Antony Davis, BA (Hons), Dip Arch, ARBUK, RIBA, PCGHE, MS
Senior Consultant, Architecture
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Background
Antony is an expert architect witness with experience in an international arbitration dispute involving a large, complex transport and infrastructure project in the Middle East. In the UK, Antony has been instructed as lead expert on projects involving the submission of CPR-compliant expert reports and advice in adjudication, litigation, and arbitration proceedings involving complex architectural issues. His experience includes a focus on residential and university projects, working closely with various stakeholders across Housing Associations and Student Housing buildings.
As Technical Director, Antony has worked on a diverse range of large transport projects across various stages of project development, from concept design through to on-site completion. As a Chartered Architect and Design Manager, he has worked on many different project types, including historic projects, Grade II-listed buildings, educational, arts, and community centres, hospitality, mixed-use, retail, office, residential, and hotel projects.
Antony has been involved in all aspects of practice management, including reviewing appointments, developing service scopes, and managing fees. Having been instructed in the UK on large-scale projects, Antony investigates various architectural issues across different sectors, delivering expertise on the level of effort and entitlement to fee assessments, the investigation of as-built internal and external fire protection measures, cladding design and workmanship defects, and fire safety.
Antony provides clients with the added benefit of a highly skilled BIM analyst, having performed BIM analysis for international arbitration projects as well as UK projects (using both CAD and BIM). He has coordinated input from other design disciplines and large stakeholder groups.
Education and Certifications
• Contract Law and Dispute Resolution, MSc: King’s College London
• Certificate in Associate Teaching Programme (PCGHE): University of Nottingham
• RIBA Part III (Commendation): University College London, Bartlett
• RIBA Part II (Commendation): University College London, Bartlett
• RIBA Part I Architecture BA (Hons): University of Brighton
Associations and Memberships
• Member: Architects Registration Board (ARB) in the UK
• Member: Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
• Member: Society of Construction Law (SCL
Publications
• Co-authored article: Recent Case Law relating to the Defective Premises Act 1972: Its Impact on
Contractors and Consultants, feature article in the Expert Witness Journal (Issue 63, October / November
2025).
• Co-authored article: Fire Strategy in St James Oncology v Lendlease and the Building Safety Act –
an Architect’s Perspective, feature article in Fire Protection Association (August 2023) and on LinkedIn.
• Co-authored article: Martlet v Mulalley: Design considerations of a ‘reasonable’ Architect on firesafety issues post-Grenfell, featured in RIBA Journal (December 2022) and BD Online (January 2023).
• KCL dissertation: BIM, Design Liability within Crossrail Station design environments, has been
published in the 2019/2020 edition of RIBA Presidents’ Awards for Research – Book of Abstracts collection.
• ‘Stephen Lawrence’s Legacy Lives on’ feature article on AY Architects, published in The Voice
(newspaper – 2014).
• ‘Stephen Lawrence Award Winners: Duggan Morris Architects’ feature article on Duggan Morris
Architects, published in The Voice (newspaper – 2013).
• ‘Courses that changed my life: The Urban Planner Reveals All’ feature article on Architect and Urban
Antony Davis Page 4 Planner Rashid Ali, published in The Voice (newspaper – 2012).
• ‘Courses that changed my life: Article 25 Article Charity’ feature article, published in The Voice
(newspaper – 2012).
• ‘Bartlett Book of Ideas (edited by Peter Cook)’ UCL / Bartlett Publications – Migratory Airport of Ice and
Bodies, New York (2000)