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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 Record, Urbanism and Architecture, A+D, ARQ, Hinge, 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/.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US, Associate Professor + Graduate Program Coordinator
Donadio & Associates, Architects, P.A., Vero Beach, FL, US, Designer
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US, Bachelors, B. Design in Architecture with Highest Honors
Three-Year Term Professorship, University of Florida Office of the Provost, Award
Edward M. “Ted” Fearney Endowed Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Florida School of Architecture, Other
North American Copper in Architecture Award, Irving Convention Center, Award
Architizer A+ Awards Special Mention: Government and Municipal Buildings, Irving Convention Center, Award
Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, University of Florida Office of the Provost, Award
Distinguished Building Award, Irving Convention Center, TEXO, Award
Honor Award, Built Category, unCONVENTIONal: Irving Convention Center at Los Colinas, AIA New Jersey, Award
Merit Award, Built Category, Becton Dickinson Campus Center, AIA New Jersey, Award
National Award, Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2), Irving Convention Center, American Institute of Steel Construction, Award
ENR Texas & Louisiana’s Best Projects of 2011, Government/Public Best Project, Irving Convention Center, Award
Teacher of the Year, University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, Award
First Place: Communications and Social Awareness, Project Re:Focus, Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid Spain, 1st Place
First Place: People’s Favorite Web Award, Project Re:Focus, Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid Spain, 1st Place
Second Place: Electrical Energy Balance (Production v. Consumption), Project Re:Focus, Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid Spain, 2nd Place
Eighth Place: Overall Competition, Project Re:Focus, Solar Decathlon Europe, Madrid Spain, Award
GE Edison Award of Merit, Peddie School Ian Graham Athletic Center, RMJM Hillier + Illumination Arts LLC, Award
Prairie Creek Project Sustainability Fellow, University of Florida, Other
Honor Award, Residential Category, Project Re:Focus, AIA Gainesville, Award
Best New Facility, Food Management’s 2008 Best Concept Award, BD Campus Center, Award
Grand Award, BD Campus Center, NJ Chapter of American Concrete Institute, Award
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award, BD Campus Center, Award
Merit Award, Unbuilt Category, Irving Convention Center, AIA New Jersey, Award
Merit Award, Unbuilt Category, BD Campus Center, AIA New Jersey, Award
Honor Award, Unbuilt Category, Montreal Design Competition Entry, AIA New Jersey, Award
Honor Award, Wood Design & Building, Solebury School Abbe Science Center, Award
Silver Medal – Highest Award, Abbe Science Center, Solebury School, AIA Pennsylvania, 1st Place
Recognition Award, Abbe Science Center at Solebury School, AIA Philadelphia, Award
Recognition Award, Solebury School Gymnasium (unbuilt), AIA Philadephia, Award
Award of Excellence, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC), Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter, Abbe Science Center, Solebury School, Award
Gold Award for Excellence in Architecture, AIA New Jersey, Solebury School Abbe Science Center, Award
Bronze Award for Excellence in Architecture, Solebury School Gymnasium (unbuilt), AIA New Jersey, Award
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
