THOMAS K. DAVIS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education Master of Architecture 1983 Cornell University
Bachelor of Architecture 1977 Cornell University
Teaching Professor, University of Tennessee School of Architecture 2015-present Associate Professor, University of Tennessee School of Architecture 1994-2015 Associate Professor, Syracuse University School of Architecture 1991-1994 Assistant Professor, Syracuse University School of Architecture 1984-1991
Professional Practice John Carl Warnecke & Associates / Boston 1980-1981 Desmond & Lord, Inc. / Boston 1979-1980 Moore & Salsbury / Avon, CT 1978-1979
Registration State of New York 1985 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1983
Certification National Charrette Institute - Charrette Leader Certification 2005 National Charrette Institute - Charrette Organizer Certification 2005 The Urban Land Institute Real Estate Development Certification 1996
Honors / Recognition The 2016 Samuel Morgan Lifetime Service Award for Contributions to Architecture 2016 in the Public Realm (co-award recipient with Marleen K. Davis) “This award is one of the two highest honors that AIA Tennessee can bestow on an individual. They are conferred by the AIA Tennessee Board in recognition of a significant body of work influencing the built environment. Architects and individuals who have exhibited a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture will be honored with these awards.”
C. Peter McGrath University Community Outreach Exemplary Program Award 2013 University of Tennessee Nominee (one maximum at each university) Exemplary Program Award (one of six nationally) “A Participatory Outreach Partnership in Greater Nashville” Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
2012-2013 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 2013 Collaborative Practice Award (one of four awarded nationally) “Collaborations in Transit-Oriented Development” Jury Comments: “This program nurtures the teamwork of students from various backgrounds and community members to address significant urban design challenges. This unique collaboration includes students in business, real estate, and design and clearly demonstrates success with outcomes illustrating a variety of well developed design proposals.” Presentation at The 101st ACSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco
Leadership Nashville (selection to class of 2009) 2008-2009
Awarded Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) 2008 “Fellowship is one of the highest honors the AIA can bestow upon a member. Election to Fellowship not only recognizes the achievements by the architect as an individual, but also elevates before the public and the profession those architects who have made significant contributions to architecture and to society.” In conferring this distinction on TK Davis, the AIA observed “As a leading advocate for enlightened civic and urban design, he excels in service to society through his promotion of public education, public participation, and public advocacy in civic design.”
AIA Tennessee Presidential Award of Merit for Distinguished Service 2008 for his leadership role in the AIA 150 Blueprint for America Middle Tennessee Initiative
Paper Chair, Southeast Chapter Society of Architectural Historians (SESAH) 2007 Annual Meeting in Nashville
A.I.A. Tennessee Presidential Award of Merit for Distinguished Service 2003 for his leadership role as co-chair of the AIA Tennessee Convention
Awarded “Keys to the City of Bristol, Tennessee” (by Proclamation of City Council)
Honorable Mention Award, Forum USA Competition in Washington, DC 1994 (ten invited teams)
Second Prize Award, Forum Quebec Competition in Quebec City 1990 (ten invited teams)
Grand Prize (one of five awards from 56 entries) 1986 University of Miami Campus Master Plan Competition (with Marleen K. Davis) Jurors: Edmund Bacon, M. Paul Friedberg and Aldo Rossi
Fulbright Scholar in Architecture for Italy 1983-1984 Topic: The Scared Mountains of Northern Italy
National Institute for Architectural Education (NIAE) Traveling Fellowship in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome 1983
Cornell University Nominee: SOM Traveling Fellowship in Architectural Design 1982
Third Place Award (from 195 entries) Fort Lauderdale Riverfront Plaza Design Competition (with Marleen K. Davis) Jurors: Mario Botta, James Stewart Polshek, and William Turnbull 1982
Peer Reviewed “An Urban Design Proposal for the University of Miami” Publications in The Journal of Architectural Education (with Marleen K. Davis) 1990
“Holyoke, Massachusetts: An Urban Design Study” in The Journal of Architectural Education (with Marleen K. Davis) 1986
Sponsored Design A New East Bank Neighborhood in Nashville 2017 Research Reports Author: T. K. Davis (58 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work)
The Neuhoff Cultural Campus: Projecting its Future Potential. Author: T. K. Davis (109-pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work) 2016
Placemaking: Challenges + Opportunities in Metro Nashville Author: T. K. Davis (21 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 44 pages) 2016
Micro-Apartments Could Be Key to Affordable, Healthy Downtown Nashville 2016 Author: T. K. Davis (Rice / Kinder Institute for Urban Research)
Access and Livability: The Missing Middle – Retrofitting the Center and Corridors of Nashville. Author: T. K. Davis (T. K. Davis and his students’ work) 2016
In Shaping the Healthy Community: The Nashville Plan 2016 Authors: Gary Gaston and Christine Kreyling (Vanderbilt University Press) pp. 148, 200 and 239 (The Potential of Micro-Unit Housing in Downtown Nashville, and TK Davis students’ design studio work)
Access and Livability: Nashville’s Northwest Link 2015 Nashville Civic Design Center, Contributor (22 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 45 pages)
Access and Livability – Neighborhood Infill Strategies: Developing Davidson County 2015 Nashville Civic Design Center, Contributor (22 pages of T. K. Davis and his students work out of 48 pages)
Centennial Park Visitor Center 2014 Bamson, Paul and Hayley Mull (ed.) Nashville Civic Design Center (92 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work)
Access and Livability - Retrofitting Antioch: Designing a Nucleus 2014 for South Nashville, Co-author Nashville Civic Design Center (16 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 45 pages)
Micro-Unit Housing in Downtown Nashville 2013 Davis, Thomas K., students et al. The University of Tennessee School of Architecture Nashville Urban Design Studio Summer 2013
An Urban Design Study of Downtown Clarksville and Its Adjacent Riverfront 2013 Davis, Thomas K., students et al. The University of Tennessee School of Architecture Nashville Urban Design Studio Summer 2012
Access and Livability: Transit Village Planning and Design 2013 Contributing Author, published by Nashville Civic Design Center (13 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 57 pages)
Access and Livability - Re-establishing Urban Fabric: Spaghetti Junction 2013 Contributing Author, published by Nashville Civic Design Center (24 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 55 pages)
Moving Tennessee Forward: Models for Connecting Communities. 2012 Contributing Author: Print Craft Inc. (New Brighton, Minnesota) (58 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 319 pages)
Urban Infill Concepts: Along Nashville’s East-West Connector 2012 Contributing Author, published by Nashville Civic Design Center (7 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 58 pages)
Anticipating Transit: A Manual for Transit-Ready Development 2011 Contributing Author, published by Nashville Civic Design Center (19 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 53 pages)
Developing with Transit 2011 Contributing Author, published by Nashville Civic Design Center (22 pages of T. K. Davis and his students’ work out of 57 pages)
Publication “A Conversation with Bruce McCarty” in Selected Projects 2004 co-author with Marleen K. Davis Exhibition catalog, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee
“Gotham City: Metaphors and Metamorphosis Project” in The Urban Block 1976 O. M. Ungers, Arthur Ovaska, Hans Kollhoff, Werner Goehner, et al.
In addition, projects have been published in the following journals: 1982-1993 Journal of Architectural Education (twice) Competitions, Continuite, Casabella, Parametro (twice), Planning for Higher Education, Architectural Record, Skyline, A.I.A. Journal, and Urban Design Reflections: Collected Essays
Peer Reviewed “Enhancing Civic Design Value: A Service-Learning Studio Course on Nashville” Presentations Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education at The University of Arkansas Little Rock 2015
Invited Roundtable Co-Moderator: “Creative Service-Learning Course Design” Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education at The University of Arkansas Little Rock 2015
“Micro-Unit Affordable Housing Addressed in a Service-Learning Design Studio” 2014 Gulf South Summit on Service Learning at Auburn University
“Holyoke, Massachusetts: A Comprehensively Planned Industrial City (1853)” 2013 Society of City and Regional Planning History (SCARPH) 13th National Conference in Planning History in Toronto
“Advocacy for Transit-Oriented Design and Development: 2013 A Collaborative Community Outreach” 14th Annual Engagement Scholarship Research Consortium Conference at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX
“A Proposed Transit Village in Metropolitan Nashville: 2013 A Community Outreach and Collaborative Urban Design Studio” (with Ben Culbertson) CUMU: Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Annual Conference at The University of Louisville
“A New Eastgate Neighborhood: 2012 A Collaborative Design and Development Community Outreach” CUMU: Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities Annual Conference at The University of Tennessee Chattanooga
“Four Transit Villages: A Collaborative Design and Development 2012 Community Outreach” 13th Annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference at the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
Four Transit Villages in Nashville: 2012 A Case Study in University research and Livable Communities” at the Association of Collegiate Scholos of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting in Boston Selected at the ACSA Northeast Regional Meeting for re-delivery At the ACSA National Meeting
“Four Transit Villages in Nashville: 2012 A Case Study in University Research and Livable Communities” at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) at the ACSA National Meeting
“Collaborative Service-Learning in Urban Design: Getting the Stars in Alignment” 2012 Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education at the University of Southern Mississippi
“Four Transit Villages for Nashville: A Case Study in University Research 2010 and Livable Communities” Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Northeast Region Fall Conference at the University of Hartford
“Of Mutual Benefit? Participatory Design and Service Learning” Panel Presenter, Design in Action 2011 National Conference, Philadelphia 2011
“Creative Academic Outreach Activities: The University of Tennessee Showcase” 2011 12th Annual National Outreach Scholarship Conference at Michigan State University
“Four Transit Villages for Nashville” at the 2011 Mid-South Planning and Zoning 2011 Institute International Network Planners Conference at the University of Memphis
“Student Learning Objectives for Urban Design” 2011 at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting in Montreal
“Transit-Oriented Development and The Promise of Affordable Housing Creation” 2009 2009 Governor’s Housing Summit
“The Public Realm” Memphis Regional Design Center Lecture Series 2008 at the University of Memphis
“The Kingsport Urban Architecture Studio: 1999 Educating Students and Citizens as A Dual Mission” at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting in Minneapolis
“The Kingsport Urban Architecture Studio: 1998 Educating Students and Citizens as a Dual Mission” at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) East Central Region Meeting in Lexington, KY
“Six Strategic Projects for Kingsport” in Kingsport Times-News 1998 (52,000 copies – 12-page insert)
“Kingsport, Tennessee: A Community Interactive Urban Design Program” 1997 Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods Conference in Louisville, KY
“The University of Tennessee KRIDStudio Program 1997 and the Resources It Offers Kingsport” at the Energizing Downtown Kingsport Symposium
“Kingsport, Tennessee: Issues and Opportunities” 1996 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Southeast Region Meeting
“Aurelio Galfetti in Bellinzona: The Topography of Place and Form” 1995 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Bi-Regional Annual Conference Southeast-Southwest Regions Meeting in San Antonio, TX
“A Proposal for the University of Miami” 1993 at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Northeast Region Meeting in Annapolis, MD
“Scamozzi’s Duodo Estate in Monselice” 1990 at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting in San Francisco
“The Transformation of a Schinkel Housing Prototype” 1990 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco Selected at the ACSA Northeast Region Meeting for re-delivery at the A.C.S.A. National Meeting
“The Transformation of a Schinkel Housing Prototype” 1989 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Northeast Region Meeting in Boston
“Pre-College Architecture Program Objectives” 1989 at the Beginning Student Conference in New Orleans
“Teaching Pre-College Architecture Students” at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting in Chicago 1989
“Four Urban Projects” Central New York Chapter American Institute of Architects 1989
“University of Miami Master Plan Competition” 1985 at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting in Los Angeles 1987 “Holyoke, Massachusetts: An Urban Design Study” at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Annual Meeting in Vancouver (delivered by Marleen K. Davis)
Invited Presentations “The Nashville Civic Design Center and The Plan of Nashville” 2017 Haslam Scholars Program Faculty Lecture Series The Howard Baker Center of Public Policy at the University of Tennessee Knoxville
Believe in Bristol Symposium 2015 Session Panel Member and Session Panel Moderator Bristol, TN
“Plan Your City” (with Kem Hinton, Christine Kreyling and Joni Priest) American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Annual Meeting Nashville 2015
“The Nashville North/Northeast Nashville Next Project” 2014 Nashville North by Northeast United
“Antioch Redevelopment Update” (with Gary Gaston and Mayor Karl Dean) 2013 Third Annual Chamber South Economic Development Luncheon
“Moving Tennessee Forward: Models for Connecting Communities” 2012 at the Tennessee American Planning Association Annual Meeting in Memphis with Gary Gaston and Ron Yearwood
“Bold Urban Design Proposals from the University of Tennessee” 2012 Presenter, Nashville Civic Design Center Urban Design Forum
“The Nashville Civic Design Center: Fifteen Years of Community Engagement” 2011 University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design Board of Advisors
“The Adaptive Reuse of the Werthan Packaging Site” 2011 Panel Presenter, Nashville Civic Design Center Urban Design Forum
“Demonstrating the Value of Outreach: The Nashville Civic Design Center” 2010 American Institute of Architecture Students South Quad Conference Fall 2010 in Knoxville, TN
Panelist: “Public Art in Knoxville: A Whirlwind of Opportunity” 2009 Knoxville Museum of Art
Art + Architecture Faculty Colloquium: “Proposing Transit-Oriented Development 2009 for Lebanon, Tennessee: A Collaborative Design and Development Studio with Vanderbilt University”
“Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Along the Music City Star” 2009 Nashville Civic Design Center Urban Design Forum
“CityTHINK: A Conversation on the ‘Museums of the 21st Century Exhibition’” 2009 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville
“Thinking Without Borders” Invited Participant at Yellowbird in Woodbury (TN) 2009
CityTHINK Panel Moderator: “Form-Based Codes” 2009
“The Potential of Transit-Oriented Infill Development in Lebanon, Tennessee” 2009 Joint presentation to the Nashville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and Regional Transit Authority Boards of Directors
“Transit-Oriented Development” at Vanderbilt University 2009 Owen School of Management Real Estate Development Capstone Class” NCDC CityTHINK
Panel Moderator “Form-based Codes” 2009
Art and Architecture Faculty Colloquium 2009
“The Potential of an Urban Redevelopment Plan in Lebanon, Tennessee” 2008
“Communities by Design” at the Believe in Bristol Luncheon Event 2008
“Communities by Design” at the Bristol TN/VA Public Library Exhibit Opening 2008
“Urban Architecture Proposals for John Nolen’s City of Kingsport, Tennessee” 2007 in Space + Technology + Place
“Architecture, the City and Film” at the Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis 2006
“Downtown Bristol: What’s Next?” 2006 Believe in Bristol Annual Meeting Keynote Address
Panel Moderator: “The Berlin Museum” at The Jewish Film Festival in Nashville 2005
Panel Moderator: “My Architect” at The Jewish Film Festival in Nashville 2004
“A Downtown Community Design Center for Knoxville” American Society of Landscape Architects Tennessee 2003
“Trends in Practice Today” American Institute of Architects West Virginia Annual Meeting in Beckley, WV 2002
“An Overview of Urban Planning” American Society of Landscape Architects Tennessee American Society of Landscape Architects Tennessee Annual Meeting in Johnson City, TN 2002
“Downtown Bristol: A Diamond in the Rough” 2000 Bristol TN/VA Chamber of Commerce in Bristol (VA)
“Preserving Community Character: The Rebirth of Main Street” 2000 The Coalition of Young Professionals in Bristol TN/VA
“Preserving Community Character: The Rebirth of Main Street” 2000 All-America City Five Star Regional Show Case in Abingdon (VA)
Film Session Moderator: “American Hollow” at Homelands: 2000 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Southeast Region Conference at the University of North Carolina Charlotte
Led field trips for Kingsport and Bristol civic leadership: Chattanooga, TN 2000 Asheville, NC 1999 Roanoke, VA 1999
“Visions of Modernity” Symposium Panel Respondent: University of Texas-Austin 1999
“Archival Propaganda Films on Modern Architecture from the MOMA Film Library and the ETH Zurich” and “An Introduction to Il Girasole” at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Southeast Region Meeting in Knoxville, TN 1998
“Aurelio Galfetti in Bellinzona” at the University of Tennessee Knoxville 1994
“Ideas and Projects” at the University of Maryland College Park (with Marleen K. Davis) 1991
As Head of the Kingsport Regional Interactive Design Studio, 1995-2002 T. K. Davis was an invited speaker before numerous civic, professional and academic organizations on urban design and regional issues, and was interviewed frequently by local newspapers, radio, and television news programs.
Individual Exhibitions “Thomas K. Davis / Marleen K. Davis: Competitions” 2007 at the Nashville Civic Design Center (volunteered)
“Holyoke, Revisited: An Urban Design Study” 2006 at the Nashville Civic Design Center (volunteered)
“Thomas K. Davis / Marleen K. Davis: In Retrospect” 2002 at the University of Tennessee Knoxville (volunteered)
“Thomas K. Davis / Marleen K. Davis: Projects” at the University of Maryland 1991 (invitation)
“Thomas K. Davis / Marleen K. Davis: Projects” at Syracuse University (invitation) 1990
Group Exhibitions The Adaptive Reuse of the Neuhoff Meatpacking Plant Site” 2016 Students’ Work from Design Studio at the Nashville Civic Design Center
“University of Tennessee School of Architecture Faculty Exhibit” The Downtown Studio 2014
“Micro-Unit Housing for Downtown Nashville: 2013 The Nashville Urban Design Program Summer 2013” Students’ Work from Design Studio at the Nashville Civic Design Center
“Bold Urban Design Proposals from the University of Tennessee” 2012 Students’ Work from Design Studio at the Nashville Civic Design Center
“The Adaptive Reuse of the Werthan Packing Site” 2011 Students’ Work from Design Studio at the Nashville Civic Design Center and at the University of Tennessee Art + Architecture Building
“Four Projects for the 29th Avenue Connector Site” 2011 Students’ Work from Design Studio at the Nashville Civic Design Center
“A Baker’s Dozen: Innovative Project Proposals for Nashville’s Riverfront” Students’ Work from Design Studio at the Nashville Civic Design Center 2011
“Nashville Transit Village Projects” 2010 Students’ Work from Design Studio at the Nashville Civic Design Center
“Lebanon Transit-Oriented Development Projects” 2009 Students’ Work from Design Studio at the Nashville Civic Design Center
Over 20 group exhibits in the United States and Europe 1982-present of architecture and urban design work with Marleen K. Davis The Pennsylvania State University (Thesis Program 2014) 1986, 1988+2014
Public Radio Gonzalez, Tony. Nashville Public Radio WPLN (July 12, 2016 broadcast twice) 2016 Feature Story Nashville Massive Old Slaughterhouse Envisioned as Riverfront Destination 9www,nashvillepublicradio.org/post/Nashville-s-massive-old-slaughter)
Invited Design Juror University of Maryland 2013-2014 University of Texas-Austin 2007 University of Memphis 2006 Travecca University 2005 University of Kentucky 2003 University of Arkansas 2003 North Carolina State University (Thesis Program 2002) 2000+2002 Georgia Institute of Technology 2001 Clemson University 2000 University of North Carolina Charlotte 1999 University of Virginia 1987+1999 McGill University (Thesis Program – six visits) 1990-1991 Cornell University 1986 The Catholic University of America (in Rome 1984) 1984+1989 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1982-1984+1986 Syracuse University 1982-1984 Boston Architectural Center 1979
Conference Co-Chair Co-Chair (with Jon Coddington), American Institute of Architects Tennessee 2003 Annual Meeting “A Legacy of Looking to the Future” in Nashville (four-day conference, 250 attendees)
Co-Chair (with Jon Coddington), Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 1999 Southeast Region Meeting in Knoxville “Modern Architecture: An Incomplete Project” (three-day conference, 150 attendees)
Design Teaching Founding Faculty Member: The Nashville Urban Design Summer Program 2011-present (at the Nashville Civic Design Center)
Architectural or urban design studio teaching: 72 semesters 1984-present
Elective Courses “Architecture, the City and Film” (taught seven semesters) 2002-2004 + 2012-2015
“Between Regionalism and Environmentalism: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Planning” Spring 2011
“Landscape Urbanism” Spring 2010
“Seminar on Issues in Urban Design (taught nine semesters) 2006-present
“The History and Theory of Urban Form” (taught twelve semesters) 1986-2003
“Practice Management Challenges and Opportunities in the New Economy” 2000-2001 (taught two semesters)
Thesis Advising Has served as primary thesis advisor (or primary comprehensive design 1984-present project advisor) to over 65 undergraduate or graduate level students
Teaching Recognition Design Studio Critic: Tao Ruxin TNASLA Student Merit Award 2016
Faculty Mentor: Bronze Medal winners Hannah Daniel and Melissa Dooley 2014 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EUReCA) in Architecture, the Humanities, Music and Art (65 projects entered) “Live Micro in the District: Micro-Unit Housing in Downtown Nashville” University of Tennessee Office of Research Engagement
Architectural Research Centers Consortium 2010 King Medal for Student Design Research Faculty Sponsor / Critic: T. K. Davis University of Tennessee Program Student Awardee Dean McKenzie
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture / 2003 American Institute of Steel Construction Student Design Competition Faculty Sponsor / Critic: T. K. Davis Honorable Mention: Jon Reynolds
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture / 2001 American Institute of Steel Construction Student Design Competition Faculty Sponsor / Critic: T. K. Davis Third Place Award: Trevor Lee Honorable Mention: Pawel Kochanek (three prizes awarded and four Honorable Mentions from a field of 180 projects. These projects were published in a Competition Summary catalog, and exhibited at the 2002 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Annual Meeting, the 2002 North American Steel Construction Annual Conference, and the 2002 American Institute of Architects Annual Convention)
American Institute of Architects / Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 1990 Research Council - Otis Elevator International Student Design Competition Faculty Sponsor / Critic: T. K. Davis Third Place Award: Michael Breau
Professional Service Nashville Park(ing) Day Judge 2016
Northeast Tennessee American Institute of Architects Design Awards 2010
Co-Chair and Presenter with Marleen K. Davis West Virginia American Institute of Architects Design Awards 2009
Lead Facilitator and Report Author: 2007-2008 Community Assessment and Visioning Workshops America Institute for Architects 150 Blueprint for America Middle Tennessee Initiative (Robertson County, Lebanon, and Kingston Springs, TN)
President, Tennessee Architecture Foundation Board of Directors 2004-2007
American Institute of Architects Tennessee Society Board of Directors 2004-2007
American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee 2006+2007 Engineering Excellence Awards Jury
Executive Committee, American Institute of Architects East Tennessee 2001-2004
Public Building Authority Architectural Selection Committee (Knoxville) 2003
Vice President, Tennessee Foundation for Architecture 2003
America Institute of Architects East Tennessee 50th Anniversary Celebration 2003 Panel Moderator “The Past, Present and Future of Architecture” in Knoxville
Chair and Presenter, American Institute of Architects Tennessee Awards Jury 2002 (Chicago jury)
Chair and Presenter, American Institute of Architects Tennessee Awards Jury 2001 (Boston jury)
Alumni Meeting Speaker: “Effective Negotiating Skills for Design Professionals 2001
Alabama American Institute of Architects Design Awards Jury in Knoxville 1995
Community Service Cumberland Region Tomorrow Quality Growth Committee 2013-2015 Facilitator, Glass Street Revitalization Urban Design Workshop 2012 ULI Knoxville Founder’s Group 2012 Board of Directors, Nashville Civic Design Center 2010-present Nashville Business Journal Commercial Real Estate MVP Awards 2010 Music City Real Estate Challenge 2009 Nashville Metro Planning Department Downtown Resource Team 2007-2009 Nashville Business Journal Design and Development Awards 2008+2009 Urban Land Institute Nashville District Council 2006-2008 Co-founder (with Bert Mathews and Hunter Gee) and Executive Committee member Scenic Tennessee Photography Competition 2005 East Tennessee Community Design Center Board of Directors 2002-2004 Memphis Preservation Annual Awards 2002 The Model City Coalition (Kingsport, TN) 1997-2000 Kingsport Region Interactive Design Studio Board of Directors (ex-officio) 1995-2000 Bristol TN/VA Symposium on Revitalizing Downtown 2001 Conference Organizing Committee and Moderator Invited Resource Participant, The Mayor’s Institute on City Design in Charlotte 2000 Invited Resource Participant, The Mayor’s Institute on City Design in Chattanooga 1998 Revitalizing Downtown Kingsport Symposium Committee and Presenter 1996 The SoBro Charrette Invited Design Team Member (Nashville) 1997 at the Vanderbilt First Amendment Center (published in the Nashville Scene) The East Ridge Charrette Invited Design Team Member in Chattanooga 1996
University of Tennessee Engagement Outreach Advisory Committee 2016-present University Service Service-Learning Advisory Group 2016-present Undergraduate Research Faculty Advisory Committee 2013-present Outreach Incentive Grant Review Panel 2014 J. Wallace & Katie Dean Fellowships Selection Committee 2010 Alice Aycock Sculpture Dedication Steering Committee 2009 Faculty Library Representative 1994-2003 University Senate 1996-1999 University Committee on the First Year 1994-1995 Whittle Scholar and Tennessee Scholar Selection Committee 1995
University of Tennessee Faculty Search Committee 2016-2017 College Service Dean’s Advisory Committee 2015-present College Library Representative 2013-present
Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement 2013-present (EUReCA) College Representative School of Architecture Director Search Committee 2013-2014 Retention Review Committee 2013+2111 Lectures and Exhibitions Committee Spring 2012 School of Architecture Graduate Chair Search 2011-2012 Chair, Peer Teaching Evaluation Committee 2011 Landscape Architecture Faculty Search Committee 2010-2011 Academic Standards Committee 2010-present Chair, Design Faculty Search Committee 2009-2010 Graduate Program Committee 2009-2013 / 2014-present Chair, Ad Hoc Design Faculty Search Committee 2009 College Review Committee 2009-2010 School of Architecture Director’s Search 2007-2009 Director’s Advisory Committee 2008-2009 Graduate Studies Committee 2008-2010 Chair (with primary responsibility) Lectures, Exhibitions, and Films Series 1995-2003 155 lecture events 118 exhibitions 97 film events (TVA Poster series designed by Dean J. Almy III) Chair, Library and Archives Committee 1995-2003 Chair, Design Faculty Search Committees (3 years) 1994-1995 / 1997-1999 Design Faculty Search Committees (2 years) 1999-2000 / 2001-2002 College of Architecture Library Representative (9 years) 1994-2003 Design Year Teaching Coordinator 1999-2000 / 2002-2003 College Curriculum Committee 2003 Graduate Program Committee 1997-1999
Syracuse University University Senate 1993-1994 University Service Chair, Carrier Dome Committee 1990-1993 Middle States Review Report Committee 1992-1993 Athletic Policy Board 1991-1993 Graduate Scholarship Committee for the Creative Arts 1992+1993
Syracuse University Lectures and Exhibitions Committee (6 years total / includes Film Series) 1988-1994 College Service Design Year Teaching Coordinator 1985 / 1989-1990 / 1991-1994 Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee 1985-1986 / 1991-1993 Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Course Evaluation Forms 1991-1992 Ad Hoc Committee on a Master of Architecture II Program in Urbanism 1991-1992 Chair (two years), Design Faculty Search Committees 1989-1991 Admissions Committee 1985-1990 College Curriculum Committee (Chair: 1987-1988) 1986-1989 Student Ethics Committee 1986-1988
Current Memberships American Institute of Architects (Middle Tennessee) American Planning Association (Tennessee) Society of Architectural Historians Society of City and Regional Planning Historians Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome Urban Land Institute (Nashville District Council)
NASHVILLE CIVIC DESIGN CENTER 2004-2008
Position T. K. Davis, Design Director: Nashville Civic Design Center (NCDC) 2004-2008 on loan as Associate Professor from the University of Tennessee
Mission Statement “The Nashville Civic Design Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating the quality of Nashville’s built environment and promoting public participation in the creation of a more beautiful and functional city for all.”
Staff As Design Director, over the course of four years, T. K. Davis supervised the work of two design staff members and twenty design interns.
Television Program T. K. Davis co-hosted (with Christine Kreyling) ten monthly cable television programs on civic design entitled Cityvisions (available to 275,000 households in Metropolitan Nashville) with $12,800 funding from the Tennessee Foundation for the Arts. 2006-2007 Seab Tuck - The New Civic Square” April 2007 Paul Ballard - The Music City Star Commuter Rail Line” May 2007 Gary Everton - The Nashville Riverfront Concept Vision Plan” June 2007 Ed Cole - “TDOT’s Multimodal Future in Metropolitan Nashville” July 2007 Richard Lloyd “Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce August 2007 in the Postindustrial City” Cathy Bruckner – “The Face of Homelessness in Nashville” September 2007 Michele Trueba – “The Wants and Needs of Downtown Residents” October 2007 Jennifer Smith - “Trees and Urban Forestry” November 2007 Tim Culvahouse - “TVA: Design and Persuasion” December 2007 Rick Bernhardt - “Metro Planning Priorities in the Upcoming Year” January 2008
Nashville Presentations While serving as Design Director at the Nashville Civic Design Center (2004-2008), T. K. Davis was an invited speaker or panelist before over 100 organizations on civic design issues, was interviewed on numerous television programs, and was either a panelist or moderator in various symposia.
Southeastern Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting October 2007 Nashville Civic Design Center Annual Luncheon Event (470 persons) October 2007 Certified Commercial Investment Members September 2007 University of Tennessee Third Year Architectural Design Studio September 2007 United States Green Building Council Middle Tennessee August 2007 Panel Moderator International Facilities Managers Association July 2007 Nashville Chamber of Commerce Area Business Intra-City Visit June 2007 World Wildlife Fund Intern Program June 2007 GenTN June 2007 LandDesign Interns Program June 2007 The CEO Roundtable June 2007 University of Tennessee National Alumni Association April 2007 Leadership Lipscomb (All-University) Convocation Panel Moderator April 2007 Vanderbilt University Class Presentation April 2007 Mayoral Candidates’ Civic Design Forum April 2007 Leadership Nashville Quality of Life Day March 2007 Interview on Channel 3 Cable Television March 2007 Bellevue Council March 2007 The Exchange Club March 2007 Channel 5 Television Interview March 2007 Social Service Club March 2007 Vanderbilt University Ecology Group February 2007 Kevin Miller Super Talk WTN Radio Interview February 2007 LandDesign February 2007 University of Tennessee Art and Architecture Faculty Colloquium February 2007 Nashville Emerging Leaders February 2007 American Institute of Architects 150 Blueprint for America February 2007 Middle Tennessee Initiative Nashville Emerging Leaders February 2007 Belmont University Class Design and the Urban Community February 2007 Commercial Real Estate Women January 2007 “Urban Design and Placemaking: A Dialogue for Change” April 2007 (All-Day) Panelist at the University of Memphis Cumberland Region Tomorrow Quality Growth Event December 2006 UTCAD Construction Specifications Institute November 2006 Vanderbilt University Urbanism Class November 2006 Gresham Smith and Partners November 2006 Celebrating Nashville’s Neighborhoods Event October 2006 Nashville Civic Design Center Annual Luncheon Event (430 persons) October 2006 Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Purcell September 2006 Metro Center Advisory Committee September 2006 Channel 5 “Open Line” Television Program September 2006 Nashville GLBT Chamber of Commerce September 2006 Channel 2 “Live at 5” Television Program Interview August 2006 Channel 5 Television Program Interview August 2006 Channel 2 Television Interview August 2006 “The Value of Civic Design Centers” at THE BRIDGE in Memphis July 2006 Memphis Community Design Center Panelist July 2006 A.I.A. Middle Tennessee July 2006 Looney Ricks Kiss Concert Series Seminar June 2006 Metro Channel 3 Television Interview May 2006 Leadership Middle Tennessee April 2006 Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau Commission April 2006 University of Tennessee National Development Committee April 2006 Leadership Nashville March 2006 Society of American Military Engineers March 2006 Discover Nashville March 2006 Association of Building Contractors Annual Meeting February 2006 Riverfront Development Request for Proposals Participants February 2006 Nashville Downtown Partnership February 2006 Business Development Committee February 2006 Middle Tennessee Alliance of Professionals February 2006 Channel 5 “Open Line” Television Program December 2005 Third Annual Mayor’s Housing Summit Panelist December 2005 Women in Transportation November 2005 Southern Literature Festival Session Panelist October 2005 Riverfront Development Steering Committee October 2005 Association of Financial Professionals October 2005 Birmingham (AL) Chamber of Commerce October 2005 Hillsboro / West Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting October 2005 Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers September 2005 Leadership Vanderbilt Alumni September 2005 Downtown Sertoma Club September 2005 Middle Tennessee Industrial Distribution Association August 2005 2005 Tennessee American Planning Association Meeting August 2005 Goodlettsville / Madison Chambers of Commerce June 2005 Marion Fowlkes Architects June 2005 Green Hills Rotary Club June 2005 Lyman Davidson Dooley May 2005 Skyline Chamber of Commerce May 2005 Riverfront Development Coalition April 2005 Leadership Nashville April 2005 Middle Tennessee Utility Engineers Caucus April 2005 Rediscover East Town Hall Panelist April 2005 Thomas Miller and Partners April 2005 Leadership Middle Tennessee April 2005 Leadership Nashville March 2005 Kiwanis Club March 2005 Building Owners and Managers Association March 2005 Vanderbilt University Nashville Committee March 2005 Construction Finance Managers Association March 2005 Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon February 2005 Tennessee American Planning Association February 2005 Channel 5 “Morning Line” Television Show February 2005 Association of Building Contractors February 2005 A.I.A. Middle Tennessee January 2005 Rotary Club of Nashville December 2004 Greater Nashville Chamber of Commerce December 2004 Professional Engineers Group October 2004 A.I.A. Middle Tennessee October 2004
Nashville Publications Urban Design and Placemaking: A Dialogue for Change Symposium Report 2007 Full day panel transcript, The University of Memphis (Memphis) The Location and Design of a Proposed New Convention Center, 2006 Hotel and Parking in Downtown Nashville: A Report to the Honorable Bill Purcell, Mayor of Nashville (concerning the 1.2 million square foot / $650 million project now built) The Chestnut Hill Neighborhood Revitalization Study 2006 The Lafayette Neighborhood Revitalization Study 2005
Design Workshop Clarksville’s Red River and Brandon Hills Neighborhoods 2007 Co-Facilitator (Community Development Block Grant) and Report Author Robertson County (TN), American Institute of Architects 2007 150 Blueprint for America Middle Tennessee Initiative Lebanon (TN), American Institute of Architects 2007 150 Blueprint for America Middle Tennessee Initiative Kingston Springs (TN), American Institute of Architects 2007 150 Blueprint for America Middle Tennessee Initiative
Public Meetings LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) 2007 Head Facilitator Certification for Public Buildings Mayoral Candidates Forum on Civic Design 2007 The Nashville Riverfront Concept Vision Plan (three) 2006-2007 The Proposed Ballpark and Mixed-use Development on the Thermal Plant Site 2006 The Proposed New Downtown Convention Center, Hotel and Parking (two) 2006
Selection Committees Music City Convention Center (TVS / Tuck Hinton / Moody Nolan selected) 2008 Civic Square Public Art (Thomas Sayre selected) 2006+2009 Nashville Riverfront Concept Vision Plan (Hargreaves Associates selected) 2006 East Bank Greenway Public Art Project (Alice Aycock selected) 2005
Oral History Video Interviews on the History of the Urban Design Forum (Nashville) 2006 Interviewees: Kim Hawkins, Christine Kreyling, Ann Roberts, Seab Tuck, and Mark Schimmenti
MDHA Design Reviews Rolling Mill Hill Housing 2007 Garden Lofts Apartments 2007 Proposed Ballpark and Mixed-Use Development on the Thermal Plant Site 2006 The Pinnacle Tower 2006 Encore Tower 2006 Signature Tower 2006-2007 The Suntrust Tower 2005 Viridian Tower 2004
Service Committees Vanderbilt University Community Research and Action Program 2007-2008 Center for Community Studies Advisory Committee Governor Bredesen Conservation Advisory Group 2006 Cumberland Region Tomorrow Quality Growth Toolbox 2006 Steering Committee and Reviewer The Downtown Partnership Business Development Committee 2006-2008 The Downtown Partnership Work Force Housing Sub-Committee 2007-2008
African American Museum of Music, Art and Culture 2006-2007 Design and Building Committee Nashville Agenda 2007 Public Participation Facilitator 2007
University of Tennessee During two semesters while serving as Design Director at the Teaching at the NCDC Nashville Civic Design Center (Fall 2006 and Spring 2008), graduate and undergraduate students in the School of Architecture were able under my direction to study urban design and theory at the NCDC, working on studio projects as a form of creative research relevant to current issues and opportunities in civic design confronting Metro Nashville.
Mayoral Briefings Mayor Karl Dean 2008 Mayor Bill Purcell 2004-2006 Individual Civic Design Briefings with Mayoral Candidates (six) 2006
NCDC Urban Design “Four Designs / Forty Minutes” July 2008 Forum Organizer “The Edgehill Gentrification Project” June 2008 “Photovoices” May 2008 Police Chief Ronal Serpas, “Perceptions and Misperceptions on Urban Crime April 2008 in Metro Nashville and the Role of Civic Design” “The Downtown Nashville Retail Strategy: March 2008 The Retail Strategy and Merchandise Mix Plan” “The Triple Bottom Line: A Conversation with Bob Berkebile FAIA” February 2008 “The Potential of Work Force Housing for Downtown Nashville” January 2007 “The Sustainable City - Where Urbanism and Ecology Meet” October 2007 Tim Culvahouse, “TVA: Design and Persuasion” September 2007 Gene Hyde, “Trees and Urban Forestry: Best Practices in Chattanooga” August 2007 “The AIA 150 Blueprint for America Middle Tennessee Initiative” July 2007 Save Our Lands, Save Our Towns (film introduction and screening) Mark DeKay, “The Beaver Creek Watershed Green Infrastructure Plan” June 2007 James Cothran FASLA, “Urban Trees: Resources for Creating Livable May 2007 and Sustainable Communities” “The Mayoral Candidates’ Urban Design Forum” April 2007 Dr. Ken Spring, “Art, Design and the Urban Community” April 2007 “Green Building Standards for Metro Nashville” March 2007 “Angst in Nashville: Modernism in the Neighborhood” February 2007 “The Cumberland Region Tomorrow Quality Growth Toolbox” January 2007 “Sub-Area Nine Community Meeting” November 2006 Film Screening and Discussion, The Next Industrial Revolution: October 2006 Towards a Sustainable Economy Richard Lloyd, “Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce September 2006 in Post-industrial Nashville” “Reforming the Arterials: Streets That Move Cars August 2006 and Create Great Places Here in Nashville” “The Westin Hotel Tower Proposal for Lower Broadway” July 2006 “A Proposed New Downtown Nashville Convention Center, Hotel & Parking: June 2006 Site Selection and Design Issues Workshop” “Transit Incentives to Private Investment: May 2006 The Integrated Transit and Land Use Strategy for Charlotte’s LRT and the Rise of the Historic Southend District” Dean Jay Chatterjee, “Cincinnati Downtown: Through the Prism of Seven Projects” April 2006 Philip Morris, “A Big Difference: Urban Trends Compared to Nashville” March 2006 “Special Event: Urban Design Forum Tenth Anniversary Party” March 2006 “Implementing the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program in Nashville” February 2006 “Bells Landing: A Vision for Smart Growth in Tennessee” January 2006 “Reconnecting to the Cumberland: Learning from Chattanooga” November 2005 “Preserving the Recent Past” October 2005 “The GSA Design Excellence Program: A New Federal Courthouse September 2005 for Nashville” “Signature Tower Revisited” August 2005 “Artist Alice Aycock and the East Bank Public Art Project” July 2005 “Reconnecting Nashville to the Cumberland River” June 2005 “Our Sister City Belfast and the Making of PLACE” May 2005 Kristen Schaeffer, “Chicago: The Architect, the Business Man and the Plan” April 2005 “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design: March 2005 Two Nashville Case Studies” “Integrating Public Art in Nashville: A Progress Report” February 2005 “From Urban Freeway to Urban Fabric” January 2005 A Vision for the Next Generation of Tall Buildings in Nashville November 2004 Paris: Story of a City (Film introduction and screening October 2004 with respondent Leonard Folgareit) “A Lecture by Architect Billie Tsien” September 2004 “On Richard Florida’s The Power of Place August 2004 and The Rise of the Creative Class” “A New Civic Bridge: The Demonbreun Street Viaduct” July 2004 “New Digs, New Director: Introducing T. K. Davis” June 2004
NCDC Exhibition The Napier Youth Photovoice Project: Moving Image to Action May-June 2008 Curator University of Tennessee School of Architecture Student Work April 2008 AIA East Tennessee 2008 Design Awards March 2008 Space + Technology + Place February 2008 The Nashville Riverfront Concept Vision Plan November 2007 Lake/Flato Buildings and Landscapes October 2007 The United Nations Center for Sustainability in New York City: September 2007 University of Tennessee Projects, Studio of Edgar Stach SitePhocus: Amphitheaters August 2007 T. K. Davis + M. K. Davis: Competitions July 2007 The Beaver Creek Watershed Green Infrastructure Plan June 2007 CURB May 2007 New Orleans: City of Districts on the High Ground April 2007 A.I.A. Tennessee 2006 Design Awards March 2007 City of Bridges – Connections Across Nashville February 2007 ARUP Drivers of Change 2006 November 2006–January 2007 Finalists for the 1% for Art Program in the New Public Square October 2006 Recombinant Urbanism: Ecological Models of Planning September 2006 & Development, University of Arkansas Community Design Center Holyoke, Massachusetts: An Urban Design Study at a Moment in Time August 2006 Projects fo the City of New Orleans: July 2006 Student Visions for Rebuilding the City Schneider + Schumacher Architektur June 2006 Plan of Nashville Community Vision Workshop Maps May 2006 Simon Ungers: In Tribute April 2006 Comparative Urban Design: 1830–1842 March 2006 Jerzy Soltan: In Homage February 2006 Venice: The Grand Canal January 2006 Frederic Schwartz: Rethinking Architecture and Planning November 2005 Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City Exhibit October 2005 at the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture A.I.A. Tennessee 2005 Design Awards of Excellence October 2005 Photographer Karl Schwanzer: Three Buildings September 2005 The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City Exhibit September 2005 at the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture Signature Tower Revisited August 2005 East Bank Public Art Project Submissions July 2005 Selected Plates on Urban Architecture I and II: June 2005 from the Collection of Architectural Designs of Karl Friedrich Schinkel Young Architects’ Graphic Design Program 2005 Exhibition May 2005 The A.I.A. Top Ten Green Buildings Exhibitions March 2005 Photos by Gerald Zugmann February 2005 The Plan of Nashville: Visionary Transit Systems January 2005 X-Ray 21 Phipps Bend New Town February 2002
NCDC Film Series The Congress for the New Urbanism Presents Elevated Perspectives May 2008 Organizer Taken for a Ride April 2008 Helvetica March 2008 New Urban Cowboy: The Labors of Michael E. Arth February 2008 Aberrant Architectures: Diller and Scofidio at the Whitney Museum January 2008 Richard Meier: Building a Church in a City of Churches December 2007 Sir John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy November 2007 Land (and how it gets that way) October 2007 Ecological Design: Inventing the Future September 2007 The Healing Gardens of New York August 2007 City of Dreams July 2007 Building the American Dream: Levittown, NY June 2007 Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan May 2007 Building the Gherkin April 2007 The Socialist, the Architect and the Twisted Tower March 2007 A Tale of Two Cities: New York and Berlin February 2007 with Paul Goldberger and Hans Stimman Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides January 2007 Die Architekten December 2006 Contested Streets: Breaking New York City Gridlock November 2006 Kilowatt Ours with Nashville filmmaker Jeff Barrie October 2006 Community Builder: The Life and Legacy of J. C. Nichols September 2006 Koyaanisqatsi August 2006 Bernd and Hilla Becher: Four Decades July 2006 London: A film by Patrick Keiller June 2006 Berlin Babylon: A film by Hubertus Siegert May 2006 Three Short Films by Edmund Bacon: Rome: Impact of an Idea, April 2006 John Nash and London, and Paris: Living Space The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces February 2006 Tadao Ando January 2006 Robinson in Space: A film by Patrick Keiller December 2005 O. M. Ungers December 2005 The New Modernists: German Architecture for the 21st Century November 2005 The New Modernists: Six European Architects November 2005 Bernard Tschumi: Architect and Theorist October 2005 The New Modernists: Nine American Architects October 2005 After September 11: Re-imagining Lower Manhattan September 2005 The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream May 2005
Consultation to Other The Pennsylvania State University (proposed Urban Design Center) 2012 Design Centers Chattanooga (proposed Urban Design Forum) 2009 Indianapolis (proposed Urban Design Center) 2008 Louisville Urban Design Studio 2008 Cincinnati (proposed urban design center) 2008 Hawaii Big Island Urban Design Center 2007 Memphis Civic Design Center 2006-2007 Gulfport Recovery and Design Center 2006 Knoxville Downtown Urban Design Studio 2004
Continuing Education “The New Civic Art: Elements of Town Planning” (six 2-hour classes) 2004 Courses Taught “The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City” (six 2-hour classes) 2005 “Films by Michael Blackwood on Contemporary Architecture” 2005 (six screenings with discussion in 2-hour classes)