Walker has designed a vast array of spaces, including Burnett Park in Fort Worth, Texas; the grounds of a new airport in Bangkok; and the campus surrounding Pixar’s Emeryville, California, headquarters. In 2004, Walker’s San Francisco firm won a competition to design a memorial on the site of New York City’s World Trade Center. “With my work, I always keep in mind that the goal is creating something socially useful,” Walker told me. “I think that comes mostly from Olmsted. That social vision is the thing that defines his greatness.”
