From January 19 to March 3, Félix Candela's Concrete Shells: An Engineered Architecture for México and Chicago is on display in Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The show is curated by Alexander Eisenschmidt and is a collaboration between UIC and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

Unfortunately, I'm unable to catch this exhibition, but the photos here, courtesy of Gallery 400, give a sense of the show and make me wish I could see it in person.

Félix Candela (1910 - 1997) is hardly unknown to architects in the United States. (He is so famous for his concrete shell structures that a trio of them in Queens were considered his work for decades until some researchers determined they were designed by another architect.) Nevertheless, his life and work deserve more attention. (I had no idea he taught at UIC for most of the 1970s, for instance.)
Description via UIC:
Félix Candela's Concrete Shells: An Engineered Architecture for México and Chicago roots Félix Candela (1910-1997) as one of the most prolific architects of the 20th century in his advanced geometric designs and lasting influence in contemporary architecture. It originated through the research of scholar Juan Ignacio del Cueto and is curated by the architectural theorist and designer Alexander Eisenschmidt. The exhibition spotlights Félix Candela?s Concrete Shells through photographs, architectural models, and plans, as well as his time as a professor...