Todd D. Johnson

Biography

Todd holds a bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Utah State University and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He has international experience in Canada, Japan and Israel and was a founding member of Civitas, where the diversity of his cultural experience gave him a critical eye to conventional design solutions and allowed the firm to maintain its innovative approach to the most challenging projects.

Todd’s expertise in landscape analysis and master planning was instrumental in achieving an inventive plan for a golf course and wellness resort in Kochi, Japan that exceeded the client’s expectations for the design of an environmentally sensitive resort. Todd was responsible for coordinating the planning of the Kananaskis Valley site selection and development plan for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. In 1982, he received a fellowship from Harvard as consultant to the city engineer in Jerusalem, leading to a year of study to develop proposals for the redevelopment of open lands surrounding the Old City. In 1984 the project was awarded First Prize in Urban Design by Progressive Architecture magazine.

Todd has focused his efforts in the planning and design of urban redevelopment and brownfield sites and has worked on redevelopment and urban design projects across the world. He currently works for Design Workshop in Denver, Colorado.