Roger Walker (architect)
Roger Neville Walker (born 1942, Hamilton, NZ) is a New Zealand architect based in Wellington. 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.
Selected Designs
- Link Building, Wellington Waterfront (1969)
- Sotiri House, Highbury, Wellington (1969) [1]
- Wellington Club (1969–72, demolished c. 1986)
- Whakatane Airport (1973–74)
- Park Mews, Hataitai, Wellington (1974) [2]
- Rainbow Springs Tourism Complex, Rotorua (1976–81)
- Willis Street Village, Wellington (1979–80) [3]
- Centre City Shopping Centre, New Plymouth (1985)
- Chesterman Group Offices, Hamilton (1992–93)
- Margrain Winery and Conference Centre, Martinborough (1990s)
- Sirocco Apartments, Wellington (1999)
- Thorndon School, Wellington (c. early 2000s)
- Century City Apartments (completed mid-2009)
- The Boundary townhouse complex, Wellington (construction announced as of mid-2007)
- Redevlopment of Cuba Mall & Victoria Street (to be built)
- Ainsworth House, Korokoro, Wellington
- Harris House, Hamilton, Lake Rotoroa
- Novotel Gardens Park Royal Hotel, Queenstown
- St Patrick’s Church, Taumarunui
- Solitaire Lodge, Tarawera
- Wairakei Hotel Villas and recreational facilities, Taupo
- Waitomo Caves Visitor Centre
- Cuttance House, Tirohanga, Lower Hutt
- 164 The Esplanade Island Bay
See also
References
- 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.
- Roger Walker: A Disneyland Architect, by Abdel-moniem El-Shorbagy.
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21/12/1942 |
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Hamilton, New Zealand |
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