
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn Gonzales 277-5920
cgonzal@unm.edu
Sept. 20, 2007
Inaugural Exhibition to open in UNM’s George Pearl Hall
The UNM School of Architecture and Planning has announced its inaugural exhibition, “inside PREDOCK,” at the recently completed George Pearl Hall. The show will open on Saturday, Oct. 6, from 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. on the UNM campus and continue through January 25.
An internationally acclaimed architect with completed works on several continents, Antoine Predock, FAIA, is the 2006 recipient of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, the highest recognition bestowed on an architect by the profession. His firm, Antoine Predock Architect, is located in Albuquerque, with studios also in Los Angeles and Taipei.
Roger Schluntz, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, said, “Antoine is an architect of extraordinary talent. I am always astonished by both the breadth and the creativity of his powerful, and always intriguing, design work. Of all living architects, he perhaps best demonstrates in his seminal projects the relationship of the man-made and natural environments. That he was educated at our school and has received an honorary doctorate from UNM makes this exhibit particularly special for the faculty and students as well.”
Displaying highly crafted models, competition boards, and prints, the exhibition will feature a number of Predock’s projects and completed buildings, including Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, Austin City Hall and Plaza, and the Spencer Theater near Ruidoso, NM.
Designed by Antoine Predock, FAIA, the soon-to-be opened Pearl Hall, located on the block Cornell Mall and Central Avenue on the UNM main campus, will be an integral aspect of the exhibit. Construction on Pearl Hall began in 2005 and will serve as the new home of the professional programs in architecture, community and regional planning, and landscape architecture, as well as the Fine Arts & Design Library.
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