- Antoine Predock
Antoine Predock (born 1936 in
Lebanon, Missouri ) is an Americanarchitect based inAlbuquerque, New Mexico . Antoine Predock is the Principal of Antoine Predock Architect PC. The studio was established in 1967. Predock attended theUniversity of New Mexico and later received his Bachelor of Architecture fromColumbia University . He is a licensedarchitect in many states as well as a registeredlandscape architect andinterior designer .Predock first gained national attention with the La Luz community in
Albuquerque, New Mexico . The Nelson Fine Arts Center atArizona State University was his first nationally won designcompetition . Mr. Predock has built from hisdesert beginnings and completed work ranging from the Turtle Creek House, built in 1993 for bird enthusiasts along a prehistoric trail inTexas and the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery atSkidmore College to a new Ballpark for theSan Diego Padres that reinvents the concept of aballpark as a “garden” rather than solely a sports complex. His influence extends to international sites with theNational Palace Museum Southern Branch in SouthernTaiwan and theCanadian Museum for Human Rights inWinnipeg, Manitoba , both are currently in design phases.In 1985, Antoine Predock was awarded the Rome Prize and in 2006 he was honored with the
American Institute of Architects highest award, theAIA Gold Medal .While Antoine Predock's design has been highly influenced by his connection to New Mexico and the landscape, he brings a sense of force and interaction in his analysis and conceptual artistry. Focusing on such subjects as the individual in a building as a spiritual interaction, the body in motion, the essence of humans, technology, and the natural environment, he relays a strong sense of contextual appropriateness to his design with careful interpretation of regional identity. Fact|date=February 2008
Notable Projects
*1970 - La Luz Community,
New Mexico ,
*1982 - Rio Grande Nature Center,New Mexico
*1989 - Nelson Fine Arts Center,Arizona State University ,Arizona
*1990 - Las Vegas Central Library + Children’s Museum,Nevada
*1991 -Venice Beach House,California
*1991 - Mandell Weiss Forum,University of California, San Diego
*1992 - Hotel Santa Fe,Euro Disney Resort ,France
*1992 - Classroom + Laboratory Building,California State Polytechnic University
*1993 - Turtle Creek House,Texas
*1993 -American Heritage Center ,University of Wyoming
*1994 - Social Sciences + Humanities Building,University of California, Davis
*1994 - Thousand Oaks Civic Center,California
*1994 - Mesa Public Library,New Mexico
*1995 - Museum of Science & Industry,Florida
*1995 - Ventana Vista School,Arizona
*1996 - Music Conservatory,University of California, Santa Cruz
*1996 - Center for Integrated Systems,Stanford University ,California
*1997 - Spencer Theater,New Mexico
*1997 - Arizona Science Center,Arizona
*1997 - Dance Studio,University of California, San Diego
*1997 - Center for Nanoscale Science + Technology,Rice University ,Texas
*2000 - Tang Teaching Museum -Skidmore College ,New York
*2000 -McNamara Alumni Center ,University of Minnesota
*2003 - Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library,Colorado
*2003 -Tacoma Art Museum ,Washington
*2004 -San Diego Padres Petco Park ,California
*2004 - Austin City Hall,Texas
*2004 -Flint RiverQuarium , Georgia
*2004 - Performing Arts + Learning Center,Pima Community College ,Arizona
*2006 - Recreation Facility,Ohio State University ,Ohio
*2006 - Discovery Canyon Academy School,Colorado
*2006 - Highlands Pond House,
*2007 - Indian Community School, Franklin, Wisconsin
*2007 - George Pearl Hall, School of Architecture,University of New Mexico
*2008 - Doudna Fine Arts Center,Eastern Illinois University
*In Progress - Trinity River Interpretive Center,Texas
*In Progress -National Palace Museum Southern Branch,Taiwan
*In Progress - Inn at theFrench Laundry ,California
*In Progress -Canadian Museum for Human Rights ,Winnipeg ,Manitoba
*In Progress - Cornerstone Arts Center,Colorado College External links
* [http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040404/news_1c4predbar.html San Diego Union-Tribune article]
* [http://www.waltlockley.com/nelson/nelson.htm Illustrated page on the Nelson Fine Arts Center in Tempe Arizona]
* [http://www.predock.com/ Antoine Predock's web page]
* [http://www.architecturallysignificanthomes.com/Architecture/Architecturally%20Significant/5willowood.asp Modern Home in Dallas, Texas Designed by Architect Antoine Predock]
* [http://www.ics-milw.org/home/index.php Indian Community School, Franklin, Wisconsin]
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