Background
Burns, Robert Paschal was born on December 7, 1933 in Roxboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Paschal and Majorie Dearing (Lacy) Burns.
Burns, Robert Paschal was born on December 7, 1933 in Roxboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Paschal and Majorie Dearing (Lacy) Burns.
B. Architecture, North Carolina State University, 1957; Master in Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962; postgraduate, Ecole Des Beaux Arts, France, 1957-1958.
Architectural designer, Eduardo Catalano, Architect, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962-1965; assistant professor architecture, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1965-1967; associate professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1967-1970; professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1970; head department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1967-1974, 83-91; associate dean School of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1984-1990; principal, Envirotek, Inc., Raleigh, 1972-1974; principal, Burnstudio Architects, Raleigh, since 1978. Exhibition curator Matthew Nowicki: Sketches and Visions, North Carolina State University Visual Arts Center, 1993.
Board of directors The Cinema, Raleigh, 1966-1979. Served with United States Army, 1959. Fellow American Institute of Architects.
Member Association Collegiate Schools Architecture (president 1979-1980, Distinguished Professor award 1995), Phi Kappa Phi (National Artist award since 1998).
Married Norma DeCamp, December 4, 1973. Children– Emily Carter, Robert Adam, Linda Paige.