Internationally acclaimed architect Antoine Predock died on 2 March 2024 at his home in Albuquerque. The 87-year-old left a lasting legacy, and tributes to his work have been pouring in from around the architectural world.
Trying to pin down that legacy is like trying to fit one of Predock’s buildings into conventional architectural categorisation: the man and his work didn’t so much defy description as transcend it. His architecture is a feast for the senses – not just the visual but also the tactile and the experiential. Poised at the juncture of modernism and post-modernism, it exists into a realm where the heart trumps reason, fantasy follows gravitas, and genius loci co-exists with the immemorial. As Predock famously said, 'The best buildings are time travellers.'
