J. William Davis

KPF - Kohn Pedersen Fox
Senior Associate Design Partner

1986 to 2001 New York and London
www.kpf.com

I was the lead architect for over thirty architecture, interior and urban design projects,
ranging from 800m² up to over 1,000,000m², in Europe, Asia and North America including:

· Glasgow Harbour
Glasgow 1998 - 2001
Two mile long riverfront redevelopment.

· Bur Juman Centre
Dubai 1998 - 2001
Theatre, retail, leisure, residences offices.

· Almeira Poort Amsterdam
1997 - 2001
Urban design for new town centre.

· ADIA
Abu Dhabi 1997 - 2000
40 storey bank headquarters.

· Bank Slaski
Katowice, Poland 1993 - 1997
Headquarters complex.

· Dresden University Laboratory
Dresden 1992
Biology labs and classroom facility.

· Thames Court
London 1992 - 1995
Offices and stock market trading floors.

· Heron Tower II
New York City 1987 - 1989
25 storey office tower.

· Mainzer Lanstraße 58
Frankfurt 1986 -1992
60 storey office tower with wintergarden.

· 311 South Wacker Drive
Chicago 1985 - 1986
75 storey office tower.

Scenic and Costume Design

1997 to Present London and New York
www.jwilliamdavis.com

Theatre Productions and Projects

· Sideshow 2009
· The Last Women 2009
· Aristides the Outcast Hero 2008-2009
· Dorian Gray 2008-2009
· Falsettos 2008
· The Just 2007-2008
· Songs of Innocence and Remembrance2007
· Psister Psycho 2007
· The Death Certificate 2007
· Godspell 2006
· Urinetown 2006
· Death in Venice 2005
· Anna Project 2005
· Tales of Aviation Heroes 2005
· Six Characters in Search of an Author 2005
· Macbeth 2005
· The Miser 2004
· Riders to the Sea 2004
· Anyone Can Whistle 2004
· Assassins 2004
· Anthony and Cleopatra 2003
· Camino Real 1997

Theatre Design Assistance and Set Construction

· Peter J. Davison
2002 London
www.peterjdavison.com
CAD drawings for Disney's musical Aladdin.

· Mark Fisher Studios
2002 London
www.stufish.com
Design of Muse Ship entertainment project.

· WPA Theatre
1987 - 1989 New York
Set construction.

· The Wooster Group
1987 New York
Technical Drawings for touring productions.

· Equity stained glass window
2007
This winning entry is under construction.

· OISTAT Prague
2007
Floating raveling theatre design.

· LIFT New Parliament
2006
Theatre space design.

· L'Atelier du Language - Francais 4e
2007
Hateir Publication of costume illustrations.

Education

Motley Theatre Design Course
2004 - 2005 London
www.motleytheatredesign.co.uk
Post Graduate Scenic and Costume Design Program

Syracuse University School of Architecture
1980 - 1985 Syracuse, NY and Florence
http://soa.syr.edu/
Bachelor of Architecture cum laude

Central Saint Martins
2004 London
www.csm.arts.ac.uk
Figure Drawing for Fashion

Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
2002 London
www.rada.org/dss02/
Set Design and Scenic Techniques

City Lit
1997 London
Set and Costume Design Course

New School
1989 New York City
Set Design Course

Biography

J. William Davis has experience as a theatre designer, architect and commercial artist. Originally from the United States, he now lives in London and works on projects around the globe.

He graduated with a a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Syracuse University having studied in New York and Florence. His post graduate studies in Theatre Design include the Motley Theatre Design Course and an intensive RADA training session.

J. William Davis has designed sets and costumes for a range of different scale and type of productions. These include small casts in intimate spaces such as a new version of Dorian Gray for the Leicester Square Theatre as well as operas, plays and musicals for larger venues including Death in Venice for Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Antony and Cleopatra at the Aldwych and Anyone Can Whistle at the Roundhouse. He has also worked on site specific and touring productions such as Godspell for performance in various Chicago city parks. His production of the new musical Psister Psycho was nominated for a Chuckle Award at the Edinburgh Festival.

He assisted the scenic designer Peter J. Davison on the stage production of Disney's Aladdin in Los Angeles by producing CAD technical drawings. He worked with the scenic and architectural designer Mark Fisher to develop concepts for the Muse Ship, a floating entertainment, cultural and educational multimedia experience. In New York City he built sets for the WPA Theatre and produced drawings for the Wooster Group. He was the designer for the final exhibition of the 2005 Motley Theatre Design Course held at the National Theatre Studio in London.

J. William Davis successfully competed to produce the winning design for a stained glass window for the Equity theatre union's 75th anniversary. He headed the design teams for two competition entries, for LIFT and OISTAT, for temporary theatre spaces. The London International Festival of Theatre New Parliament is a movable space designed to be contained and formed from recycled shipping containers. The Organisation Internationale des Scénographes, Techniciens et Architectes de Théâtre structure is also transportable and is to be constructed from a disused ship; it can be docked at quaysides at cities around the world.

As an architect he has designed many large scale entertainment, leisure, sports, residential, office, retail, transportation and urban redevelopment schemes throughout Europe, the Middle East and the United States.

In his own consultancy, xalapeñosDESIGNS
J. William Davis creates corporate identity packages, logos, website, presentations, products deigns, graphics and signage. He has acted as the editor for three monographs for KPF architects.