Walter Scott Perry

Architect | Owner | AIA

Walter Scott Perry studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania during the 1960’s and was influenced by the late modern master, Louis I. Kahn who taught and often pondered ‘what a place wanted to be’ and created a timeless architecture using traditional materials applied to modern construction in a thoughtful, inspired way. Another major influence during a period of heightened social and environmental awareness and upheaval was that of Buckminster Fuller whose “whole systems thinking” philosophy and his writings concerning Spaceship Earth had a major impact on Mr. Perry’s future work.

During the late 1960’s Mr. Perry worked in New York City as the designer/project architect on many corporate and academic projects, including the John Hancock Building, Boston, MA, Campus master planner for the State University of New York, Old Westbury, The Fisher Theater, Phillips Exeter Academy, multiple urban theaters, as well as brownstone renovations throughout the city. Moving to Santa Fe, NM in 1974, he practiced residential solar design using recycled materials and indigenous adobe, as part of the emerging passive solar design movement taking place after the 1972 middle-east oil embargo, in addition to managing the construction of America’s first laser-fusion laboratory in Los Alamos, NM.

Practicing architecture in San Francisco, CA during the 1980’s, Mr. Perry designed and managed major sports facility projects at academic institutions, such as U.S.F. and Stanford University, in addition to the cutting edge, performing arts center in Reno, NV, the Sierra Center. He managed and coordinated the construction of Biosphere II in Tucson, AZ during the early 1990’s after moving to Los Angeles, as well as teaching architecture and lecturing at U.C.L.A., Cal Berkeley and Cal Poly Pomona. He holds B.A. and M. Arch. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

His current architecture practice, Ecotech Design was formed in 2001 and has specialized in pre- fab, pre-engineered steel construction and the integration of shipping containers with residential architecture since. Mr. Perry has received considerable press and design awards for the recently completed Geneseo Inn, a BNB which integrates containers and recycled, eco-friendly building materials and systems at Cass Winery in Paso Robles, CA.

He is currently working on several, container residential projects in CA and NY.