Oonagh Davis (2015, OH) (Logo Designer)

Oonagh Davis is the first nationally recognized Presidential Scholar in Design Arts, awarded in 2015 by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars and the National YoungArts Foundation. She also belongs to the inaugural 2014 Design Arts cohort at the National YoungArts Week in Miami, FL. 

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Oonagh holds dual citizenship in the United States and the United Kingdom. Motivated by a passion for hands-on drawing and model making, her design work is recognized for its sensitivity to craft, form, and material. Oonagh is currently a Lead Designer and Project Manager at La Dallman Architects in Somerville, MA. With expertise in ecologically sensitive design thinking, Oonagh oversees La Dallman’s infrastructure work and designs a diverse array of project types. Prior to joining La Dallman, she worked with French2D in Cambridge, MA, John Lum Architects in San Francisco, CA, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in San Francisco, CA. In 2021 she co-founded OnE Studio with Elias Bennett, a design practice that aspires to connect material, form, site, and space across scales (@one_studio_arch).

Oonagh earned her M.Arch II degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where she was awarded the Gerald M. McCue Medal and Kevin V. Kieran Prize for the highest overall academic record. She earned her B.Arch from Cornell University, where she was recipient of the Addison G. Crowley Prize, the Heritage Ball Scholarship, and was one of 30 students selected to be a 2020 Merrill Presidential Scholar.