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Antoine Predock Receives the 2006 American Institute of Architects Gold MedalThe Board of Directors of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is pleased to announce that architect Antoine Predock, FAIA, is the recipient of the 2006 AIA Gold Medal.
The AIA Gold Medal, given annually, is the highest honor the AIA confers on an architect.
The Gold Medal honors an individual whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.
The award will be presented at the American Architectural Foundation Accent on Architecture Gala, February 10, 2006 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
'I was thinking, is this happening?
Am I dreaming?' said Predock when notified by AIA president Douglas L Steidl, FAIA, MRAIC, that he had been selected for the award.
'I am deeply honored.
In some ways I feel like my career is just starting, this is the ultimate.
Thank you so much.
I can really put the pedal to the medal now!'
Predock is the 62nd AIA Gold Medalist, joining the ranks of such visionaries as Thomas Jefferson (1993), Frank Lloyd Wright (1949), Louis Sullivan (1944), LeCorbusier (1961), Louis Kahn (1971), I.M. Pei (1979), Cesar Pelli (1995) and last year's recipient, Santiago Calatrava.
In recognition of his legacy to architecture, Predock's name will be chiseled into the granite Wall of Honor located in the
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