American Heritage Center: A Walking Tour

The Building

Architect Antoine Predock designed the American Heritage Center building to act as a modern-day rendezvous. He imagined a place where people could bring their memories and materials to be collected so the visiting public could "trade" in ideas and philosophies. The architect describes his design: 

"This archival mountain is axially linked to Medicine Bow Peak to the west and Pilot's Knob to the east. Site-specific alignments anchor the building into the campus and landscape. The building...recalls the gathering of Native Americans, French trappers, and early European settlers. Now it is a place of intellectual and social rendezvous.

At the core of the mountain is a hearth with a timber armature that guides the flue up through the mountain to the sky [the Loggia]. The floor levels win around the hearth, each level rotating, creating a spiraling ascent to the sky-lit aerie."

Please explore the building with us in this short walking tour. 
 

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