# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-segal
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:05.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-segal"
name: "Walter Segal"
slug: "walter-segal"
description: "Walter Segal was an architect who developed a system of self-build housing, the Segal self-build method. Based on traditional timber frame methods modified to use standard modern materials, his method eliminates the need for wet trades such as bricklaying and plastering, resulting in a light-weight method which can be built with minimal experience and is ecologically sound. The roofs tend to be flat with many layers of roofing felt, which allows the creation of grass-covered roofs. Foundations are minimal, often just paving slabs, the strength coming from the geometry of their construction. Segal houses have been compared to traditional Japanese houses."
tagline: "Architect and self-build pioneer (1907–1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Walter-segal-ovington-square.jpg/330px-Walter-segal-ovington-square.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1907-05-15"
deathDate: "1985-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.56
  momentum:             2.957746478873239
  historical:           6.545825333333334
  currentAttention:     16.43192488262911
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Segal"
    title: "Walter Segal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "والتر سيجال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Segal"
    title: "Walter Segal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Segal"
    title: "Walter Segal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Segal"
    title: "Walter Segal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%B3%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "والتر سگال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Segal"
    title: "Walter Segal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565892"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump