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Duncan Buell, AIA
Principal Emeritus
Duncan Buell, AIA, established Buell-Kratzer Architects with Darrell Kratzer in 1995 and is a founding principal of Buell Kratzer Powell Architects, LTD. Now retired Principal Emeritus, Buell is no longer active in the firm's day-to-day operations. However, his influence permeates the firm's design detailing, and his hand sketches and renderings hang as inspiration on the office walls.
Trained at a time when hand-drafting was the only way to document a project, Buell developed an elegant and easily-recognized style. His design drawings and renderings are well-known for their detail and beauty. His longtime employment and friendship with Louis Kahn is also well-known.
Buell earned a Master of Architecture degree from Yale University, where he studied under Louis Kahn. He later worked for Kahn as a trusted project architect, and contributed to designs for the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, and the National Assembly Buildings in Dhaka, Bangladesh. While working with Kahn, Buell developed an appreciation for materials used in new or unexpected ways. Buell was interviewed and appeared in the film, "My Architect," Nathanial Kahn's 2003 movie exploring his father's life and work.
After Kahn's death in 1974, Buell became a partner in a Philadelphia design firm, where he met Darrell Kratzer and worked on large-scale office, retail, and civic projects. Buell designed the Great Plaza at Philadelphia's Penn's Landing. Later, as a consultant to the primary architecture firm, he designed Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center.
Buell's sense of innovative craftsmanship and timeless elegance is a legacy he has instilled in Buell Kratzer Powell.
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