Internationally known architect and passionate motorcyclist Antoine Predock is recognised for his unique style of innovation. He is noted for his ability to capture the essence of any area and incorporate its features into his projects. Longtime friends and coworkers reported that he passed away on Saturday at his Albuquerque home. He was 87.
Predock, who was born in Lebanon, Missouri, on June 24, 1936, attended the University of Missouri to study engineering before moving to the University of New Mexico. Later on, he earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Columbia University. After serving as a professor at the University of New Mexico for many years, Predock gave his studio and archives to the institution in 2017.
Predock designed buildings for institutions all over the world during the course of six decades, including the College of Media and Communication in Qatar, the Padres baseball stadium in San Diego, the Arizona Science Centre in Phoenix, and Austin’s City Hall.
His projects would begin with collages and sketches, a process that friends and colleagues claim has influenced upcoming generations of architects in their understanding of how to integrate buildings into communities and design environments that evoke a sense of journeying.
Soon after Predock passed away from a slowly worsening illness, his social media pages received messages of gratitude and grief. He was well-known for sharing his sketches, as well as pictures of the vantage point from his house that overlooked the Rio Grande valley and anecdotes from his motorbike travels.
While attending the University of Texas in Austin, Predock was introduced to Robert Gonzalez, dean of the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning. while Predock visited the institution, he pushed Gonzalez and his classmates to consider more than simply the outside of a building while creating; they should constantly consider the larger picture and the place they were working for.
Predock has a global portfolio that includes homes, hotels, workplaces, entertainment venues, and research and educational facilities. In 2006, he was granted the Gold Medal by the American Institute of Architects and the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Lifetime Achievement Award.
