Houser Walker Architecture

10/10/2025

Fort Caroline National Memorial, part of the Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve located in Jacksonville, FL, recalls an original French settlement and fortification from 1564 created on the banks of the St. John’s River. The original fort’s construction was a response to it environmental context – earth from digging out a moat was used to create earthen walls.

In the 1960’s, when a Congressional Act created the park, a ‘replica’ exhibit was constructed along the river’s edge. Decades of changing climate patterns and accelerating storm damage has compromised the integrity of the original exhibit.

In creating a new memorial, our response relocates a memorial on higher ground and recalls the original fortifications footprint through a series of earthen walls and weathering steel interventions. At each of the triangular structure’s ‘points’ will be stations to observe the river and learn about the original fort’s location, construction, and history of occupation.

10/02/2025

– AIA Atlanta and AIA Georgia, newly reunited operationally, had to relocate to the Hurt Building on short notice. The street level space boasts generous daylight through north facing windows and our design plan organized it to best serve the Institute’s staff in their daily work. By utilizing workstations, furniture, fixtures, and even a custom, pivoting wood door from a previous buildout, our solution creates three, layered zones to the 2,200 square foot space: an open, connected workspace along the street side, a large, flexible meeting space, and a gallery area facing the public lobby.

A custom palette of 16 different shades of red appears on all east and west facing walls, providing pops of color to passersby on the street as well as animating the space throughout the day.

09/29/2025

Coming mid-2026 to KSU and the community at large: the expansion of Kennesaw State University's Geer College of the Arts.

Construction is underway for the latest expansion of the KSU Geer College of the Arts. As part of the university's long-term commitment to the creation of a dedicated arts campus, this phase creates new instructional classrooms for animation, 3D model building, a full photography studio and darkroom, as well as new museum quality gallery spaces.

The gallery spaces have been made possible in part by a generous gift from ArtsKSU Patron Emily Bourne Grigsby. Spanning 7,000 square-feet, the galleries will contain a dedicated exhibition space featuring the work of artist Athos Menaboni as well as sculpture, video, and multi-disciplinary based exhibition spaces.

09/25/2025

As we celebrate the arrival of the autumnal equinox, we are also excited to announce that the Tucker Town Green will be opening later this fall. The Green will be the latest vital piece of infrastructure contributing to the City’s downtown district.

Anchoring the park is a pavilion to host music, community theater groups, campaign stops, pop up markets, and other activities. An accompanying restroom building uses carefully composed brick and an inverse curved roof, connecting the whole park together in a seamless pattern of movement.

09/22/2025

We are excited to announce that the AIA 2025 ASPIRE Design Awards selected our Rank & File project for a Merit Unbuilt Project Award.

A primary concern throughout the design process was creating a strong civic presence, so it is especially gratifying to hear the jury's interest in how the building relates to the street. The final solution, shown here, involves creating three large light monitors to bring light deep into the retail experience. Oriented in four different directions, the monitors filter in a variety of lighting throughout the day to embody the unique experience that Rank & File seeks to create.

We, just like the jury, hope to see this built someday.

09/17/2025

Rising from the ash (or in this case dust) once again!

We are so excited to have been working with the College of Agriculture at Auburn University and Auburn University over the past year on the renovation of Comer Hall. After a fire in 1920 destroyed the interior of the wood-framed building, it was rebuilt with a concrete frame. 100 years later, we have taken it back to bare bones to build a state of the art facility for the modern student.

Decorative terra cotta elements, including the rams head column capitals, will be preserved and restored, and pieces of the original wood will be repurposed for a focal wall in the new entrance lobby.

09/12/2025

The New South Construction Company crew is hard at work bringing First Presbyterian Church's renderings to life!

First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, a historic presence in the Atlanta community, continues its mission of providing radical hospitality and serving as a place to belong for a lifetime of faith. Through the construction of a Commons space, the church will provide parish members with a 'living room' in which to grow their community, form connections, and spend time together. Bright, airy, and open, the design of the Commons is an embodiment of the church's principle be a "light unto the world."

08/11/2025

Last Saturday we celebrated with the community at St. Thomas More Church and School in Decatur, GA at their Blessing of the New School Building. We hope everyone enjoyed their first week back in the new building!

07/15/2025

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05/27/2025

Looking forward to the next chapter in our long-running collaboration with the Center! Exciting projects taking root. Thanks SaportaReport for the spotlight on their great work.

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