Duda|Paine Architects Celebrates 25-year Anniversary

With the publication of “Shaping Place” and a new website.

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Duda|Paine Architects, a premier international design firm, celebrates twenty-five years since its founding in 1997.

Turan Duda, FAIA, and Jeffrey Paine, FAIA, chose the Durham warehouse district as the site to grow their single studio practice. Today the culture and working dynamic founded by Duda and Paine have grown to include the leadership of Principals Russ Holcomb, AIA; Sanjeev Patel, AIA; Scott Shell, AIA; and Jay Smith, AIA. The work created by this collaborative group of thinkers and designers can be seen across the southeast and beyond. The firm’s staff includes U.S. and international employees from Brazil, Germany, Japan, India, China, Russia, Nigeria and South Africa.

The firm’s portfolio of commercial office towers has reframed the growing skylines of Raleigh/Durham, Charlotte, Austin, Dallas, Washington, Atlanta and El Paso in the U.S. and in Monterrey, Mexico. Signature designs for Pioneer Natural Resources, BlueCross BlueShield, Cox Companies, Time Warner Cable and NCR have redefined the way people work now and in the future. They have helped reimagine the iconic Research Triangle Park into a mixed-use, life science, office and retail/restaurant destination.

“It’s an honor to design multiple buildings within expanding urban centers,” said Turan Duda, Founding Principal. “We recently celebrated the opening of transformative projects in Austin, Atlanta and Raleigh.”

The firm’s work for academic clients includes building design and master planning for Duke University, Emory University, N.C. State University, N.C. Central University, Appalachian State University, UNC Asheville, UNC Pembroke and the University of Central Florida. Duda|Paine’s student life centers are fostering new models of care, student services and campus resources for growing and diverse university populations.

Duda|Paine is also at the forefront of redefining the design of health, wellness and fitness facilities for communities and campuses. Their portfolio of wellness design promotes new models of holistic care and prevention across the southeast.

Shaping Place

Released in 2021, Shaping Place presents readers with the thematic origins of the firm’s collected designs for academic life, wellness, the new workplace and 21st century cities. The volume highlights the firm’s evolving work and practices since the 2013 publication of Individual to Collective.

“We now have a history of what has resonated with our clients and what has brought us the most satisfaction as a team of people who came together to create better places,” said Duda of the publication.

New Website

Duda|Paine’s new website features the latest insight into the firm’s approach and work as well as the latest noteworthy news and social media. The firm continues to be recognized with design and industry awards for its projects and practices, including the 2020 AIA Healthcare Design Award and AIA Triangle Merit Award for the Duke Student Wellness Center, a NAIOP Northern Virginia Office Award of Excellence for 1950 & 2000 Opportunity Way at Reston Gateway, and the Triangle Business Journal SPACE Award for 301 Hillsborough at Raleigh Crossing.

“Entering our 25th year in business,” said Jeff Paine, Founding Principal, “we have established Duda|Paine as a leading international architectural design practice. The new website highlights our culture and our growing portfolio of award-winning work.”

About Duda|Paine Architects

Duda|Paine Architects provides a full complement of design, interior design, architectural, planning and master planning services to a diverse array of international and national corporate, academic, wellness and cultural arts clients. The firm’s enduring success results from an idea-based design process that engages participants and fosters inspiration to achieve visionary built work. For additional information, please visit http://www.dudapaine.com.

About Shaping Place

In Shaping Place, founding principals Turan Duda, FAIA and Jeffrey Paine, FAIA, are joined by the firm’s four studio leaders to discuss the evolution of their work and thematic underpinnings since publication of their previous volume, Individual to Collective, in 2013. Steve Dumez, FAIA, of Eskew Dumez Ripple, provides perspective on the firm’s work within the larger lens of architectural practice. Shaping Place is available for purchase at Oro Editions.