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Roger Walker
Roger Walker's early work became closely associated with Wellington in the 1960s and 1970s.
Background & practice
Roger Walker's early work became closely associated with Wellington in the 1960s and 1970s. The NZIA's 2016 Gold Medal citation describes houses and other buildings composed from playful combinations of towers, cylinders, cubes and varied roof forms. His early Wellington Club commission was undertaken at Calder Fowler & Styles. The citation presents a career driven by experimentation and a willingness to challenge the architectural expectations of its time.
How to read the work
Use inventive geometry and changing roof forms to give buildings multiple spatial and visual identities, responding to a dramatic landscape while resisting a routine approach to domestic design.
Architect named in the citation; the early club project retains its practice context.
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