Professor Jon Daniel Davey AIA of the School of Architecture at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has been awarded the R. Buckminster Fuller Award by the American Institute of Architects. This year’s award design theme is “A Celebration of Better Illinois Communities by Design.”
The R. Buckminster Fuller recognizes the exemplary dedication of an AIA member to humanitarian concerns, social impact or community endeavors. The 2010 AIA Illinois Honor Awards seek to recognize the people and projects representing the best of the architecture profession, the power of design, and the dedication of individuals to service and excellence. All award winners exemplify positive impacts on regions great and small and help create more livable communities in Illinois. The Honor Awards were presented at the AIA Illinois Annual Conference, last Thursday evening, November 4th in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois.
Professor Davey AIA was acknowledged for his 23 years of work with young people in the summer workshops Kid Architecture. Previous tributes also include twice recognized for national merit by the American Architecture Foundation; a national certificate of distinction from Urban Network, School of Architecture at the University of Michigan; a citation of honor from the Illinois Council and Presidential Award from the American Institute of Architects; a chapter education award from the St. Louis Chapter of the Construction Specification Institute; a regional educational award from the Construction Specification Institute; an Illinois connections and an award of distinction from the Illinois State Board of Education.
Unique to this award R. Buckminster Fuller held a chair at Southern Illinois University (1959--75); composed some 25 books, to include; Nine Chains to the Moon (1938), Utopia or Oblivion (1969), Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (1969), and Critical Path (1981). His inventions include the 1927 Dymaxion House, the 1933 Dymaxion Car and, foremost, the 1954 US patent of the geodesic dome. He has the distinction of having both his names used for a scientific entity, the "fullerene" (also known as a "bucky-ball"), a form of carbon whose molecule resembles his geodesic dome. For more information about the architecture camps can be located at; https://www.dce.siu.edu/index.php/camps/academic-camps/
