Davis Butner is an architectural designer and musician 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.

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.

While performing extensively as a freelance violinist and violist, he has worked for a variety of firms and organizations including the Atlanta Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestras, APPAREIL Office for Architecture in Barcelona, Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture and Threshold Acoustics in Chicago, Theatre Projects Consultants in Norwalk, CT, and William Rawn Associates in Boston.

He was most recently based in Shanghai, China as a Henry Luce Scholar, working in the fields of architectural design, musical outreach, and arts policy.

Please visit www.dsbutnerdesign.com

To connect with local musicians and music lovers through the accessibility and intimacy of chamber music.