Beyond the Shell: Félix Candela’s Palacio de los Deportes for the 1968 Mexico Olympics

When Mexico City hosted the Olympics in 1968 , it was the first time the Games had been awarded to a Latin American country as well as the first time for a Spanish-speaking nation to host them. This made the games a good opportunity to project Mexico and its culture internationally, thus prompting the government to constitute an organizing committee with prominent local talent. They appointed Pedr