Dr. Lane Duncan

Biography

Lane Duncan is an artist and architect, currently serving as a senior lecturer, teaching experimental visual arts courses in the Innovation Design Collaborative at Georgia Tech. Over the years, he has taught numerous graduate and undergraduate architectural design theory courses, exploring a wide range of aesthetic, social, technical, and environmental issues. His latest drawing course, in collaboration with Dr. Jeannette Yen and Dr. Marc Weissburg, examines cross-disciplinary learning concepts in art and science, focusing on biologically inspired design. In 2013, he was a Visiting Artist Scholar at the American Academy in Rome, where he conducted research on the artist and architect Raphael Sanzio. Duncan's paintings have been exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris and in various group and solo shows in galleries across Atlanta, New Orleans, Paris, and New York. His architectural projects have received AIA Design Awards, and he has worked on both constructed and unbuilt projects, as well as design theory. He has published works in Amazing Space, Metropolis, and a variety of newspapers, periodicals, and academic journals. Duncan specializes in critical regionalist design principles and serves as a design consultant for regional and national architectural firms and sustainable building non-profit organizations.

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