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Charles Davis, FAIA

EHDD

500 Treat Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94110

www.ehdd.com

Phone: (415) 285-9193

Fax: (415) 285-3866

E-mail: charles.davis@ehdd.com

 

As Senior Principal, Chuck Davis has been a key contributor to EHDD’s body of work as well as an important developer of the firm’s architectural philosophy. After 40 years, Chuck is recognized as an expert in the design of university projects of every description, in particular laboratories and research facilities; his diverse portfolio also includes libraries, aquariums, historic renovation work, and residences.

 

Currently, Chuck is serving as Principal-in-Charge of the Earth, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences Building at Rutgers University; the Science+Engineering Building at the University of California, Merced; and the National Aquarium of Mexico in Mexico City. Other projects include the new campus in China Town for City College of San Francisco; the Audubon Center at Debs Park in LA, which became the first LEED™ Platinum-rated in the country on the new 2.0 version; the award-winning Monterey Bay Aquarium; and the award-winning Science Library at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Maybeck Award by the AIA California Council.

 

 

Education

Graduate Study, Architecture and Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, 1961–1962

A.B. Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1955

 

 

Registration

Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Texas; NCARB Certificate

 

 

Selected Project Experience

Biological Sciences Unit 3, University of California, Irvine

Croul Hall, University of California, Irvine

Science + Engineering Building, University of California, Merced

Center for Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford

University, Stanford, CA

Supercomputer Center Expansion, University of California, San Diego

Earth, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences Building, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Global Ecology Research Center, CIW, Stanford, CA

Adaptive Optics Building, University of California, Santa Cruz

NASA Research Park Campus Plan, Carnegie Mellon University, Moffett Field, CA

Computer Sciences Unit 3, University of California, Irvine

Mississippi River Discovery Center, Dubuque, IA

The Audubon Center, Los Angeles, CA

Exploratorium Renovation, San Francisco, CA

National Aquarium of Mexico, Mexico City

Monterey Bay Aquarium — Original Building, Outer Bay Wing Addition, and Phase V Entrance

Modifications, Monterey, CA

John G. Shedd Aquarium Renovation/Addition, Chicago, IL

National Museum of Marine Biology/Aquarium, Kenting National Park, Taiwan, R.O.C.

New England Aquarium Phase 3, Boston, MA

Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA

Sprague Hall Biomedical Laboratory, University of California, Irvine

Cleveland Aquarium, Cleveland, OH

Florida Aquarium, Tampa, FL

Aquarium of the Americas, New Orleans, LA

Entry Plaza and Sea Lion Exhibit, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, CA

Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA

Chinatown/North Beach Campus, City College of San Francisco, CA

Library Technology Center, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA

Science Library, University of California, Santa Cruz

Northern Regional Library Facility Phases 1 and 3, University of California, Richmond, CA

Main Library Complex Addition/Renovation, University of California, Berkeley

South Hall Restoration, University of California, Berkeley

Wurster Hall Restoration, University of California, Berkeley

Units 1&2 Student Housing Infill, University of California, Berkeley

Governor’s Corner Student Housing, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

West Entry Parking Structure, University of California, Davis

Claire Trevor Bren Theater, University of California, Irvine

Parking Structure and Multi-Purpose Academic and Administrative Building,

University of California, Irvine

Canyon Point Housing, University of California, Los Angeles

Campus Master Plan, University of California, Merced

Long-Range Development Plan, University of California, Riverside

Campus Library, University of California, San Francisco

Coastal Long-Range Development Plan, University of California, Santa Cruz

Colleges 9 & 10 Residences and Dining Hall/University Center, University of California, Santa Cruz

College 9 Apartments, University of California, Santa Cruz

Geschke Learning Center, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

School of Business Building, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Leavey Event Center, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

Mountain View Public Library, Moutain View, CA

Master Plan, California Justice Center, San Francisco, CA

California State Archives and Offices of the Secretary of State, Sacramento, CA

Master Plan and Conceptual Design for Zendo Restoration, Green Gulch Zen Center, Tassajara, CA

 

 

Honors

Outstanding Graduate, Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 2006

Maybeck Award California Council, American Institute of Architects, 2003

Director, San Francisco Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1990, 1991, 1992

Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 1987–Present (Design)

National Firm of the Year Award, AIA, Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis, 1986

Architectural Firm Award, California Council, American Institute of Architects, 1980

Gold Medal, Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1955

 

 

Professional Organization and Services

Member, AIA, R/UDAT, Springfield, IL, 2005

Member, AIA, R/UDAT, Springfield, IL, 2002

Juror, AIA Arizona Design Awards, August 2000

Member, San Francisco Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1972–Present

Chairman, AIA, R/UDAT, Salt Lake City, UT, 1998

Chairman, AIA, R/UDAT, Santa Fe, NM, 1997

Member, Lambda Alpha Organization, Regional Land Planning and Development, 1996–Present

Chairman, AIA, R/UDAT, Salt Lake City, UT, 1994

Chairman, AIA, R/UDAT, Austin, TX, 1991

Juror, Honors Awards Program, National American Institute of Architects, 1990

Juror, Waterfront Center Awards Committee, 1988

Member, Faiyum (Egypt) Archaeological Expedition, Brigham Young University, 1987

Juror, Waterfront Center Award Committee, 1987

Chairman, AIA, R/UDAT, Boise, ID, 1986

Chairman, AIA, R/UDAT, Carlsbad, NM, 1984

Chairman, AIA, R/UDAT, Sarasota, FL, 1983

Chairman, AIA, R/UDAT, Lynn, MA, 1982

Team Member, AIA, R/UDAT, Seattle, WA, 1981

 

 

Teaching

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1995, 1992, 1990,

1987, 1986, 1984, 1980, 1976, 1975, 1972

Visiting Lecturer, University of Hawaii, 1988

Visiting Lecturer, San Jose State University, 1987–1988

Visiting Critic, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles,

1974

Visiting Lecturer, Humanities Department, San Francisco State University, 1966–1967

 

 

Public Service

Trustee, Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, CA, 2003-present

Faculty Member, Practicum Program, University of Hawaii, 2003-present

Board Member, Wiegand Gallery, Belmont, CA, 1997-2002

Member, American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, 1979–Present

Board Member, Waterfront Center, Washington, D.C., 1988–1991

Member, City and County of San Francisco Seismic Investigation and Hazards Survey Advisory

Committee, 1985

Volunteer Special Consultant to the Warden of San Quentin Penitentiary, 1978

 

 

Major Lectures, Papers, Conferences

Panel: Waterfront Development, Waterfront Conference, Savannah, GA, 2005

Keynote Speaker, “Achieving High-Quality Design Through Integrated Design and Construction.”

2003 Professional Design-Build Conference, Orlando, FL, Oct. 8-10, 2003

Speaker, “The Outer Bay Exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium – Designing & Building a Million-

Gallon Tank for Tuna,” 5th International Aquarium Congress, Monaco, November 25, 2000

Panel Speaker, “Critique of Sprague Hall Process,” 2nd Annual Design-Build Symposium, University

of California, Irvine, May 2000

Speaker, “Aquarium Design,” California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 1999

Construction Sciences Forum, “The Architecture of Entertainment”

Speaker, “Where is Design/Build Going at UCI?”, University of California, Irvine, 1999

Major Lectures, Papers, and Conferences cont.

Speaker, “Development of Monterey Bay Aquarium”, I4 Conference, Monterey, CA, 1999

Speaker, “Monterey Bay Outer Waters Addition” The Society for College and University Planning

(SCUP), The Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, 1994

Speaker, “Science Libraries for the Future,” American Library Association Conference,

New Orleans, 1993

Speaker, “An Aquarium for Tucson, Arizona,” Tucson School of Architecture, 1993

Speaker, 2nd Conference on Aquariology, Monterey, CA, 1992

Speaker, 1st Conference on Aquariology, Boston, MA, 1990

Speaker, “The Neighborhood: The Vision of the Year 2000,” AIA Urban Design Committee, ACSA

Annual Meeting, 1990

Speaker, “The Role of Aquariums in Waterfront Development,” Conference on Waterfront

Development, Sydney, Australia

Speaker, “A View of an Aquarium for Sacramento,” Citizen’s Group, Sacramento

Speaker, “The Work of EHDD,” Denver Chapter, AIA, 1987

Speaker, “The Architect Today,” The Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, 1986

Speaker, “The Work,” North Dakota AIA Conference, Fargo, ND, April 1986

Speaker, “A Successful Office,” Minnesota AIA Convention, 1986

Speaker, “Interiors: Will, Intentions, and Possibilities,” San Jose State University, 1986

Speaker, “Value Architecture: What the Public Gains,” AIA Convention, San Francisco, 1985

Speaker, “Necessary Things to Know About a Project Acoustically,” Interiors Conference,

San Francisco, 1985

Speaker, “The Design of the Monterey Bay Aquarium,” CCAIA Monterey Design Conference, 1985

Speaker, “The Stanford Quad,” The Society for College & University Planning 20th Anniversary,

Chicago, 1985

Speaker, “Housing in the Downtown,” Downtown Seattle Conference, WA, 1983

Speaker, “Aspects of Preservation,” Stanford Design Conference, 1980

Speaker, “Continuing a Tradition,” Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1979

Co-Author, “Architectural Design of a Psychotherapeutic Milieu,”

Hospital & Community Psychiatry, 1979

Davis, C., et al: A Community Report (In conjunction with American Institute of Architects Regional/

Urban design team study), Santa Fe Railyard, R/UDAT, 1997

Davis, C., et al: A Vision for Salt Lake City (In conjunction with American Institute of Architects

Regional/Urban design team study) Salt Lake City, UT, 1992

Davis, C., et al: “Aquariums.” Encyclopedia for Building Construction, Wiley & Sons, NY, 1992

Davis, C., et al: Plan for Development of the Downtown (In conjunction with American Institute of Architects

Regional/Urban design team study) Austin, TX, 1991

Davis, C., et al: Plan for Development of the Downtown (In conjunction with American Institute

of Architects Regional/Urban design team study) Austin, TX, 1991