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As a result of an international design competition, nationally acclaimed
architect Antoine Predock was selected to be the architect for the
new School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New
Mexico (In association with Executive Architect Jon Anderson).
This new 64,000 square foot facility is located on the main campus
fronting historic Route 66, and framing a major pedestrian gateway to
the UNM campus. |
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| The Building “is driven by the necessity of making a building that inspires and teaches students about the potential of architecture. This notion is intersected with the desire to allow the building to be shaped by specific environmental, urban and campus forces. |
Additionally, the timeless relationships between building and environment from the cliffs of Canyon de Chelly to the mute, powerfull walls of Anasazi architecture, conceptually and materially inform our project. The building optimizes envelope while still incorporating these forces.” (Antoine Predock Studio).
Antoine Predock is the recipient of the 2006 AIA (The American Institute of Architects) Gold Medal. Predock is the 62nd AIA Gold Medalist, joining the ranks of such visionaries as Thomas Jefferson (1993), Frank Lloyd Wright (1949), Louis Sullivan (1944), LeCorbusier (1961), Louis Kahn (1971), I.M. Pei (1979), Cesar Pelli (1995) and last year’s recipient, Santiago Calatrava.
“It has been said by many that Predock’s work joins the “mind” of architecture with the “body,” and embeds both with a sense of spirituality that connects the land, the space, the client, and society together seamlessly. In nominating Predock for the award, Thomas S. Howorth, FAIA, chairman, AIA Committee on Design Gold Medal Committee, explained, “Arguably, more than any American architect of any time, Antoine Predock has asserted a personal and place-inspired vision of architecture with such passion and conviction that his buildings have been universally embraced.” Howorth continued, “Antoine Predock designs buildings that grow out of their unique landscapes, creating, at the same time, symbols that are fearlessly expressive and sincere, simultaneously complex and guileless.” (extract from the AIA press release).