuild social life through standardization, structural honesty, and planning?

International Style, reconstruction, Brutalism, and regional modernisms turn architecture into a social and technical laboratory.

Historical turn

As modernism’s universal claims are challenged, architecture turns toward memory, local identity, consumer culture, digital tools, and ecology.

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Félix Candela

1910–1997

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Post-War Modernism

1945–1980

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Brazil

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Cathedral of Brasília

1970 · Brazil

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