Roger Walker

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.

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. 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) Coleshill, (Homeworld '81) Milton Keynes (1981) Wellington Club (1969–1972, demolished c. 1986)

Centrepoint Arcade, Masterton (1972, demolished 1997)

Whakatāne Airport (1973–74) Cuttance House, Tirohanga, Lower Hutt Park Mews, Hataitai, Wellington (1974) Rainbow Springs Tourism Complex, Rotorua (1976–1981) Britten House, Seatoun, Wellington (1977) Willis Street Village, Wellington (1979–80) Ainsworth House, Korokoro, Wellington (1970s) 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