Brady Richards

Associate

Associate Brady Richards is a versatile landscape architect and writer who contributes design leadership and project management across all phases of production. As lead designer, he specializes in high-performing landscapes that integrate community programming with ecology and climate resilience. With technical acumen and a creative problem-solving approach, Brady has advanced challenging site designs for a new riverfront parks system in Roswell, GA, integrated an adventure playground into the rocky hillside of Bear Mountain State Park in Upstate New York, and developed two winning designs for the Atlanta Department of Watershed Management’s Green Infrastructure Design Challenge. As Project Manager, Brady is trusted by public and institutional clients to lead agency coordination and public processes on culturally significant sites. He manages the Starr Whitehouse consultant team on the design of Emory University’s new Oxford Memorial Park — honoring the enslaved persons who helped build and sustain Emory’s original campus in Oxford, GA. Prior to Starr Whitehouse, Brady worked on public and private sector projects in Colorado, Oregon, and Arizona. All that time out West sharpened his appreciation for the complexity of ecologies, both pristine and disturbed, and the resiliency of the individuals and communities that inhabit them. Outside the office, you’ll find Brady writing, reading, or hiking in the mountains.

Representative Projects:

Park Design
Emory University Oxford Memorial Park, Oxford, GA
Ace Sand Park Children’s Stormwater Garden, Roswell, GA
Don White Memorial Park, Roswell, GA
Riverside Park, Roswell, GA
Bear Mountain State Park Adventure Playground, Bear Mountain, NY

Streets, Public Realm, and Infrastructure
Ace Sand Fitness and Adventure Trail, Roswell, GA
The Linc Highway-to-Park Conversion, New Rochelle, NY
North Point Parkway Redesign, Alpharetta, GA
Brooklyn Bridge Esplanade, New York, NY
Alpha Loop Downtown Link Trail Alignment Study, Alpharetta, GA

Site Plans + Housing
Green Infrastructure Challenge: MLK/Hunter Place Living Lab, Atlanta, GA
Green Infrastructure Challenge: Continental Colony Elementary School, Atlanta, GA
Seniors First: Weeksvillage, Brooklyn, NY
Teachers Village Workforce Housing, Atlanta, GA
Seneca Affordable Housing Development, New York, NY
Innovation QNS: Steinway Affordable Housing Development, Queens, NY
Vine Street Waterfront Development, Philadelphia, PA
The Grove at Covington Town Center, Covington, GA
Midtown Commercial High-Rise, New York, NY
Halletts Point Esplanade, Queens, NY
St Roch Senior Housing, Bronx, NY
222 Mitchell Street, Atlanta, GA
The Stella Pool Deck and Residential Development, New Rochelle, NY
Aspen Art Museum Streetscape and Courtyard, Aspen, CO*
Portland Art Museum Landscape Exhibit, Portland, OR*

*Projects completed before joining Starr Whitehouse