Walter Koditek is a German urban planner, author and photographer based in Hong Kong. After graduating from the Technical University of Berlin, Walter's early professional life had him practicing for almost two decades at various planning and design consultancies, while also teaching at university. In 2006, he relocated to Asia, where he worked as an urban planning expert in Cambodia and Vietnam. He moved on to Hong Kong in 2014, using the city as a base for his consultant work, and documenting its unique architectural landscape with his camera whenever possible.
Walter has always been a strong advocate of cultural heritage conservation. He published the photo book "Battambang Heritage" in 2018 with Apsara Books in Hong Kong, and co-authored the "Architectural Guide Phnom Penh" in 2020 with DOM Publishers in Berlin, before focusing his efforts on the modernist architectural legacy of Hong Kong. This culminated in the publication of the recently released second edition of "Hong Kong Modern Architecture of the 1950s-1970s", which offers a comprehensive overview of this transformative era in the city's built environment.