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Bradley Walters

Bradley Walters

Gainesville, FL, US

 

About 

BRADLEY WALTERS, AIA, NCARB, is an Architect and Edward M. “Ted” Fearney Endowed Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Florida, where he is the Associate Director of Graduate Programs for the School of Architecture. Mr. Walters teaches studio design, materials coursework, and architectural detailing. His current research is centered on high-performance zero-energy buildings, within a broader context of social, artistic, and cultural production. This work engages building science, thermal/energy modelling, climatic responses, and materiality. Secondary areas of research include teaching methods, pedagogy, drawing, and visual communications.

Mr. Walters earned his Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Design in Architecture with Highest Honors from the University of Florida. He has studied and taught at the Vicenza Institute of Architecture in Vicenza, Italy and teaches studios for the University of Florida’s Master of Science in Architectural Studies with a concentration in Sustainable Design, based in Singapore.

Mr. Walters co-directed the Tebughna Fireweeds team, winning first place in the new housing division of the Solar Decathlon 2023 Design Challenge. The project is a part of a multi-year effort to create high-performance houses for the Native Village of Tyonek, Alaska. He has also recently worked on the preservation of the Okahumpka Rosenwald School and new Virgil D. Hawkins Community Center, in Okahumpka, Florida.

Mr. Walters was the Principal Investigator for the Quinlivan Net-Zero Energy House and the Solar Living House, designed for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2015 project. He was a co-principal investigator for the award-winning Project RE:FOCUS, a design-build project constructed for the Solar Decathlon Europe 2010 in Madrid, Spain. He was awarded a University of Florida Term Professorship in 2017, an Excellence Award for Assistant Professors in 2014, and was recognized as “Teacher of the Year” by the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning in 2011.

In practice with Hillier Architecture and RMJM, he co-directed a special projects team, where his work included the House at Leeside Farm, Solebury School Abbe Science Center, Becton Dickinson Campus Center, Walker Hall Winery, Irving Convention Center, and West Windsor Redevelopment Plan, amongst others. His work has been recognized by numerous AIA Honor and Merit Awards, and it has been published by Architectural RecordUrbanism and ArchitectureA+DARQHinge, and Oculus

Mr. Walters serves as an independent peer reviewer of manuscripts for numerous publishers and has served as a peer reviewer for the National AIA Case Studies Initiative. He has served as an invited critic on design reviews at the Univerza v Ljubljani Fakulteta za Arhitekturo (Ljubljana, Slovenia), University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Virginia, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

For more information, visit: https://studiowalters.com/.

Employment 

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US, Associate Professor + Graduate Program Coordinator

Aug 2008 - current
 

Bradley Walters Architect LLC, Gainesville, FL, US, Founder + Principal

Apr 2006 - current
 

RMJM Hillier, Princeton, NJ, US, Senior Associate

Aug 2007 - Jul 2008
 

Hillier Architecture, Princeton, NJ, US, Senior Associate

Aug 1999 - Jul 2007
 

Donadio & Associates, Architects, P.A., Vero Beach, FL, US, Designer

May 1995 - Aug 1997
 

Education 

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, US, MArch, Architecture + Visual Arts

Aug 1997 - Jun 1999
 

Vicenza Institute of Architecture, Vicenza, IT, Architecture

Jan 1995 - Apr 1995
 

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US, Bachelors, B. Design in Architecture with Highest Honors

Aug 1991 - Apr 1995
 

Awards 

Three-Year Term Professorship, University of Florida Office of the Provost, Award

2017
 

Edward M. “Ted” Fearney Endowed Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Florida School of Architecture, Other

2017
 

North American Copper in Architecture Award, Irving Convention Center, Award

2015
 

Architizer A+ Awards Special Mention: Government and Municipal Buildings, Irving Convention Center, Award

2015
 

Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, University of Florida Office of the Provost, Award

2014
 

Distinguished Building Award, Irving Convention Center, TEXO, Award

2012
 

Honor Award, Built Category, unCONVENTIONal: Irving Convention Center at Los Colinas, AIA New Jersey, Award

2012
 

Merit Award, Built Category, Becton Dickinson Campus Center, AIA New Jersey, Award

2012
 

National Award, Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2), Irving Convention Center, American Institute of Steel Construction, Award

2012
 

ENR Texas & Louisiana’s Best Projects of 2011, Government/Public Best Project, Irving Convention Center, Award

2011
 

Teacher of the Year, University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, Award

2011
 

First Place: Communications and Social Awareness, Project Re:Focus, Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid Spain, 1st Place

2010
 

First Place: People’s Favorite Web Award, Project Re:Focus, Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid Spain, 1st Place

2010
 

Second Place: Electrical Energy Balance (Production v. Consumption), Project Re:Focus, Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid Spain, 2nd Place

2010
 

Eighth Place: Overall Competition, Project Re:Focus, Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid Spain, Award

2010
 

GE Edison Award of Merit, Peddie School Ian Graham Athletic Center, RMJM Hillier + Illumination Arts LLC, Award

2010
 

Prairie Creek Project Sustainability Fellow, University of Florida, Other

2010
 

Honor Award, Residential Category, Project Re:Focus, AIA Gainesville, Award

2010
 

Best New Facility, Food Management’s 2008 Best Concept Award, BD Campus Center, Award

2008
 

Grand Award, BD Campus Center, NJ Chapter of American Concrete Institute, Award

2008
 

Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award, BD Campus Center, Award

2008
 

Merit Award, Unbuilt Category, Irving Convention Center, AIA New Jersey, Award

2008
 

Merit Award, Unbuilt Category, BD Campus Center, AIA New Jersey, Award

2005
 

Honor Award, Unbuilt Category, Montreal Design Competition Entry, AIA New Jersey, Award

2004
 

Honor Award, Wood Design & Building, Solebury School Abbe Science Center, Award

2004
 

Silver Medal – Highest Award, Abbe Science Center, Solebury School, AIA Pennsylvania, 1st Place

2004
 

Recognition Award, Abbe Science Center at Solebury School, AIA Philadelphia, Award

2004
 

Recognition Award, Solebury School Gymnasium (unbuilt), AIA Philadephia, Award

2004
 

Award of Excellence, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC), Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter, Abbe Science Center, Solebury School, Award

2003
 

Gold Award for Excellence in Architecture, AIA New Jersey, Solebury School Abbe Science Center, Award

2003
 

Bronze Award for Excellence in Architecture, Solebury School Gymnasium (unbuilt), AIA New Jersey, Award

2003
 

Honourable Mention, Competition Entry for the design of the Complex Culturel et Administratif de Montréal (unbuilt) – competition sponsored by Société immobilière du Québec (SIQ), Honorable Mention

2003
 

Areas of Specialization