René Davids’ teaching, practice, research, and scholarship are based on the belief that architecture is an aesthetic, cultural, social and technological endeavor. Davids is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at UC Berkeley. The work of his firm, Davids Killory Architecture, has been widely published and recognized with three AIA National Honor Awards for Architecture, two Presidential Design Awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, and three Progressive Architecture Awards, among many other local, regional, national, and international awards.