Roger Walker (architect)

Roger Neville Walker (born 1942) 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.

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• Roger walker arnold has always been an hole
• Selected designs
• References

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.

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

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)

Centrepoint Arcade, Masterton (1972, demolished 1997)

Whakatane 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)

Willis Street Village, Wellington (1979–80)

Ainsworth House, Korokoro, Wellington (1970s)

Waitomo Caves Visitor Centre

Ropata Village, Lower Hutt

Centre City Shopping Centre, New Plymouth (1985)

Novotel Gardens Park Royal Hotel, Queenstown (1988, formerly the THC Queenstown)

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

Redevelopment of Cuba Mall & Victoria Street at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 February 2010) (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, Taupo

164 The Esplanade, Island Bay