Paul Walker is a professor of architecture in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne. A respected critic, Walker has contributed to Architecture New Zealand since its inception in 1986, and is a regular contributor to Architecture Australia. He has researched and written widely on architectural history and historiography in New Zealand, Australia and other post-colonial contexts. He is editor and lead author of John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense (Harvard Design Press, 2023).
Paul Walker's Latest contributions
Circumnavigating the citadel: Monash University Clayton campus
A discussion of Monash University’s Clayton campus, exploring opportunities and challenges facing the suburban educational hub.
Squared up: Point Lonsdale House
With this house at Point Lonsdale on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, NMBW Architecture Studio has cleverly arranged rooms and non-rooms under a striking roof form.
Reconsidering John Andrews
Reconsidering the work of John Andrews, the 1980 Gold Medallist.
Hamer Hall
ARM’s revision of Melbourne’s monumental Hamer Hall, reviewed by Paul Walker for Artichoke.
Icon revisited: John Andrews
Architecture advocate Philip Drew recalls John Andrews, a hero of Australian architecture.
Waratah Weekender
Architecture Workshop creates a ‘campsite’ treehouse on a secluded stretch of Victorian coast.
Swanston Street precinct
Swanston Academic Building is right at home among the canopies, chaos and pockets of calm on this pivotal thoroughfare writes Paul Walker.
John Andrews symposium
Australian modernist architect John Andrews is the subject of a Melbourne symposium in October 2012.
Carrum Downs Police Station
This police station by Kerstin Thompson Architects demonstrates a meticulous approach to spatial planning.
Extra/ordinary
Four delegates at the Australian Institute of Architects National Conference respond to its exploration of the culture.