Gregory Walker is a visiting lecturer in the Architecture Program, where he has taught undergraduate studio courses since 2002. His research and scholarship focuses on the relationships between manufacturing processes and the development of material culture, with a particular emphasis on ecologically and biologically diverse applications.
Gregory Walker has practiced architecture in Florida, Massachusetts, and Georgia, where he resides in Atlanta. Mr. Walker is the founding principal for Houser Walker Architecture, an architectural and design firm focusing on cultural buildings and the culture of building. Prior to the formation of Houser Walker Architecture, he worked in collaboration with Lord Aeck Sargent Architecture and Smith Dalia Architects, both located in Atlanta, GA, and Perry Dean Rogers & Partners, located in Boston, MA. Mr. Walker's work has been recognized with several awards, including honor awards from the Boston Society of Architects and the Atlanta Urban Design Commission. In 2004, he was awarded the AIA Georgia Young Architect Award. His work has been published and reviewed in Architectural Record; Boston Globe; and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and has been exhibited in Boston and Atlanta. In 2001, he served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas.
Mr. Walker received a Bachelors of Architecture from Auburn University in 1993 and a Masters of Architecture from Harvard University 's Graduate School of Design in 1996. He is registered to practice in Georgia and is NCARB and LEED accredited. In addition to his work and teaching, Mr. Walker maintains a level of professional and community involvement by sitting on the Advisory Board for the National Young Architects Forum. He was previously on the Board of Directors for the AIA Atlanta Chapter and served as the Young Architects Forum Atlanta President for 2003-2004.