Associate Principal + Senior Design Leader
Kansas State University / Harvard Graduate School of Design
In 2004, Lance joined GFF as an Associate Principal and a Senior Design Leader. Lance brings 40 years of experience in architecture and interior design for a wide variety of corporate, private and real estate clients. Through his extensive experience, Lance has developed a talent for understanding client’s goals and translating this into workable, cost-effective and creative design solutions. Lance begins each project with a collaborative approach that keeps his work fresh and produces innovative results that, throughout the years, have garnered an impressive number of award winning projects.
These awards include numerous Dallas AIA Citation Awards, Texas Preservation Achievement Awards, Texas ULI Innovation Award, TX Urban Design Awards of the Greater Dallas Planning Council, and an Interior Design Faith and Form Publication Award. Prior to GFF, honors include the James Harrison Steedman Fellowship Award First Alternate, the TSA Design Competition Merit Award, and the AIA Journal Delineation Merit Award. He has been a design critic at the Boston Architectural Center and the University of Texas at Arlington.
Lance holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University and received his Master of Architecture from Harvard University. Lance practiced architecture in Boston for eight years before moving to Dallas in 1989.
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Design Maxims
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Design Awards
While we are expertly passionate about what we design, it is ultimately the client’s vision and direction that drives the design process and leads to the creation of memorable places.
Architecture
Our decades-long commitment to workplace culture, the enrichment of our cities, and design excellence has earned us numerous accolades, including the prestigious TxA Architecture Firm Award in 2019.