Roger Walker (architect) explained
Roger Neville Walker (born 1942) is a New Zealand architect based in Wellington.
Career
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
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
- Mansell House (1st house designed in 1966), Highbury, Wellington (1968)
- Link Building, Wellington Waterfront (1969)
- Sotiri House, Highbury, Wellington (1969)
- Wellington Club (1969–72, demolished c. 1986)
- Whakatāne Airport (1973–74)
- Cuttance House, Tirohanga, Lower Hutt
- Park Mews, Hataitai, Wellington (1974)
- Rainbow Springs Tourism Complex, Rotorua (1976–81)
- Britten House, Seatoun, Wellington (1977)[5]
- Willis Street Village, Wellington (1979–80)[6]
- Ainsworth House, Korokoro, Wellington (1970s)[7]
- Waitomo Caves Visitor Centre
- Centre City Shopping Centre, New Plymouth (1985)
- Novotel Gardens Park Royal Hotel, Queenstown (1988, formerly the THC Queenstown)
- Ropata Lodge, Lower Hutt (1990)
- Chesterman Group Offices, Hamilton (1992–93)
- Pirie St Townhouses, Mount Victoria, Wellington
- Margrain Winery and Conference Centre, Martinborough (1990s)
- Sirocco Apartments, Wellington (1999)
- Thorndon School, Wellington (c. early 2000s)
- New World Supermarket, Thorndon, Wellington
- Century City Apartments (completed mid-2009)
- The Boundary townhouse complex, Wellington
- (cancelled after the bankruptcy of developer Terry Serepisos)
- Harris House, Lake Rotoroa
- St Patrick’s Church, Taumarunui
- Solitaire Lodge, Tarawera
- Wairakei Hotel Villas and recreational facilities, Taupō
- 164 The Esplanade, Island Bay
- 62 The Parade Paekakariki
See also
Further reading
- 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.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Hawkes. Colleen. 2021-11-03. Designing Dreams: Matthew Ridge's new show kicks off with architect Roger Walker. 2021-11-21. Stuff. en.
- Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 1998 . 1 June 1998 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 5 July 2020.
- Web site: 2016 Gold Medal winner: Roger Walker . Justine . Harvey . 12 November 2016 . 14 November 2016.
- Book: Christine . McCarthy . All the appearances of being innovative . Centrepoint to centrepointless: Roger Walker's Masterton shopping arcade (1972 to 1997) . Vivienne . Morrell . 60–67 . Centre for Building Performance Research . Wellington . 2 December 2016 . 978-0-473-38229-2.
- http://www.architecture-archive.auckland.ac.nz/docs/NZIA_regional_awards.pdf University of Auckland - NZIA Regional Awards
- http://www.wellurban.org.nz/urbaneye/willis_st_village.html WellUrban - Willis Street Village
- http://architecture.org.nz/2009/11/14/nzia-wellington-awards/ NZIA Wellington Awards - Saturday, 14 November 2009
