Richard is attuned to solving for complex system assemblies and material interfaces. He helps guide project development while mentoring young designers throughout design phases.

Richard approaches projects with joy and celebrates the process while continuing to push the envelope of built environments. Closely involved in design, coordination, and construction, he appreciates all phases of the design process. Particularly, he’s keen on creating thoughtful initial concepts and narratives that form the basis of a design and seeks to sensitively respond to the opportunities and constraints of a project, including the site, climate, context, scale, and the program.

Richard is well-traveled and having lived in Shanghai and Rome, he’s adept at architectural perspectives beyond western traditions. He’s contributed to several international Embassy projects, sophisticated and complex in their programmatic requirements and formal expressions. He appreciates elegance, simplicity, and fostering exciting and collaborative ways to boost creativity. His design sensibility and vision seek to straddle the complex and simple, striking the right balance for responsive and timeless architecture.