ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/614156/8-influential-art-deco-skyscrapers-by-ralph-thomas-walker Wed, 01 Apr 2015 06:00:19 +0000 David Langdon https://www.archdaily.com/614156/8-influential-art-deco-skyscrapers-by-ralph-thomas-walker No architect played a greater role in shaping the twentieth century Manhattan skyline than Ralph Thomas Walker, winner of the 1957 AIA Centennial Gold Medal and a man once dubbed “Architect of the Century” by the New York Times. [1] But a late-career ethics scandal involving allegations of stolen contracts by a member of his firm precipitated his retreat from the architecture establishment and his descent into relative obscurity. Only recently has his prolific career been popularly reexamined, spurred by a new monograph and a high-profile exhibit of his work at the eponymous Walker Tower in New York in 2012.

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