Richard Berg

Chairman, Member since 2017

B.A. in Architecture from the University of Washington in 1979.
Master of Architecture degree with honors from MIT, 1983.

Ibsen Nelsen and Associates in Seattle, where he worked on projects such as the Museum of Flight, the Inn at the Market, the Stewart House mixed-use project at Pike Place Market, and the Merrill Court luxury townhouses in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Whitaker Architecture & Planning, Inc. There, he worked as a designer and architectural project manager.

Worked for Glory International, Inc., a Japanese real-estate development firm that focused on vacation homes and resort projects in both Japan and the U.S.

Project Architect with Timbercraft Homes, Inc. in Port Townsend.

Founded Richard Berg Architects in 1997 (now Terrapin Architecture) in Port Townsend.

Richard currently serves on Port Townsend’s Historic Preservation Committee, a design review and advisory board for the City’s National Landmark Historic District. He just finished a term as Chairman of the Board of the Jefferson Community School, a 7th – 12th grade school focused on innovative and experiential learning located in a historic downtown Port Townsend building, and has also served on the Board of the Port Townsend School of Woodworking and Preservation Trades. In the past, he has served as Chair of the Port Townsend Planning Commission and on the Design Review Committee for Port Townsend’s commercial zoning districts.