Antoine Predock Architect PC

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT(S): Predock, Antoine

LOCATION: Albuquerque, New Mexico

FIRM OPENED: 1967

EMPLOYEES: 24 active employees

FIRM PHILOSOPHY The Predock Architecture firm believes in designing landscapes that are physical and psychological. They are inspired by passionate, intense, and experimental design. Their buildings appear to be organically grown while intertwining aspects of dance and choreography, nature and technology.

HISTORY Antoine Predock Architects was founded in 1967, by Antoine Predock in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Antoine Predock studied Fine Arts and Engineering at the University of New Mexico. In 1967 this firm began as a single privately owned company, but has expanded to the twenty-four member firm they have now. In 1970 Predock won his first national design competition through Arizona State University’s Nelson Fine Arts Center. In 1985 Antoine Predock Architect PC won the AIA’s 2006 Gold Medal and the Rome Prize. In 2004 he won the GSA Design Award, the Tucker Architectural Awards, and the AIA Western Mountain Region Honor Award. The U.S Federal Courthouse in El Paso, the Shadow House in Santa Fe and the Robert Hoag are some of the works Predock has been recognized and awarded for. He designed the Pima Community College Learning Center in Green Valley, Ariz. In 2005 and won the American Architecture Award for it. In 2007 he was honored with the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Nation Design Museum’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

PROJECT TYPE This company takes on projects from around the world. Their main projects consist of museums, university buildings and residences.

COMPLETED PROJECTS Austin City Hall and Public Plaza Austin, Texas Ballpark for the San Diego Padres San Diego, California Hotel Santa Fe France Turtle Creek House Texas Skidmore College New York Tacoma Art Museum Tacoma, Washington Canadian Museum for Human Rights Winnipeg, Manitoba National Palace Museum Chiayi, Taiwan

REFERENCES Predock, Antoine, and Brad Collins. Antoine Predock, Architect 4. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 2006. Print

Heather Murphy UIN:673146827 ARCH 101 ITA FALL 2012 Alexus Davis UIN:675550301

Austin City Hall and Public Plaza

LOCATION: Austin, Texas

COMPLETION: 2004

BUILDING TYPE: City Hall

BUILDING TYPE + PROGRAM The Austin City Hall is an 118,000-square-foot building. It is the home of various city hall departments, such as the Mayor, City Manager, and City Council. It also has the Council Chambers, a café gallery at ground level, and an amphitheater that descends down from the main public terrace to the limestone stage.

BUILDING DESIGN INTENTIONS The design intentions of the City Hall were to represent the people of Austin, Texas. The building gives a warm aesthetic. The lobby is designed to encourage public interaction throughout city hall through open spaces. The placement of the building is located on the Shore of Town Lake in order to allow citizens to view activities of the many plazas around the building as well as the lake.

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REFERENCES "Antoine Predock Architect | Modern World - Fire Collection." Antoine Predock Architect | Modern World - Fire Collection. KMP Furniture, 2012. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. .

"Austin City Hall." Austin City Hall. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. .

Heather Murphy UIN:673146827 ARCH 101 ITA FALL 2012 Alexus Davis UIN:675550301