Davis Allen

Davis Allen (July 13, 1916 – May 13, 1999) was an American architect, interior, and furniture designer. He was noted as a pioneer in the design of interior corporate environments and had a forty-year tenure at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Life and career Davis Brewster Allen was born in Ames, Iowa and then lived in Illinois. He was educated at Brown University, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and the Yale School of Architecture. He served in the US Army during World War II.

In 1983 he designed the "Andover" chair for Stendig International. After Stendig was acquired by Burlington Industries, which eventually went out of business, this design was reintroduced by Knoll in 1993 as the "Exeter" chair. Allen also designed furniture for Steelcase, GF, Stow Davis, Bernhardt, and Hickory Business Furniture.

In 1985, Allen was inducted into the Interior Design Magazine Hall Of Fame.

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