Antoine Predock Quotes
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The concept of architecture as analogous to landscape is something that has interested me for a long time.
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The legendary tumbleweed is really a nurse crop that protects the growth of prairie grasses under its shade, and then sacrifices itself and blows away.
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It's a fault line where the flotsam and energy that washes up from the Pacific collides with all of urban America crashing in from the other direction.
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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.
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I try to understand place on a deeper level than just the physical or environmental aspects. It includes cultural and intellectual forces, too. Its an inclusive approach that brings in many disciplines and sees place as a dynamic thing.
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I didnt know what architecture was except that I lived in a house. I dont even think that I knew the word for a long time. My dad funneled me into engineering because it was his background.
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Architecture is a ride - a physical ride and an intellectual ride.
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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.
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I like to think about machines and technology in relation to landscape and architecture.
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