Elizabeth Randall
Principal — Practice Director
ASLA
Elizabeth (EB) is fascinated by the ability of cultural and natural history to inform a site’s contemporary use, interpretation, and transformation. EB’s resolution of large conceptual ideas into tangible, elegant details has shaped the design and construction of projects across a range of scales and settings. Her project work includes the Clark Art Institute, Boston’s Pier 4, and Water Street Tampa, a 53-acre urban district in Florida. Most recently she has led the framework plan and site design for Brewster’s Woods, a 143-acre Mass Audubon sanctuary along the Concord River, also home of the Museum of American Bird Art; managed site design for various capital projects at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and shaped public realm design for portions of Harvard University’s future Enterprise Research Campus.
Committed to encouraging the participation of all staff in the authorship of the work, EB cultivates the firm’s culture of mentorship and professional development. For several years, she has led hiring, staffing, project management, and DEIB initiatives. EB has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and served as a guest critic at Northeastern University; she has also addressed conferences of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Florida ASLA and the Urban Design Forum.
EB’s belief in the community impact of well-designed, ecologically rich landscapes began during her childhood in Rochester, New York, where an Olmsted-designed park system and the legacy of significant nineteenth-century tree nurseries shaped the character of the city’s neighborhoods. She enrolled at Yale University as a physics major and graduated with a degree in art history. After several years working in the New York City art world, EB earned her MLA with distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Outside of project work, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her family, especially skiing and snowshoeing in the winter. She is currently attempting to re-learn how to play the piano alongside her children.
Selected projects
Awards & Honors
I've Never Been More Proud to Live in This Florida City
Water Street Tampa 2024BSLA Award of Merit, General Design
Water Street Tampa 20242022 Honor Award, Boston Society of Landscape Architects
Pier 4 2022Trying to dish up a friendlier waterfront park
Pier 4 2019"Shadow Works: Transforming a Vision into Physical Space at the Clark Art Museum" — Beka Sturges, The Ecological Landscape Alliance Conference, March 2017
Clark Art Institute 2017In Detail: Clark Art Institute Water System
Clark Art Institute 2015Gary Hilderbrand at the Clark
Clark Art Institute 2015Best Landscape, The Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Awards, 2015
Clark Art Institute 2015Honor Award, Boston Society of Landscape, 2015
Clark Art Institute 2015Honor Award for Design, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2015
Clark Art Institute 2015Striving for Grand-Scale Intimacy
Clark Art Institute 2014Visitor Center, The Clark Art Institute
Clark Art Institute 2014"A Place of Serene Excitement, Inside and Out," by Roberta Smith, The New York Times, July 11, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014"At One With Nature: Transformed Clark Museum Meshes With Rural Landscape," Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe, June 29, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014"After Extensive Renovations, a Transformed Clark," by Sebastian Smee, The Boston Globe, May 18, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014"From Divergence, a Thoughtful Calm," by Ted Loos, The New York Times, March 30, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014Opening Announcement of The Clark, The New York Times, March 20, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014"After Extensive Renovations, a Transformed Clark," by Sebastian Smee, Boston Sunday Globe, May 18, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014"Sense and Sensitivity," by Julie V. Iovine, The Wall Street Journal, December 26, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014"The Vanguard of Museum Design," by Ellen Gamerman, The Wall Street Journal, October 3, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014"A Classic Remastered," by Wendy Moonan, Architectural Record, August 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014"A Transformed Clark Institute from Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf," by Tom McKeough, Architectural Digest, July 1, 2014
Clark Art Institute 2014Merit Award for Design, Boston Society of Landscape Architects
Clark Art Institute 2011"A Museum for Shelter for Art— and Snowshoers," by Jane Roy Brown, Boston Sunday Globe, November 15, 2009
Clark Art Institute 2009"This Tadao Ando Project Is a Berkshires Rental," by Lee Rosenbaum, The Wall Street Journal Online, July 9, 2008
Clark Art Institute 2008"Minimalism in the Mountains, A Prize-Winning Architect Adds To a Museum in the Bershires," by Kelly Crow, The Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2008
Clark Art Institute 2008"Tadao Ando's Elegant Simplicity," by Richard Lacayo, Time Magazine, June 19, 2008
Clark Art Institute 2008"Soft and Poetic: Whisperlike Brushstrokes on Canvas," by Ken Johnson, The New York Times, June 20, 2008
Clark Art Institute 2008"An Art Center Worth the Climb," by Robert Campbell, The Boston Globe, June 22, 2008
Clark Art Institute 2008ART IN NATURE Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Williamstown
Clark Art Institute 2003LINE MOVEMENT PASSAGE
Clark Art Institute 2003"American Pastoral, Reinterpreting a Classic Country Aesthetic for Today's Living," by Annette Tapert, Waccabuc Residence, Waccabuc, NY, Architectural Digest, June 1998
Clark Art Institute 1998
Adrian Nial
Afsah Ali
Andrew Barringer
Anna Wilson
Anne Tong
Avery McMurtry
Barbara Graeff
Beka Sturges
Cathy McDonough
Chel Wattanasirichaigoon
Chenxin Zhao
Christopher Moyles (1962-2018)
Christopher Murton
Claire Fellman
Doug Reed
Eden McCafferty
Elizabeth Randall
Emilie Dunnenberger
Emma Xue
Eric Kramer
Fabiana Casale
Felicia Perez
Garrett Craig-Lucas
Garrett Newton
Gary Hilderbrand
Geoff Fritz
Haoyu Zhao
Iris You
Jacqueline Karasewicz
Jaime Andrade
Jayson Latady
Jennifer Lee Keeter
Jeremy Martin
JoAnn Cavallaro
John Grove
John Kett
Judy Shao-Yu Chen
Karli Scott
Kristin Frederickson
Kyle Needham
Lauren Tam
Leslie Carter
Lydia Gikas Cook
Madeleine Aronson
Marcus Jost
Marisa Villarreal
Meg Griscom
Michael Wideman
Michelle Tong
Misty March
Nadine Soubotin
Nan Guo
Natalie Henry
Nuith Morales
Rhea Schmid
Romina Delgado
Sabra Hughes
Scott Geiger
Sophie Allen
Stephanie Hsia
Stephanie Morris
Stephanie Pierce
Tamara Taylor
Ted Marchant
Tiffiney Petherbridge
Tina Cui
Xinyi Zhou
Yanghao Tian
Yini Chen
Yuqing Wu
Yuqing Wu
Yuqing Zhang
