RICHARD T. JOHNSON, Ph.D.
Registered Landscape Architect in Massachusetts, #1063
EDUCATION:
Master in Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1989
Doctor of Philosophy (Horticulture), University of Minnesota, 1983
Master of Science (Horticulture), North Carolina State University, 1979
Bachelor of Science (Horticulture), Cornell University, 1976
EXPERIENCE:
Principal, Richard Johnson Landscape Architect, 2010
37 Squam Road Residence, Nantucket, MA, with bpc Architecture
Bakers Bay Residence, Great Guana Cay, the Bahamas, with bpc Architecture
Druker Residence, Newton, MA, with Dell Mitchell Architects
Oak Street NSTAR Substation Landscape Mitigation, Barnstable, MA, with Epsilon Associates
Principal, Stephen Stimson Associates Landscape Architects, 1995-2009
Music Building Addition, University of Pennsylvania, with Ann Beha Architects
Center for Culinary Excellence, Johnson and Wales University in Providence, with Tsoi Kobus Associates
55 Park Street Interior Plantings, New Haven Hospital, with Svigals + Partners and Behnisch Architekten
Quissett Campus Restoration, Marine Research Facility and Watson Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, with Ellenzweig Architects *
Harvard Science Center Addition, Harvard University, with Leers Weinzapfel Architects *
Harvard's Allston Science Complex, Harvard University, Allston, MA, with Behnisch Architekten and Payette Associates
New Dormitory, Choate Rosemary Hall School, Wallingford CT, with Centerbrook Architects
Government Hill in Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, with HOK *
Engebretson House, Afton, MN, with Albertsson Hansen Architects
Lakeside Residence, Wayzata, MN, with Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
Hawk Rise Residence, Nantucket, MA, with Lyman Perry Architects *
Goodrich Residence, Nantucket, MA, with Lyman Perry Architects
Kingston Bay Residence, Duxbury, MA, partially with Lyman Perry Architects
Quissett Residence, Falmouth, MA, with Hart Architects
Springer Lu Residence, Chestnut Hill, MA, with Epstein Joslin Architects
Sconsett Residence, Nantucket, MA, with Lyman Perry Architects
Harborview Residence, Nantucket, MA, with Ferguson Shamamian Architects
Gloucester Residence, Gloucester, MA, with Agoos Lovera Architects
Landscape Architect, Morgan Wheelock, Inc., 1992-1995
United States Armed Forces Memorial, Caen, France *
Boerner Botanical Garden Master Plan, Milwaukee, WI
Becton Dickinson Interior Courtyards, Franklin Lakes, NJ, with Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects *
Landscape Designer, Paul C. K. Lu Landscape Architects, 1990-1992
James Hayes Park, Boston, MA
Courtyard Landscape, Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, MA
Landscape Designer, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, 1987-1990
Cowles Conservatory, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Master Plan, Chanhassan, MN
Jardin des Tuilleries 2000 Competition, Paris, France
* Projects received Awards for Design Excellence from ASLA, BSLA and/or SCUP
TEACHING:
Adjunct Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture, 2008 to present
Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Department of Horticulture, 1983-1986
AFFILIATIONS:
American Society of Landscape Architects, member
Boston Society of Landscape Architects, member
Design Review Board, Town of Falmouth, MA, member, 1997-2008
The GALE Fund, a component of the Cape Cod Foundation, member and past Co-Chairperson
HONORS:
Design Hall of Fame Inductee, New England Home Magazine, 2009
Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University 1989
EXHIBITIONS:
Japanese Garden Design: a video survey within the exhibit "Harmony and Balance" at Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA, May 5 - June 10, 2012
The Blue Ridge Parkway, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 1988, co-curated with David Hill
This exhibition traveled to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Gallery in 1989 and to the National Building Museum in 1990-1991