ANTOINE PREDOCK
enown ed architect Antoine design award for work on the Nelson Fine Predock is recognized for his Arts Center at Arizona State University. His teadfast commitment to the multidimensional spaces exhibit a regional cultural identity and geological history identity and symbolic power that celebrate of regions reflected in his structural and the natural environment and cultural and landscape designs. His designs possess historical characteristics of regions. both contextual appropriateness and Predock has given 245 guest conceptual artistry. lectures to scholars at the University of He was born in Lebanon, Mo., and Mexico; University of California, Los graduated from high school in Ferguson, Angeles; Clemson U niversity; Harvard Mo. He briefly studied engineering at the University and many other prestigious University of Missouri until transferring higher education institutes globally. to the University of New Mexico, where With more than 60 exhibits, 20 writing an architecture professor, Don Schlegel, competitions, 240 books and chapters, inspired Predock to enroll in the School 14 online publicati ons, and 820 journals of Architecture and served as his mentor. and newspaper articles, his productivity is Predock then completed the requirements nearly unparalleled. for a bachelor's degree in architecture from Predock has been honored with more Columbia University, where he studied than 80 national and regional design with painter Elaine DeKooing and worked awards. In 2006, the American Institute Antoine Predock as co-director of a modern dance company. of Architects awarded him a Gold Medal, He achieved triple professional which was given in the past to U.S. licensing credentials as an architect, President Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd landscape architect and interior designer Wright and Louis Kahn. In 2007, he before establishing a premier design received the Lifetime Achievement Award studio, Antoine Predock Architect PC, in from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Albuquerque, N .M ., in 1967. Since then, National Design Museum. he and his team of 20-plus architects have He served as the Nissan International tirelessly planned more than 100 buildings Fellow at the Aspen Design Conference, and projects, including the famous 193 3 as a Rome Prize Fellow with the American Turtle Creek house iri 1exas; San Diego Academy in Rome, as an American Institute Padres Petco Park; the Las Vegas Central of Architects Fellow, and as the William Library and Discovery Museum; T he Kline Fellow for Columbia University. Ohio State University Student Recreation Predock also has an Honorary and Physical Activities Center; and the Doctorate of Fine Arts from University of Canadian Museum for Human Rights New Mexico and an Honorary Doctorate in \Vinnipeg, Manitoba. His studio has of Humane Letters from University of offices in Albuquerque, N .M.; Minnesota. Los Angeles; and Taipei, Taiwan. He resides with his wife, sculptor Predock is considered one of the top Constance DeJong, in Albuquerque. architects in the United States. H e gained His son, Hadrian, also is an architect. widespread attention after his first national
10 Antoine Predock’s winning design draws inspiration from Canada’s natural scenery and open spaces. The museum is an iconic symbol—a magnificent and unique structure, showcasing a world-class experience as an inspiring place for the wider human rights debate relating to the planet’s diversity. Turtle Creek House by 休憩㗠㦠㾠㙠ー ¡sʞɔns ɹʞɔᴉlÉŸ-hiatus time! 15. 9. The house was completed in 1993 by architect Antoine Predock. Revisited the house 20 years later. ASU Art Museum Entry by ken mccown. 15. 9. Antoine Predock (/ˈpriËd É’k/ PREE-dok; born 1936 in Lebanon, Missouri) is an American architect based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the principal of Antoine Predock Architect PC, the studio he founded in 1967. Predock first gained national attention with the La Luz community in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first national design competition he won was held by the Nelson Fine Arts Center at Arizona State University. Predock's work includes the Turtle Creek House, built in 1993 for bird enthusiasts Architect Antoine Predock (b.1936 in Lebanon, Missouri) started his pursuit of an engineering degree at the University of New Mexico College of Engineering. A chance encounter with architecture professor Don Schlegel sparked a life-long passion in architecture. After switching to architecture school – first at the University of New Mexico and then, at the advice of Schlegel, transferring to Columbia University, Predock obtained a Bachelor of Architecture in 1962. News, media and publications. Design philosophy. Antoine's drawings, things and motorcycles. Studio contact. Scholarship, honors & lectures. Home. Projects. Philosophy. Antoine.