Lane M. Duncan
Enduring architecture, no less than any other thoughtful work of art, whether it is painting, music or literature, has a story to tell. That story is the outward expression of an inner world of ideas, both timely and eternal. In today's world, a thorough understanding of the sustainable, environmental, financial, social, and regulatory issues is crucial to the design and construction of any project. Their successful management is essential, but it is the understanding of the cultural and philosophical influences that defines it. The same may be said of art, where the skill and technique of its making, the quality of its craftsmanship and knowledge of its artistic influences may bring us with delight to our appreciation of a painting, but it is its istoria or essence of motivation that gives us our inspiration. Duncan works in private practice as a full service architect specializing in residential and institutional projects as well as serving as a design consultant for national architectural firms. Recent projects include a private residence incorporating advanced sustainable building techniques and indigenous cultural research on Dewees Island, South Carolina; Solarchron—a solar gnomon monument for U. S. servicemen and women in Georgia, and Eagle Wing-a visitor and education center for the Museums of Prophetstown in Lafayette, Indiana. He is currently a design consultant and trustee of Green Habitats Foundation, Inc., a non-profit sustainable building research and education organization.
Duncan is also a visiting instructor in the College of Architecture, Georgia Tech, currently teaching a visual arts course in watercolor. Recently he taught a non profit sponsored architectural design studio examining the application of environmentally sustainable research on an urban infill residential project in Atlanta, Georgia. In the past, as a full-time faculty member, he taught a wide range of graduate and undergraduate design studios, visual arts studios, served as a graduate thesis advisor and taught various theory seminars including Theories of Ethics and Aesthetics in Architecture. He has led and contributed to numerous conferences on architectural criticism and design and written periodical articles such as "Atlanta: A Flight From Center" for Spazio e Societa of Milan, Italy.
He has received numerous AIA Design Awards for constructed projects, unbuilt projects and design theory. His architectural work has been exhibited at the Chicago Architectural Foundation, the INTERBUILD Exposition in Birmingham, England, and various other national and regional venues. It has been published in Amazing Space, Metropolis, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and others. His paintings have also received numerous merit awards and have been exhibited in the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, regional galleries in the U.S. and are held in numerous corporate and private collections. He continues to exhibit and lecture widely on art and architecture.
He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Georgia Tech in 1968 and a Master of Design Studies in Theory and Criticism from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard in 1987.