Todd Walker is Founding Partner at archimania, an award-winning architecture firm known for its modern and innovative design solutions. Since its founding in 1995, progressive, sustainable, and contextual design has remained at the core of their work. Todd offers clients fresh perspectives, new approaches, and creative design solutions for their projects. For over 30 years, archimania has sought to elevate the human experience through design rooted in empathy and realized through collaboration while partnering with clients on cost effective strategies to address their needs. Todd believes that no project is without an opportunity for design excellence, regardless of size or budget.
archimania’s work reflects a concentrated studio of designers who contribute a unique range of knowledge, talents, and skill sets to each project, forming a creative, collaborative environment in support of the client’s vision. archimaniacs are united by a passion for architecture, design excellence, and a commitment to improving the built environment.
Our long-standing partnerships with clients have led to over 350 award-winning projects that continue to foster connectivity, learning, collaboration, and wellbeing. Where many find conventional solutions, we find potential that drives innovative and inspiring solutions. We lead collaborative teams, designed around clients’ needs, to shepherd the creation of architecture that realizes a unique and shared vision. We recognize the importance of economic drivers and believe no client should sacrifice the inherent positive impact of great design because of fiscal parameters.
Architect magazine ranked archimania as 8th best design firm in the USA in their Architect50 ranking in 2018. The following year, Architect magazine ranked archimania 24th in sustainability. More recently, in 2023, Architect’s Newspaper ranked archimania in their Top 50 Interior Architects Nationally. In 2024, and then again in 2025, Architizer named archimania in their rankings of the 100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in the USA. Also in 2025, Forbes Magazine recognized archimania in both their Top 200 Residential Architects nationally and in America’s Best-In-State Residential Architects. archimania is a leader in sustainability, realizing the world’s first two dual certified Zero Energy and Zero Carbon projects – both in Memphis, Tennessee.
Todd is a 1987 graduate of Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture with studies at the University of London’s Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning. In 2009, Todd was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in the Category of Design for his notable contributions to the profession (less than 1% of architects are elevated in this category). During that same year, Todd was one of nine university alumni named Mississippi State University’s Alumni Fellow of the Year. In 2014, Todd was the recipient of the Francis Gassner Award for his contributions to design. Todd taught design at Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture and is an Emeritus Advisory Board Member.
As co-principals of archimania, Barry Yoakum and Todd Walker have shaped the region’s architectural landscape through innovative, community-oriented design. Under their leadership, the firm has earned more than 350 awards and national recognition for design excellence and sustainability practices. Both are Fellows in the category of Design of the American Institute of Architects, placing them among the profession’s top 1% of practitioners. Beyond their design achievements, Barry and Todd actively support cultural, educational, and civic organizations, demonstrating a shared commitment to mentoring, community building, and elevating the urban landscape.
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In today’s world, entrepreneurship may seem overwhelming for many. However, I have always felt that if you have the passion to dream it – you can do it, no matter your background. I grew up in a working-class farming community in rural Arkansas and dreamt of owning my own business. Entrepreneurship wasn’t a familiar term. By the time I was eighteen, I had founded and owned two businesses and excelled in them. I knew then, launching a business in architecture would be my path. It began in those early days the moment I named my future practice, archimania, while sitting in 4th year design studio in college.
For me, entrepreneurship is finding a professional path your passionate about – one you can build your business around while achieving the goals you set out to achieve. Through the built environment we create, a city can be seen as more progressive, forward-thinking, and dynamic – making it a place where people want to come to work, live, start businesses, and raise families. An entrepreneur, working as an architect, can make a community better and leave it better than they found it. Entrepreneurship allows you to dream and then create.
