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Don Davies is a Co-Founder and Principal with Davies-Crooks Associates, Board Chair for Building Transparency, and CTBUH Advisory Group Global Chair of Regional Chapters. An industry champion for the promotion of urban density and low-carbon construction. He helped found the Carbon Leadership Forum, Building Transparency, and the MKA Foundation. Don has led the collaborative teams that developed both the Hines Embodied Carbon Reduction Guide and the MKA Low Carbon Concrete Procurement Guide.
The past president of Magnusson Klemencic Associates, his structurally designed projects are in 18 countries and more than 50 major metropolitan centers. More than 25 are Performance Based Seismic Designed towers. Don is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, and he has been inducted into the UC Berkeley Academy of Distinguished Alumni.
CTBUH Roles
Regional Hub, Americas Steering Committee, Group Member (2023 – Present)
Chapter Chair, Seattle (2018 – Present)
Expert Peer Review Committee, Member (2014 – Present)
CTBUH Initiatives
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
20 October 2018
Advisory Group Convenes at 2018 Middle East Conference
19 October 2018
Four New Chapters Formed in 2018
19 October 2018
Videos
18 May 2017
What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper?
Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...
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Research
28 October 2019
Structural Innovations: Past / Present / Future
Don Davies, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
The towers of 50 years ago utilized simple and strong constructions, built upon bold, but easily comprehensible, structural techniques that were developed collaboratively by the...
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Research
16 September 2014
Life Cycle Analysis: Are We There Yet?
Donald Davies & Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this paper reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...
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CTBUH Initiatives
20 October 2018
Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting
CTBUH Leaders convened on Day 1 of the 2018 Middle East Conference for updates on the year's developments and to plan for 2019.
19 October 2018
Advisory Group Convenes at 2018 Middle East Conference
The CTBUH Advisory Group had the opportunity to meet at the 2018 Middle East Conference to further hone the core mission of the group and its role in the success of the Council.
19 October 2018
Four New Chapters Formed in 2018
In 2018, CTBUH established four new Chapters in Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Scandinavia and Seattle, more than have ever been established in a single year.
29 October 2017
CTBUH Leaders Connect at 2017 Conference
The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.
29 October 2017
CTBUH 2017 Conference Delegates Attend Tall Timber Workshop
Delegates gathered in the offices of Arup in Sydney to participate in the Tall Timber Workshop, which included 14 presenters speaking on topics relevant to the tall timber industry.
11 October 2017
Please join CTBUH Seattle on October 10th for our annual Fall Forum. With the devastating events in Texas and Florida still fresh, we will discuss resiliency to extreme events.
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18 May 2017
What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper?
Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...
18 May 2017
What's the Biggest Threat to a Skyscraper? (Highlights)
Chicago, United States of America. Hosted in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the second event in the Building Tall lecture series featured presentations by...
16 September 2014
Life Cycle Analysis: Are We There Yet?
To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this presentation reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...
16 September 2014
2014 Shanghai International Conference - Technical Workshop 04 - Q & A
2014 Shanghai International Conference Technical Workshop 04 Questions & Answers session with speakers Don Davies, MKA; Mark Sarkisian, SOM; Dario Trabucco, CTBUH / Iuav University...
19 September 2012
Embodied Carbon and the Case for Longevity
The sustainability and longevity of today’s tall buildings is an often-neglected subject. Embodied carbon can be used as a metric for making important decisions regarding...
19 September 2012
Track 5: Retrofit & Lifecycle Considerations Q & A
The Track 5 panel consisting of: Paul Sloman, Arup; Donald Davies, MKA; and Mic Patterson, Enclos took questions from delegates.
Research
28 October 2019
Structural Innovations: Past / Present / Future
Don Davies, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
The towers of 50 years ago utilized simple and strong constructions, built upon bold, but easily comprehensible, structural techniques that were developed collaboratively by the...
16 September 2014
Life Cycle Analysis: Are We There Yet?
Donald Davies & Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
To help advance Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for building systems, this paper reviews the history and state of LCA practice in the U.S. from a...
14 September 2014
Towards Sustainable Vertical Urbanism
Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
The survival of humanity on this planet relies on a radical repositioning of our cities. In the face of unprecedented global population growth, urbanization, pollution...
19 September 2012
Embodied Carbon and the Case for Longevity
Ron Klemencic, Donald Davies, Derek Beaman & Ola Jonhansson, MKA
This paper explores the sustainability and longevity of today’s residential building construction. It makes the case for 100-year design criteria for building frames and enclosure...
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