Thomas K. Davis
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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