Co-owner / Architect
Other Work
Detroit, Michigan
Laura Walker is an architect and artist based in Detroit, Michigan. She is co-owner of Other Work, an award winning, full service architecture firm working at the intersection of public art, architecture, interiors, and citymaking. Laura received the 2019 AIA Detroit Young Architect of the Year Award and was featured in Crain’s 2020 Notable Women in Design. She has lectured at University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture. Laura is an active member of CREW Detroit, NOMA Detroit, and ULI Michigan.
As a White, queer woman, she is interested in power struggle and alliance building in racialized territories and traditionally gendered spaces. Through inclusive collaboration, she designs participatory environments that radically affirm and celebrate marginalized human identities, expressions, and desires.
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It Takes a Village: Arts-Led Neighborhood Redevelopment
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