9 Antoine Predock Quotes for You to Enjoy

Antoine Predock

American Architect

Born: 1936

About Architecture Me Space Think Time

Related authors: Christopher Alexander Frank Gehry Frank Lloyd Wright Louis Kahn Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Maya Lin Neri Oxman Philip Johnson

The connection to place, to the land, the wind, the sun, stars, the moon... it sounds romantic, but it's true - the visceral experience of motion, of moving through time on some amazing machine - a few cars touch on it, but not too many compared to motorcycles. I always felt that any motorcycle journey was special. Antoine Predock

Time Journey Motorcycle Experience Amazing Car Moon Wind Few Stars Too Visceral Machine Sun Some Touch Through True Felt Always Motion Sounds Motorcycles Any Romantic Place Moving Land Special Many Connection Compared

Architecture is a ride - a physical ride and an intellectual ride. Antoine Predock

Architecture Ride Physical Intellectual

The body moves through space every day, and in architecture in cities that can be orchestrated. Not in a dictatorial fashion, but in a way of creating options, open-ended sort of personal itineraries within a building. And I see that as akin to cinematography or choreography, where episodic movement, episodic moments, occur in dance and film. Antoine Predock

Fashion Day Every Day Architecture Space Dance Building Every Cinematography Way Cities See Through Open-Ended Sort Within Occur Dictatorial Options Personal Orchestrated Movement Where Moves Creating Body Episodic Moments Choreography Film

The prime communities of the Southwest are survival communities. Their sustenance is governed by rainfall and wind direction. You can study little enclaves of plant materials, how they huddle together for protection. Some are nurse crops. Antoine Predock

You Survival Together Protection Plant Wind Nurse Some Crops Direction Study Prime How Governed Materials Southwest Sustenance Little Communities

A building that has great environmental responsibility is a political animal in a way because it becomes promotional of a cause. I think that kind of advocacy through architecture is really good. Antoine Predock

Environmental Good Great Animal Architecture Political Cause Responsibility Building Think Way Kind Through Because Advocacy Becomes Political Animal Really

I try to understand place on a deeper level than just the physical or environmental aspects. It includes cultural and intellectual forces, too. It's an inclusive approach that brings in many disciplines and sees place as a dynamic thing. Antoine Predock

Environmental Try Inclusive Too Approach Physical Sees Forces Disciplines Understand Cultural Intellectual Than Just Dynamic Place Aspects Many Deeper Deeper Level Thing Level Brings

My beginnings in the Southwest are clear and palpable. My beginnings here made me pay attention to where the sun is, where the winds are, the power of the site... I take that baggage with me. Antoine Predock

Me Made Power Pay Pay Attention Sun Winds Take Clear Attention Baggage Beginnings Southwest Site Where Palpable Here

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