Davis Butner

About Davis

Davis Butner is an architectural designer, musician, educator, and writer with an interest in the intersection of architecture, preservation, and the performing arts. With interdisciplinary experience in design, curation, and artistic planning, he is passionate about the civic role of architecture and the performing arts as a means of promoting and preserving cultural heritage. As a 2019-2020 Luce Scholar, he served as an architect and researcher for Shanghai-based Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, studying various strategies for adaptive reuse and redevelopment in the planning of cultural and hospitality projects across Asia and in the curation of the firm’s second monograph publication. Evacuating Shanghai in late January 2020 due to the onset of COVID-19, he embarked for two months on an immersive tour of the hospitality industry in East Asia, subsequently traveling to Japan to work with leaders of Airbnb China on renovations for a hotel in the town of Hakuba. A proud native of Atlanta, GA, he is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Music and Architectural Design, likewise completing a certificate of design at the Architectural Association in London, and his masters in architecture at Yale University. (06/2022)
Returning to Atlanta at the onset of the US global travel advisory, he currently practices at Summerour & Associates , engaging in residential and hospitality design efforts across the Southeastern US.