Selected architecture tours organized and led by Richard
  • Red Cedar Lane and environs, for the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission, August 2, 2008, July 25, 2009.
      
  • Nineteenth-century domestic architecture in the Twin Cities (part of a course for the University of Minnesota Continuing Education Dept.), May 30, 2009.
      
  • Summit Avenue, for the Chicago Architectural Foundation, September 19, 2008.
      
  • Prairie School architecture of the Twin Cities (part of a course on Prairie School architecture for the University of Minnesota Continuing Education Dept.), May 10, 2008.
      
  • Prairie School architecture of the Twin Cities (part of a course on Prairie School architecture for the University of Minnesota Continuing Education Dept.), October 21, 2007.
      
  • Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Annual Conference, September 20-24, 2000: served as chair of tours committee and personally led tours of Prairie School architecture in Minneapolis and Red Wing, Minnesota.
      
  • Architecture of Chicago, June 20-22, 1997, for Minnesota Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians.
    Prairie School Architecture in Minnesota, September 17-18, 1996, for Tours d’Art, a Milwaukee-based company.
      
  • Architecture of Duluth and the North Shore of Lake Superior, June 28-30, 1996, for Minnesota Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians.
      
  • Historic Minneapolis Residential Neighborhoods, May 11, 1996, for American Institute of Architects National Convention.
      
  • The Arts and Crafts in Minneapolis, May 3, 1996, for American Association of Museums, co-led with staff of the Minnesota Historical Society.
      
  • The Prairie School in Wisconsin, June 2-4, 1995, for Minnesota Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians.
      
  • Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin and Illinois, May 20-22, 1994, for Minnesota Chapter, Society of Architectural Historians.