Richard Marshall
Director of Urban Design
Woods Bagot, Dubai


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 master planning of new environments.

Richard provides the design leadership and management of Woods Bagot's multidisciplinary 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 recognized 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.

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