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Roger Walker (architect)

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Roger Walker
Born
Roger Neville Walker

1942
Hamilton, New Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
OccupationArchitect
PracticeCalder, Fowler & Styles
Walker Architecture and Design
BuildingsWhakatane Airport
Thorndon School

Roger Neville Walker ONZM (born 1942) is a New Zealand architect based in Wellington.

Career

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After graduating in architecture from the University of Auckland in the 1960s, Walker worked for the architecture firm Calder, Fowler & Styles, until he established his own practice in the early 1970s. He now runs Walker Architecture & Design in Wellington.

Like his compatriot Ian Athfield, Walker is notable for his unconventional design approach, which came out of a reaction against the then-dominant modernist architecture in the 1960s and 1970s.

Walker appeared in the 2021 TV series Designing Dreams, hosted by Matthew Ridge, in which he visited his favourite houses.[1]

Honours and awards

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In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Walker was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to architecture.[2] He was awarded the New Zealand Institute of Architects' highest honour, the Gold Medal, in 2016.[3]

Selected designs

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Queen Street, Masterton, in 1974, with the tower of Centrepoint Arcade
Whakatāne airport terminal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hawkes, Colleen (3 November 2021). "Designing Dreams: Matthew Ridge's new show kicks off with architect Roger Walker". Stuff. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1998". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 1998. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. ^ Harvey, Justine (12 November 2016). "2016 Gold Medal winner: Roger Walker". Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  4. ^ Morrell, Vivienne (2 December 2016). "Centrepoint to centrepointless: Roger Walker's Masterton shopping arcade (1972 to 1997)". In McCarthy, Christine (ed.). All the appearances of being innovative. Wellington: Centre for Building Performance Research. pp. 60–67. ISBN 978-0-473-38229-2.
  5. ^ a b University of Auckland - NZIA Regional Awards
  6. ^ WellUrban - Willis Street Village
  7. ^ NZIA Wellington Awards - Saturday, 14 November 2009

Further reading

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  • Positively Architecture! New Zealand's Roger Walker by Gerald Melling, 1985.
  • Roger Walker, architect: a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Art History in the University of Canterbury by Abdel-moniem M. El-shorbagy.
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