
- Name of building
- La Jacaranda nightclub (DEMOLISHED)
- Construction year
- 1957
- Structural system
- Shell
- Primary use
- Architect
- Juan Sordo Madaleno
- Architect2
- Structural engineer
- Félix Candela
- Constructor
- Professional
- Cubiertas Ala S.A.
- Country
- MEXICO
- Address
- Hotel EI Presidente, Acapulco
- Means of transportation
- mini bus (Base Naval - Zocalo). get off at the Hotel.
- Admission
- Reference
- ①STRUKTURFORMEN der Modernen Archtektur. Curt Sigel, Verlag D.W. Callway-München,1960,p.265+266.Fig.187.1.
②IASS Bulletin No.71+72, September 1979, p.27-38,Fig.30. Notes for History The development of thin shells in Mexico, by Felix Candela.
③Candela/The Shell Builder, Colin Faber , Reinhold Publishing Corporation, NY, 1963, p.189-192. - Note
- ・The owner of Cubiertas Ala S.A. is Félix Candela.
・demolished around 1970.
span : 18m. height : 7.55m.
photo taken on Feburuary 10,1994.③-142.