Business & Labor
AIA Names 2006 Gold Medal and Firm Award Winners
(archrecord.construction.com - 12/082005)
By Sam
Lubell
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Predock's Arizona Science Center
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Predock's McNamara Alumni Center
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Moore Ruble Yudell's Steger
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Life Center
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Moore Ruble Yudell's
Tango Housing
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Moore Ruble Yudell's US Courthouse,
Fresno
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Antoine Predock, FAIA, has won the AIA’s
highest honor, the 2006 AIA Gold Medal, and California-based
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects have won the 2006 Firm Award.
Predock, based in Albuquerque, becomes the 62nd AIA Gold
Medalist. His work is inspired by the country’s rugged
landscapes, with buildings that often emulate rock formations,
combined with highly contemporary, angular shapes. One well-
known project is the Minnesota Gateway in Minneapolis, whose
façade seems similar to a large stone face. Its interior
is highlighted by a public space formed by an irregular polyhedron
of colliding granite planes and glazed fissures that allow
sunlight to enter in sharp beams. The recently completed Flint
Riverquarium in Albany, Georgia (RECORD, May, 2005), merges
the rocky geology of the city’s Flint River with the
building itself, formed with concrete and limestone blocks.
Predock also recently completed a new City Hall for Austin,
Texas, and a new baseball stadium for the San Diego Padres.
Completing an honors lineup tilted towards the Western states,
Moore Ruble Yudell, headquartered in Santa Monica, has garnered
acclaim for its human-scaled, urban, and welcoming large-scale
residential projects. These include the recently-completed
Joseph A. Steger Student Life Center at the University of
Cincinnati (RECORD, August 2005). Here, the firm created a
lively, light-filled collection of spaces by carefully overlapping
interior and exterior spaces, and juxtaposing brick, metal,
and concrete range of materials. The “Tango” Housing
in Malmö, Sweden (RECORD, February, 2002) employs subdued
massing and angular geometries to both mesh with the surrounding
streetscape and add to excitement to the interior courtyards.
Both the Gold Medal and Firm Award will be awarded at the
AIA’s Accent on Architecture in Washington, D.C. on Friday,
February 10. More coverage on the Gold Medal, the Firm Award,
and other AIA honors will be featured in coming days.
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