{{Short description|New Zealand architect}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox architect |name = Roger Walker |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}} |image = |caption = |birth_name = Roger Neville Walker |birth_date = 1942 |birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand |alma_mater = University of Auckland |practice = Calder, Fowler & Styles<br>Walker Architecture and Design |significant_buildings= Whakatāne Airport<br>Thorndon School |significant_design = |awards = }} '''Roger Neville Walker''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hawkes|first=Colleen|date=2021-11-03|title=Designing Dreams: Matthew Ridge's new show kicks off with architect Roger Walker|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/houses/126861209/designing-dreams-matthew-ridges-new-show-kicks-off-with-architect-roger-walker|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1998 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1998 |date=1 June 1998 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=5 July 2020}}</ref> He was awarded the New Zealand Institute of Architects' highest honour, the Gold Medal, in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/2016-gold-medal-winner-roger-walker/ | title = 2016 Gold Medal winner: Roger Walker | first = Justine | last = Harvey | date = 12 November 2016 | accessdate=14 November 2016}}</ref>
== Selected designs == {{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
* Mansell House (1st house designed in 1966), Highbury, Wellington (1968) * Link Building, Wellington Waterfront (1969) * [http://koromiko.homestead.com/house_photos.html Sotiri House], Highbury, Wellington (1969) * [https://www.rogerwalker.co.nz/2021/05/homeworld-81-40-years-on/ Coleshill, (Homeworld '81)] Milton Keynes (1981) * Wellington Club (1969–72, demolished c. 1986) [[File:Queen Street, Masterton Photographer- Ralph Anderson November 1974 01.jpg|thumb|right|Queen Street, Masterton, in 1974, with the tower of Centrepoint Arcade]] * Centrepoint Arcade, Masterton (1972, demolished 1997)<ref>{{cite book | editor-first=Christine | editor-last=McCarthy | title=All the appearances of being innovative | chapter=Centrepoint to centrepointless: Roger Walker's Masterton shopping arcade (1972 to 1997) | author-first=Vivienne | author-last=Morrell | pages=60–67 | publisher=Centre for Building Performance Research | location=Wellington | date=2 December 2016 | isbn=978-0-473-38229-2}}</ref> thumb|right|Whakatāne airport terminal * Whakatāne Airport (1973–74) * Cuttance House, Tirohanga, Lower Hutt * [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWho6BpDfEQC&pg=PA62 Park Mews], Hataitai, Wellington (1974) * Rainbow Springs Tourism Complex, Rotorua (1976–81) * Britten House, Seatoun, Wellington (1977)<ref name="auckland">[http://www.architecture-archive.auckland.ac.nz/docs/NZIA_regional_awards.pdf University of Auckland - NZIA Regional Awards]</ref> * [http://www.villageapartments.co.nz/willis.html Willis Street Village], Wellington (1979–80)<ref>[http://www.wellurban.org.nz/urbaneye/willis_st_village.html WellUrban - Willis Street Village]</ref> * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nzia/4074266702/in/photostream/ Ainsworth House], Korokoro, Wellington (1970s)<ref>[http://architecture.org.nz/2009/11/14/nzia-wellington-awards/ NZIA Wellington Awards - Saturday, 14 November 2009]</ref> * Waitomo Caves Visitor Centre * Centre City Shopping Centre, New Plymouth (1985) * Novotel [http://www.novotel.co.nz/5308/detail/default.aspx Gardens Park Royal Hotel], Queenstown (1988, formerly the THC Queenstown)<ref name="auckland" /> * Ropata Lodge, Lower Hutt (1990) * Chesterman Group Offices, Hamilton (1992–93) * Pirie St Townhouses, Mount Victoria, Wellington * [http://www.margrainvineyard.co.nz/ Margrain Winery and Conference Centre], Martinborough (1990s) * Sirocco Apartments, Wellington (1999) * Thorndon School, Wellington (c. early 2000s) * New World Supermarket, Thorndon, Wellington * [http://www.centurycity.co.nz Century City Apartments] (completed mid-2009) * [http://www.galleryhomes.co.nz/opencms/galleryhomesconz/projects/boundary/ The Boundary] townhouse complex, Wellington * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204050321/http://www.centurycity.co.nz/future_dev.html |date=4 February 2010 |title=Redevelopment of Cuba Mall & Victoria Street }} (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== *Ian Athfield *Miles Warren
==References== {{reflist}}
==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== * [http://www.rogerwalker.co.nz Roger Walker Architecture and Design Ltd]
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