Frank Arneil Walker

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

is a

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architectural academic and writer. He is emeritus professor of architecture of the

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, having retired in 2003.

Career

Walker was educated at

Paisley Grammar School Paisley Grammar School is a secondary school in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, the largest town in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The school was founded in 1576 by royal charter of James VI of Scotland, King James VI and is situated on Glasgow Road. T ...

. He studied at the

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and then worked in practice for around ten years. He was a lecturer in Architecture and building science at the

, and was involved in a cultural exchange programme with Czechoslovakia, taking a trip there in 1977. He retired from the university in 2003, becoming an emeritus professor.

Author

He has written regularly on architectural and urban history, is author of ''The South Clyde Estuary'', and co-author of ''The North Clyde Estuary'' and ''Central Glasgow'' in the

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series of handbooks on Scottish architecture. He is also a contributor to the '' Buildings of Scotland'' series, having written ''Argyll and Bute'' and co-written the ''Stirling and Central Scotland'' and ''Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire'' volumes. The ''Argyll and Bute'' volume took seven years to write and was first published in 2000. ''Mousa to Mackintosh'' was published in 2023. It was shortlisted for the Research Award at the 2023

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Awards an honours

Walker was made

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(OBE) in the

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for services to architectural history and conservation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Frank Arneil People from Renfrewshire People educated at Paisley Grammar School Officers of the Order of the British Empire Scottish architecture writers Academics of the University of Strathclyde Living people Architecture academics Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art