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Howard Davis
"My research is concerned with how understandings of the social frameworks within which buildings are built can point toward ways to improve the built world as a whole. This work, which grew out of my association with Christopher Alexander in Berkeley, includes studies of vernacular architecture; building history in London and New York; housing work with low-income communities in south India; and contemporary initiatives in design and building. Much of this work is described in The Culture of Building, published in 1999 by Oxford University Press, and to be released in paperback in early 2006. New research interests include mixed-use buildings, expected to result in a book with the tentative title "Living Over the Store," the architecture and urbanism of places that have been affected by war, and relationships between vernacular and contemporary architecture. In addition to projects in the developing world, my professional work has included a series of residential design projects in Eugene; and presently concerns educational buildings and neighborhood planning."
Professor Davis teaches lecture courses and seminars on urban buildings, vernacular architecture, architectural contexts of culture and place, and contemporary architecture. Most of his recent design studios have been at the beginning graduate (Option 3) and advanced levels; advanced studios often entail complex buildings in urban settings.
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