Trattie Davies

Trattie Davies serves as Senior Critic at Yale School of Architecture, holding a formal academic position equivalent to Senior Lecturer. She received both her B.A. and M.Arch from Yale University and maintains dual professional roles as founding partner of Davies Toews Architecture in New York City while teaching advanced design studios and seminars. Her academic appointment includes teaching core curriculum courses since 2015, with recent offerings including Animal Houses (Fall 2025), Ad Hoc Trash (Spring 2024), and Space-Time-Form (Fall 2019).

Davies' research interests center on architectural representation, material studies, and sustainable design practices. Her work explores unconventional spatial relationships through courses examining animal occupation systems and waste materiality. She develops experimental exhibition spaces including RabbitRabbit in the East Village, focusing on design thinking visualization. Her pedagogical approach emphasizes hands-on material experimentation combined with historical context, particularly evident in her Bauhaus@100 seminar investigating Josef Albers' color theory and textile architecture integration.

Her publications manifest through built work rather than traditional academic papers, with Davies Toews Architecture recognized in Architectural Record Design Vanguard (2018) and Architectural League Emerging Voices (2019). Major projects span residential, commercial, and institutional typologies across multiple states, documented in New York Times, Metropolis, and Architect's Newspaper. The firm's research-driven approach investigates material life cycles, spatial representation boundaries, and alternative building methodologies.

• Architectural Record Design Vanguard (2018)
• Architectural League Emerging Voices (2019)
• Professor King-lui Wu Teaching Award (2016)

Davies maintains active industry engagement through her practice while contributing to Yale's academic mission. Her teaching integrates real-world design challenges with theoretical frameworks, exemplified by the Frank Gehry studio addressing mass incarceration architecture. She develops curricula that push representational boundaries, requiring students to incorporate process, time, and material transformation into spatial language. Field research components include visits to waste facilities, rare book collections, and Scandinavian correctional models, creating immersive learning experiences that bridge academic and professional practice.