Robert C. Montgomery, AIA

PROFILE 

President of Montgomery Architecture and Planning, Inc., Rob is responsible for a wide variety of project types including; Biological Research Facilities, Corporate Operation Centers, Residential (both custom and multi family), Religious, Retail, and Medical.  Services provided range from programming and feasibility studies to master planning to comprehensive design and project delivery.

Rob, his wife and associate Audrey, and their three boys have lived in Beaufort, S.C. since 1990.  Prior to forming Montgomery Architecture & Planning, Inc., Rob was partner at FMF Architects in Beaufort; an Associate with Kidd Plosser Sprague & Associates in Birmingham, AL; and an intern architect with Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates in Atlanta, GA.  Rob has also been involved on the construction side of things; building four houses since the early eighties; and continues to enjoy wood working, designing and building furniture as a hobby.

Throughout these experiences, Rob’s love and understanding of the landscape instilled in him in his youth has been a constant rudder, giving direction and purpose to his design process.  His community involvement since coming to Beaufort has helped in developing a new dimension to this understanding; that is the adaptation of a regions inhabitant’s to their surroundings and vice-versa.  The ties of a people to their land were at one time inextricable and the resulting culture was influenced greatly by the inherent natural characteristics of the region.  With today’s technology and global influences, this is not necessarily true anymore.  Rob believes it still should be, and strives to continue to be influenced in his work by the regional.

EDUCATION & REGISTRATION 

Auburn University, School of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, 1983

Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Continuing Education, 1994

(Master Planning)

Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Continuing Education, 1999

 (Sustainable Architecture, Ecological Design, and Green Urban Infrastructure)

Registered Architect in Alabama and South Carolina

 AFFILIATIONS 

Certified by National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

American Institute of Architects (South Carolina Chapter)

Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Beaufort, 1992

Beaufort County Arts Council, (President 1997-1998)

The Port Royal Rotary Club (1997 Rotarian of the Year)

Member, Zoning and Development Task Force (Beaufort County Comprehensive Plan)

Member, Lady’s Island Greenway Committee

Member, Technical Advisory Committee (Beaufort County Planning Department)

Member, Beaufort County Accommodations Tax Board

Member, National Estuarian Research Reserve Advisory Board (A.C.E. Basin)

Member, South Carolina Wildlife Federation

Member, The Nature Conservancy

Member, Beaufort County Open Land Trust

AWARDS 

 Design with Brick Award, Lipsitz Shoe Store,  2000

S.C. Downtown Development Association, State Award For Best New Construction, Lipsitz Shoe Store, 1999