Derek John Walker (born 15 June 1929, Blackburn, Lancashire, UK) is a British architect primarily associated with urban planning and leisure facilities architecture through his firm Derek Walker Associates. From 1970 to 1976, Walker was the first Chief Architect of the New Town Milton Keynes, and head of Architecture at Royal College of Art^{[citation needed]}. With Stuart Mosscrop, Walker designed the Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre, the first U.S.-style shopping center in Britain.[1] June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about Blackburn in Lancashire, England. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Urban planning is concerned with the ordering and design of settlements, from the smallest towns to the worlds largest cities. ... A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles/75 km north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ... Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre is a regional shopping centre located in Milton Keynes, England which is 46 miles north-west of London. ...

In 1980, Walker was involved with Norman Foster and Frank Newby in a controversial scheme to expand the Whitney Museum in New York City using air rights purchased from nearby properties to build a mixed-use skyscraper which would include a new wing for the museum. When a furor developed, the museum denied it had solicited the team.[2] The restored Reichstag in Berlin, housing the German parliament. ... The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art gallery and museum in New York City founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... Air rights are a type of development right in real estate. ...

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Derek Walker has two sons Matthew Walker & Alex Walker who both live in Leeds and eight grandchildren Grace, Lydia, Liam, Aaron, Fay, Anna, Daniel & Leah who also live in Leeds. Walker currently lives in London & Bath with his wife Eve, but also spends a lot of time in the south of France, and with his children and grand children up north.

Projects

• Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre, Milton Keynes
• Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
• Luminar Leisure's Jumpin' Jaks/Chicago Rock Cafe in Aberdeen[3]

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Publications

• The Great Engineers : The Art of British Engineers 1837-1987. ISBN 0856709174
• Happold : The Confidence to Build ISBN 0419240608
• Animated Architecture
• Structural Engineering Design in Practice. With Roger Westbrook.
• The Royal Armouries in Leeds. With Guy Wilson.
• New Towns (Architectural Design, No 111). With Maggie Toy.
• Helmut Jacoby Architectural Drawings
• The Architecture and Planning of Milton Keynes