"Candela did not invent the concrete shell; nor is he the first to make use of the hyperbolic paraboloid... Other people... have contributed more to the theoretical analysis of shell structures. But nobody else can claim credit for such an exciting variety of shell structures... [H]e has concentrated his effort in one particular sphere: the construction of light concrete roofs."
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, Forward (1962) in Colin Faber, Candela, the Shell Builder (1963)
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