Duncan Hall

Duncan joined the Light House team in 2015, he was raised in a family of carpenters and architects and spent several years working in construction before turning to architecture.

Duncan is a graduate of the University of Canberra and returned to his favourite city to work and raise a family after several years working in Sydney and overseas.

He is a registered architect and has worked across a broad range of project types from early experience in civic projects with Collins Caddaye Architects to high end residential projects with Steel Associates, as well as several projects as a sole trader. Duncan was the National Construction Training Manager for an Australian not-for-profit in Timor Leste for three years, where he delivered large scale housing construction training to remote communities across the country.

Duncan is passionate about understanding what makes a home delightful to our clients and has been busy undertaking living research on his own very small and rapidly filling family home in the inner north.

Qualifications

Associate Architect ACT Reg. No 2663

Master of Architecture, University of Canberra

Bachelor of Applied Science (Architecture), University of Canberra

Awards

2021 | Sustainability Awards - Single Dwelling (Alteration/Addition) | High Commended: Little Loft House

2021 | Institute of Architects ACT - Derek Wrigley Award for Sustainable Architecture | Winner: Little Loft House

2021 | Institute of Architects ACT - Gene Willsford Award for Alterations & Additions | Winner: Little Loft House

2008 | AIA Daryl Jackson Alastair Swayne Graduate Prize

2013 | Deans Excellence Award, University of Canberra

2008 | National Architecture conference design competition ‘The Dialectical Bridge’ - Short listed

2006 | Architecture Travel Scholarship 2006 University of Canberra

2004 | Australian Institute of Architects second year prize

Committees

AIA Diverse Equitable Employment and Practice (DEEP) Taskforce, ACT Chapter

Work Experience

2018 - Present | Registered Architect, Light House Architecture & Science

2015 - 2018 | Graduate Architect, Light House Architecture & Science

2012 - 2015 | Construction Training Manager, Community Housing Ltd, Timor Leste

2011- 2012 | Graduate Architect, Steele Associates, Sydney

2009 - 2011 | Sole practitioner

2009 | Course Convener of Design Technology, University of Canberra

2008 - 2009 | Sessional Tutor in Architecture Studio and Architecture Technology, University of Canberra

1999 - 2009 | Construction hand, multiple employers