BIOGRAPHY
From an early age, it was clear that architecture was in his blood. His family name, Alker, is the name of an earth-based stabilized building material. His middle name, Robert, is the name of his great uncle Robert "Chick" Childress, a successful Denver-based architect best known for his university building work, whose life was tragically cut short. And his initials, C-A, are synonymous with both a critical phase of professional practice, Construction Administration, and his preferred method of approaching architecture made popular by British architect and theorist, Jeremy Till, Contingent Architecture.
Originally from Houston, TX, he studied urban design and theory while attending the University of Texas at Austin, and followed his studies with an apprenticeship to a master carpenter in the San Francisco Bay Area. He moved to New York City in 2004 to work for Handel Architects on large scale ground up residential and hospitality projects. He subsequently worked with 2plus3 Architects, NV/Design Architecture, Delson or Sherman, Atema Architecture, and Marmol Radziner on two coasts before joining the third-party property management agency, AKAM, as their Director of Building Operations in 2020. He is currently the SVP of Building Operations where he oversees regulatory compliance, energy, capital project management, and emergency protocols for 400+ residential & commercial properties in the New York City five boroughs & Westchester.
His experience includes the co-design and execution of several luxury apartment and townhouse renovation/additions, large-scale ground up residential & hospitality assets, both The Nature Conservancy & AKAM’s New York City’s corporate headquarters, Lucid Motors’ Miami & West Palm Beach showrooms, countless zoning feasibility & capital reserve studies, code compliance, life safety awareness, landmarks preservation consulting, project management, client relations, business development, staff training, construction administration, and capital improvement projections.
His interest in architecture includes design, theory, branding, detailing, construction, finance capitalism, programming, maintenance, life-cycle assessment, adaptive reuse, and post-occupancy evaluation. He is committed to both the art and science of buildings from cradle to grave.
Christopher Alker is a New York City-based Architect registered in both New York & Florida.
From an early age, it was clear that architecture was in his blood. His family name, Alker, is the name of an earth-based stabilized building material. His middle name, Robert, is the name of his great uncle Robert "Chick" Childress, a successful Denver-based architect best known for his university building work, whose life was tragically cut short. And his initials, C-A, are synonymous with both a critical phase of professional practice, Construction Administration, and his preferred method of approaching architecture made popular by British architect and theorist, Jeremy Till, Contingent Architecture.
Originally from Houston, TX, he studied urban design and theory while attending the University of Texas at Austin, and followed his studies with an apprenticeship to a master carpenter in the San Francisco Bay Area. He moved to New York City in 2004 to work for Handel Architects on large scale ground up residential and hospitality projects. He subsequently worked with 2plus3 Architects, NV/Design Architecture, Delson or Sherman, Atema Architecture, and Marmol Radziner on two coasts before joining the third-party property management agency, AKAM, as their Director of Building Operations in 2020. He is currently the SVP of Building Operations where he oversees regulatory compliance, energy, capital project management, and emergency protocols for 400+ residential & commercial properties in the New York City five boroughs & Westchester.
His experience includes the co-design and execution of several luxury apartment and townhouse renovation/additions, large-scale ground up residential & hospitality assets, both The Nature Conservancy & AKAM’s New York City’s corporate headquarters, Lucid Motors’ Miami & West Palm Beach showrooms, countless zoning feasibility & capital reserve studies, code compliance, life safety awareness, landmarks preservation consulting, project management, client relations, business development, staff training, construction administration, and capital improvement projections.
His interest in architecture includes design, theory, branding, detailing, construction, finance capitalism, programming, maintenance, life-cycle assessment, adaptive reuse, and post-occupancy evaluation. He is committed to both the art and science of buildings from cradle to grave.
Christopher Alker is a New York City-based Architect registered in both New York & Florida.