Davis Architects
Davis Architects is Birmingham's oldest active architecture firm, with offices the historic Birmingham Electric Battery Company (BEBCO) warehouse on 2nd Avenue South. The growing firm consists of 30 employees.
The firm was founded as the office of E. B. Van Keuren in 1912. Charles F. Davis, Jr joined the firm in 1939 and became a partner in 1946, at which point the name was changed to Van Keuren & Davis. Paul M. Speake and J. Marion Thrasher joined in 1949, leading the firm to change its name again, to Van Keuren, Davis and Company. In 1961 it was renamed Davis Speake & Thrasher, then Davis, Speake & Associates in 1976. Davis' son Neil Davis joined the firm that year and gradually took on the role of lead principal. In 1986 the present name was chosen.
The firm has won a Preservation Award from the Birmingham Historical Society for its renovations to its own office space in the former BEBCO warehouse.
Projects
- Bayview Elementary School (1917)
- Minor High School (1926)
- Highland Plaza (1938)
- Shades Valley High School (1948)
- Stringfellow Memorial Hospital (1958)
- Haley Center (1969)
- Ridgecrest Baptist Church (1978)
- Sun Valley Elementary School (1990)
- Alys Stephens Center
- Pelham Public Library
- McAdory High School
External links
- Davis Architects website