DAVID J. DAVENPORT, AIA (1966-)

Davenport was born on the Jersey Shore in Cape May. His family relocated to North Carolina in the late 1970s where he grew up in Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks. Graduating from Manteo High School in 1984 he went on to obtain a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture and Master of Architecture degrees from the NCSU College of Design. He was also the owner of a James Fitzgibbon house, saving it from sure destruction.

During college and later, Davenport worked at Hager Smith Huffman, Wesley Coble, George Ellinwood, Michael Moorefield, and RGG Architects. He partnered with Richard Hall in 1997 on a number of high profile residential projects. They parted ways in 2000 and Davenport set up practice in Cary. In 2007, David returned to his roots on Roanoke Island with Davenport Architecture, a design studio overlooking the harbor in downtown Manteo. In 2011, he took a position in Norfolk with the US Navy at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and continues to manage Davenport Architecture remotely.