Landscape Designer Walter Hood, best known for his work in the public realm and urban environments, received the 2024 Vincent Scully Prize on October 4 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. The Prize recognizes exemplary practice, scholarship, or criticism in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design.

Hoods' notable projects include the large-scale garden designs of the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, the Oakland Museum of California, the M. H. de Young Museum in San Francisco, and the recently opened Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing Park in Jacksonville, Florida.

He is the founder and creative director of Hood Design Studio, a social art and design practice based in Oakland, California. He started the practice in 1992. The studio's practice includes art and fabrication, design and landscape, and research urbanism.

The North Carolina A&T graduate is also an artist, academic administrator, and educator. He focuses on creating ecologically sustainable spaces that connect with urban communities and help empower marginalized communities.