Brian Goad
Professional in Residence
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bgoad@lsu.edu
Brian Goad, PLA, is a professional-in-residence at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture. As a licensed landscape architect with over twenty years of professional experience, he serves as the Louisiana liaison to the National ASLA Historic American Landscapes Survey Program and is a LEED Accredited Professional.
His primary interests are cultural and historic landscapes; those that are within the intersection of preservation and contemporary design. Brian’s approach is based on an understanding of natural systems, the interplay of cultural layers, and how both inspire landscape narratives. Collaboration and research are at the heart of his process.
As a principal at McKnight Landscape Architects, Brian has led the master planning of several cultural landscape projects, including Spring Park in Denham Springs, Louisiana and the 1902 Courthouse in Pointe Coupee Parish. In addition to historic and cultural projects, Brian has designed several campus master plans, cemeteries, community parks, and residential commissions.
Prior to working at McKnight, Brian served as senior landscape architect at Suzanne Turner Associates, where he collaborated on design and research projects, including cultural landscape reports and cultural landscape inventories for the National Park Service, private clients, and national landscape architecture firms.
As part of his community service, Brian co-founded the “Beauregarden,” a community garden in downtown Baton Rouge; researched and produced the Beauregard Town Audio Tour, a self-guided walking tour of the historic downtown neighborhood; and most recently, co-founded the Baton Rouge Chapter of Urban Sketchers, a global community of artists who practice on-location drawing.