Résumé Harry Dodson
Landscape Architect
Professional Experience
Dodson Associates, Ltd.
Landscape Architects & Planners, Ashfield, Massachusetts
Founding Partner: 1986-Present. Founder and Senior Partner of diverse landscape planning and design practice with expertise in masterplanning, new town design, visual assessment and computer simulation, limited development, urban design, watershed protection, historic preservation and regional planning. The firm has pioneered the use of site planning and design principles based on historic precedents and environmental sustainability to blend new development with the traditional patterns of communities. Dodson Associates has developed a national reputation for both its planning as well as its implemented design and construction projects ranging from parks and conservation areas to schools and offices. The firm’s range of services includes site design and construction observation for institutional, commercial and residential clients, large-scale site and facility masterplanning, urban design, land and subdivision planning, visual analysis, regional planning, open space conservation and recreation planning.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management
Division of Planning & Development, Boston, Massachusetts
Chief Landscape Architect: 1980-86. Responsible for statewide masterplans, new construction and landscape restoration projects for this state natural resources agency. Responsible for acquisition plans, greenway planning for river systems, scenic landscape assessment and assistance in the establishment of the state wide geographic information system.
Academic Appointments
Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Adjunct Professor: 1988-Present. Site design & landscape planning studio instruction, guest critic and lecturer.
Speaking Engagements
Harry Dodson is a frequent speaker at conferences, meetings and symposia on planning, design and growth management. Recent major addresses include: Preserving Town Character: Massachusetts Historic Preservation Commisssion Conference; Fighting Sprawl: Alcan Lecture Series, Vancouver Canada; Dealing with Change in the Connecticut Valley: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Landscape Architects, in Seattle and Baltimore, Regional Design: Regional Plan Association Conference, New York City and Regional Design for the New York Region: Congress for the New Urbanism, San Francisco.
Awards
American Society of Landscape Architects: Merit Award in Analysis and Planning for the Buffalo Bayou Masterplan, Houston, TX (with ECO Plan).
Massachusetts Historical Commission: Preservation Award Newton Street School renovation (with Margo Jones Architects).
American Institute of Architects: 1998 WMAIA Design award for Sanderson Academy, Ashfield, Massachusetts (with Margo Jones Architects).
Boston Society of Landscape Architects: Merit Award for the Mansfield Training School Masterplan, adaptive re-use of a surplus state institution for conservation and housing.
American Planning Association: New England Chapter Planning Award for Dealing with Change in the Connecticut Valley (with the Center for Rural Massachusetts).
National Trust for Historic Preservation: Preservation Award for Dealing with Change in the Connecticut Valley (with the Center for Rural Massachusetts).
Boston Society of Architects: Boston Visions Competition Award for the Sapphire Necklace Plan (with Robert Yaro, Robert Gearheart, Daylor Consultants).
Copley Square National Design Competition: Commendation for Design Excellence for a plan for the renovation of Copley Square, Boston (with Sam Coplon).
Spectacle Island Design Competition: Commendation for Design Excellence for a plan for the reclamation of Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor (with Mark Finnen).
Professional Registration
Massachusetts Registered Landscape Architect #725
Connecticut Registered Landscape Architect #604
Community Service
Co-Founder, Franklin Land Trust, 1986
President, Franklin Land Trust Board of Trustees 1986 - Present
Chairman, Ashfield Board of Health, 1988 - 1996
Memberships
American Society of Landscape Architects
American Planning Association
Education
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Masters in Landscape Architecture, 1980
Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Arts Degree in History & Literature, 1974
