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Personal Greeting Laura Davis

HPD Architecture LLC

Contact Details

HPD Architecture LLC
Dallas, TX

Bio

Laura Davis believes Everyone Deserves Good Design.

Laura is a registered Architect and Interior Designer with a range of experiences that includes remodel, renovation, and new construction of homes and offices. She excels at asking the right questions to help her clients indentify the driving forces behind their design goals. Laura enjoys working with existing spaces to bring new life to older properties.

As a Vice President and the Director of Marketing, Laura is highly involved in business development for the firm and is a founding member of HPD Architecture LLC, a certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE). In 2010 she started The Architecture Happy Hour networking group. Targeted to professionals in architecture, interior design, construction, and real estate, the highly-acclaimed group has grown to over 1,000 members in the Dallas area. Laura is also a co-host of the audio podcast, The Architecture Happy Hour.

Laura speaks to diversified industry and community groups on topics related to the business and practice of architecture; social media; marketing, and branding. She is an engaging, insightful, and refreshing speaker who invites her audiences to explore and embrace new ideas. Presentation venues include:

* UPS Women's Leadership Development - 2012
* Architecture Exchange East, Richmond, Virginia - 2011
*Texas Society of Architects 2010, 2011 Conventions
* Metrocon11
* AIA Dallas Small Firms Round Table, Women in Architecture, Architecture on Tap,
* IFDA Texas Chapter 2010 Boot Camp
* AIA Minnesota Convention 2010
* TEAM Networking 2011, 2012
* FUNCTION: Social Media Webinar 2010

View a video CEU presentation by Laura Davis, AIA, IFDA and Larry Paschall, AIA at the aecKnowledge site: http://www.aecknowledge.com/courses/30.

Education

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas, United States
Master of Architecture, 2001
Architecture, Historic Preservation
1999 To 2001

Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas, United States
Bachelor of Environmental Design, 1997
Environmental Design
1993 To 1997

Job History

International Furnishings and Design Association
Texas Chapter President
January 2012 - present

HPD Architecture LLC
Speaker and Mentor
Dallas
November 2010 - present

HPD Design for Living LLC
Vice President
Dallas, TX, United States
July 2010 - present

IFDA Texas Chapter
Board Member
April 2010 - present

The Architecture Happy Hour (Networking Meetup Group)
Organizer, Co-Host
Dallas
February 2010 - present

HPD Architecture LLC
Vice President, Director of Marketing
January 2008 - present

Booziotis & Company Architects
Architectural Intern
Dallas
April 2007 - December 2007

Elby S. Martin & Associates, Architects
Architectural Intern
January 2004 - January 2007

Highland Homes
Architectural Intern
Dallas
January 2003 - January 2003

Rogers-Ford, L.C.
Architectural Intern
Dallas
January 2001 - January 2003

J Wilson Fuqua and Associates
Architectural Intern
Dallas
February 1998 - August 1999