| Mike Davies | |
| Honorific Suffix: | CBE RIBA FRSA FRGS FICPD |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 1942 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | England |
| Alma Mater: | Architectural Association School of Architecture, UCLA, Northern Polytechnic |
| Significant Buildings: | Centre Georges Pompidou Lloyd's building (Grade I) Millennium Dome Heathrow Terminal 5 |
| Awards: | Légion d’honneur |
Michael Jeremy Pugh Davies CBE[1] RIBA FRSA FRGS FICPD[2] (born 25 January 1942)[3] is a British architect. He was a founding partner of the Richard Rogers Partnership and a senior partner of the firm's current incarnation, RSHP.
Mike Davies was born in Wales in 1942.[4] His father was a geographer, and he travelled extensively with him as a child.[4] He was educated at Highgate School, the Northern Polytechnic and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, before graduating with a master's degree in urban design from UCLA in 1970.[2]
Mike Davies started his career at Airstructures Design in London while studying at the Architectural Association. Following his master's degree at UCLA he co-founded Chrysalis Architects in the USA, a firm specialising in lightweight structures.[4] He joined the partnership between Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano in 1971, shortly after they won the commission to design the Pompidou Centre in Paris,[4] and later went on to become one of the founding directors of the Richard Rogers Partnership in 1977. He has worked with the firm ever since.[2]
In 2010 he was appointed a Chevalier of the Order of the Légion d’honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.[5] Davies is known for always dressing in red.[3] [6]
Rogers Stirk Harbour was reorganised in 2015 and Davies stepped down from his role as a partner in the company on 31 December 2015. He was to continue working for them in a part-time capacity.[7]