ACADEMIC JOURNALS

Lance has published a number of research papers on the history and theory of architecture, and these essays have been widely cited in books and academic journals and taught in schools. “Hidden Lines” was included in a 2012 Routledge compendium of architectural theory that includes the writing of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Robert Venturi. "Slumming in Utopia,” which coined the term "protest construction,” won the JAE Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).

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“Architecture and Eternity,” Oz 43, Journal of the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State University, 2021.

"The Ship of Theseus: Identity and the Barcelona Pavilion(s)," Journal of Architectural Education 72:2, October, 2018
Uses the philosophy of identity to study the differences between the 1929 and 1986 pavilions. Supported by a 2001 grant from the Graham Foundation. Included in Bikhauser’s 2020 anthology of writings about the pavilion. “Significant contribution” (Bitácora Arquitectura). “Brilliant” (Dietrich Neumann).

"Transcendent Space," SIAJ, Catholic University of America Architecture Journal, Summer, 2005
Studies spatial patterns in sacred space throughout history. 

"Poseidon's Oar," Space and Culture 8:1, February, 2005
The origins of colonial space may be traced to attitudes about the environment in ancient Greece.

"Architecture, Fear, and Violence: Remembering the L.A. Riots," CRIT, Fall, 2002
On the relationships between public space and the 1992 Los Angeles riots. 

"Whales,” Journal of Architectural Education 56:2, November, 2002
How emerging design technologies liberate form-making but risk placelessness.

"Hidden Lines: Gender, Race, and the Body in Graphic Standards," Journal of Architectural Education 55:2, November, 2001
The depiction of “the human figure” in the popular professional guide is sexually and racially charged. Republished in Korydon Smith, Introducing Architectural Theory (Routledge, 2012).

"Subversive Constructions," Dichotomy 13, University of Detroit Mercy Architecture Journal, Spring, 2000
Uses the Trojan Horse as the precursor to a long line of built structures infiltrating public space.  

"Slumming in Utopia: Protest Construction and the Iconography of Urban America," Journal of Architectural Education 53:3, February, 2000
Examines the use of construction as a means of political protest. Coined the term "protest construction." Won the ACSA's JAE Award (2001).