Richard Marshall has worked as an architect and urban designer for 19 years conducting architectural and urban design projects in the Middle East, Australia, the United States, China, as well as other parts Asia. He is the international strategy director at Perkins+Will, based in San Francisco. Marshall was associate professor and director of Urban Design Programs at the Harvard Design School. He has lectured and taught around the world and has been an adjunct professor of architecture at the University Technology Sydney and Tongji University, Shanghai.