La Luz Landowners Association Records 1969-2008
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Predock, Antoine
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Antoine Predock was born in Lebanon, Missouri in 1936. Predock attended architecture school at the University of New Mexico, and received his Bachelor of Architecture from Columbia University. His firm, Antoine Predock Architect PC, established in 1967, is based in Albuquerque. Predock's architectural design incorporates listening to the land, and building with environmental sensitivity. He embraces all facets of the culture of a site, with a dedication to its spiritual connection. Predock is a ...
Gish, Robert
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Robert Franklin Gish, writer, teacher, and scholar, was born April 1, 1940. Gish was raised in Albuquerque, N.M. where he taught both high school and college English. In 1992 Gish began teaching at California Polytechnic Institute as Professor of English and Ethnic Studies. Main themes in his writings include the land, literature, and peoples of the West and Southwest. From the guide to the Robert Gish Photograph Collection, 1850-1999, (University of New Mexico Center for Southwest R...
La Luz Landowners Association.
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The La Luz community was the first major project of architect, Antoine Predock. La Luz, developed by Ovenwest Corporation and opened in 1969, was hailed as a "courageous attempt to show how land can be improved by development, housing can be clustered without being cramped, and architecture and planning can support conservation." The community consists of "96 [adobe] homes clustered on some 42 acres of developed land at the edge of a 500-acre parcel of wide open spaces. Each dwelling has complet...
