Richard Dougherty

Richard is currently the Executive Director of Architecture and Facilities for Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. He is also a Director for Richard Lyndon Design – a multi-disciplinary collective with a focus on working with Deaf/Disabled artists and architects on projects across Europe and America. Prior to that, he was an Associate Architect for an internationally renowned award-winning practice, where he accumulated over 17 years of experience working on public and private sector projects.

As well as being project architect for several highly crafted, award-winning projects, Richard was the recipient of the ‘Project Architect of the Year’ award at the 2019 RSUA Awards ceremony for his work on the Transport Hub in Belfast. He actively participates in research practices and presented a paper based on ‘DeafSpace’ at the European Society for Mental Health and Deafness Congress in Wales.