June 16, 2021No Comments

On The Boards: GRACE

What does ending homelessness in Alachua County look like? 

GRACE provides services that make a difference. Since 2014, they’ve reduced homelessness in Alachua County by 47% by moving more than 1,700 people into permanent housing. They reached out to us with a simple need: to serve more people with the only resource that can actually end homelessness: housing.

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May 5, 2021No Comments

On the Boards: Chi University

The Chi Small Animal Hospital is a veterinary clinic that integrates western and traditional Chinese veterinary medicine. Its goal is to improve pet wellness by providing holistic care in a comfortable, serene setting.

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April 22, 2021No Comments

The Walker Architects team considers environmental stewardship an integral piece of our overall design philosophy and culture.

As environmental concern continues to grow both nationally and globally amid the current climate crisis, Walker Architects understands the critical importance of designing for a sustainable future.

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February 9, 2021No Comments

Our New Office Sets the Stage for Collaborative Creative Work

When we set about creating the new Walker Architects office in a former Big Boy restaurant, our team envisioned a space that would capture who we are: passionate, fun, and focused on design. Equally, our firm needed an open, flexible space that would foster collaboration and accommodate several small meetings or office-wide gatherings for presentations and parties.

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November 17, 2020No Comments

On the Boards: UF Student Health Care Center

At the project outset, visioning projected a fresh Student Health Care Center which would feel welcoming, innovative, and student-centric. The new SHCC would embody wellness in a holistic sense, a space serving the body, mind, and soul of all patients, whether in need of treatment or well care.

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October 26, 2020No Comments

On the Boards: Alachua County Tax Collector New NW Branch

The Walker Team is currently in the documentation phase of the freshly designed Tax Collector branch, located on the north side of town on 34th Blvd. As we're adding the final details to the design, it's interesting to look back on the previous phases and see what held true throughout the design process and its evolution.

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September 23, 2020No Comments

UF Softball Stadium Featured on PAC-CLAD

PAC-CLAD, manufacturer of architectural metal roofing and cladding products, featured Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium on their case study list this week. This case study details how we worked together with PAC-CLAD to develop a roofing solution that tied back to the university's existing campus architecture.

Check out their post to read a few words from one of our own, Joe Walker!

September 3, 2020No Comments

On The Boards: Norman Hall Ground Floor Renovation

Construction is underway at the ground floor of the Norman Library to transform the space into a fresh, functional home for the College of Education’s Institute for Advanced Learning Technologies.

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July 8, 2020No Comments

The Agile Workplace: Part Three

Agility, choice, flexibility - these qualities are only becoming increasingly relevant. In part 3 of our Agile Workplace series, we look at why choice is key to the satisfaction of the workforce.

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June 9, 2020No Comments

Focusing on Agility in the Post-COVID Workplace

As our world continuously changes, so too will the workplace. What feels safe now may be changing in the coming weeks and months.

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