Joint Managing Director
MArch UD (Distinction), BArch (Hons1), BArch St, AIA

Richard is the Director of Urban Design for Woods Bagot, based in Dubai. He has over 16 years of professional experience; combining the design and delivery of buildings with the urban design and the masterplanning of new environments. Richard provides the design leadership and management of Woods Bagot’s multi-disciplinary teams and has worked in Australia, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, China and throughout Asia. His projects consistently communicate the contribution that effective design can make to the commercial success of projects.

Richard is an internationally recognised leader in the development of cities and urban design. He was Associate Professor of Urban Design and Director of Urban Design Degree Programs at the Harvard Design School. He has lectured and taught widely and is considered an expert on the urban redevelopment of waterfronts. He has authored numerous articles and three books: Emerging Urbanity – Global Urban Projects in the Asia Pacific Rim (2003), Waterfronts in Post Industrial Cities (2001), both published by Spon Press; and Designing the American City (2003), published by China Architecture and Building Press.  Richard is currently Adjunct Professor of Architecture at University Technology Sydney.

Richard was appointed to the role of Joint Managing Director in 2010.

- Nakheel Harbour & Tower, Dubai, UAE
- Desert Rose, The Green City, Sharjah.
- Bahrain Horseracing & Equestrian Masterplan.
- Expo Plaza, Dubai.
- Durrat Al Bahrain Masterplan.
- Robina Town Centre, Australia.
- Badrah Masterplan, Dubai.
- Olympic Overlay Operational Plans, Sydney.

Projects from previous employment

- Lujiazui Hills – Elevated Pedestrian System, Lujiazui, Shanghai (EDAW)
- Panyu Shiqiao River Revitalization Competition, Guangzhou, China (EDAW)
- Forest and Sports City, Minghang, Shanghai, China (EDAW)
- Shenyang Medicine University, Shenyang, China (EDAW)
- Jingan Sculpture Park, Shanghai, China (EDAW)
- Bengbu Dragon Lake Urban Redevelopment, Anhui Province, China (EDAW)
- Beijing 2008 Olympic Forest Park and Central Zone, China (EDAW)
- Hanoi New Town Project, Tu Liem, Vietnam (EDAW)
- Lake Bunham Master Plan, Taean & SeoSan, Korea (EDAW)
- Singapore Marina Bay Promenade Redevelopment, Singapore (EDAW)
- EWA Smart Growth Design Code Review, Honolulu, USA (EDAW)
- Wharf District Parks, Boston, USA (EDAW)
- Sorbas Canyons, Sorbas Spain (EDAW)
- PANTECH 21 Computer Center, Singapore (Nikken Sekkei)
- Astor Green Condominium, Nikken Sekkei International, Singapore (Nikken Sekkei)

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Books published

- Marshall, R. and Yongjie Sha, Designing the American City, China Architecture and Building Press, 2003

- Marshall, R. Emerging Urbanity –Global Urban Projects in the Asia Pacific Rim, Spon Press, London, 2003

- Marshall, R. (ed) Waterfronts in Post Industrial Cities, Spon Press, London, 2001

 - Marshall, R. and Mossop, E. (eds.) Hong Kong - Defining the Edge, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design. Monograph of the work of the Harvard Design Studio taught by Joe Brown, Richard Marshall and Elizabeth Mossop of the Harvard Design School 2000

Articles / Chapters

 - “Shaping the City of Tomorrow: José Lluis Sert’s Urban Design Legacy” in Sarkis, H. (ed) Jose Lluis Sert Architect of Urban Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2008

 - “The Elusiveness of Urban Design – The Perpetual Problems of Definition and Role” in The Origins and Evolution of Urban Design 1956-2006, Harvard Design Magazine, Spring/Summer 2006, No. 24.

 - “Urban Waterfronts and Reflections on the Urbanism of KCAP ” in Kees Christiaanse Architects and Planners, NAI Publishers, Amsterdam, 2005.

 - “Shanghai’s Waterfront – Presenting a New Face to the World” in Rowe, P. and Kuang, S. (eds) Shanghai – Architecture and Urbanism for Modern China Prestel Press, 2004.

 - “Asia Megacity,” in Robbins. E and Elkhoury, R. (eds) Shaping the City: Studies in History, Theory, and Urban Design, Spon Press, 2004

 - “The Genoa Experience of Place and Place-Making on the Water’s Edge,” Genoa and the Ponte Parodi, Nai, Amsterdam 2003

 - “Urban Sustainability,” Journal of Symbiotic Housing, No. 2, 2001