Watershed Studio architecture, LLC is an award-winning firm committed to improving the quality of the built environment through design excellence and community engagement. We employ a rigorous analytical process in order to achieve a high level of design. Watershed engages in work on a variety of projects types: institutional; religious; educational; office and clinical; performing arts; and residential. Members of the studio enjoy collaboration with international architecture firms as much as with talented local trades. It is a Watershed priority to dedicate time early in the process to be on-site with clients to elucidate the components of the landscape and context.

Watershed Studio architecture is currently a participant in an architects collaborative initiative to research and design 20–50 units of affordable green modular housing in VT. Other current projects include Vermont Music Conservatory restoration in Shoreham, and the adaptive reuse of a 12,500 SF 1920s automobile dealership in White River Junction, with conversion to office/retail, studios, theater production, and light industrial. Recent work includes Dartmouth College Waterfront ADA accessibility; Dartmouth Organic Farm Greenhouse; master planning and design for the Dartmouth Arts Center and the University of Georgia School of Art; tavern/restaurant expansion and renovation, Middlebury, VT; Keewaydin Foundation, new theater building, Lake Dunmore, VT; and Middlebury College, Johnson Art Building, new exhibition/critique space. Residential projects include a small, efficient house with green roof at the edge of a nature preserve in Weybridge and a straw bale residence and studio in NM, a zero energy residence in Massachusetts.

Daniel B. Johnson, AIA
Registered Architect: Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire

Daniel contributes 25 years of design and construction experience in commercial, institutional, and residential projects to Watershed Studio Architecture LLC. His projects feature strong relationships between the natural and the built environments. Daniel spent 2 years working with Jersey Devil Design/Build. He also worked with the German firm Behnisch, Behnisch and Partner (German Treasury Complex and Genzyme Center in Boston, LEED Platinum) and Michael Singer (national and international projects). Currently, Daniel is Principal-in-charge of a range of projects including an adaptive reuse of a 12,500 SF 1920’s building, adapting and designing organic farm buildings, waterfront ADA access, and several sustainable residences throughout New England. He is Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Norwich University, and is a member of the faculty at Yestermorrow Design/Build School. Daniel is currently Chair of the Planning Commission in Norwich, VT and Secretary/Treasurer of AIA VT.

John H. McLeod, AIA, LEED AP
Registered Architect: Vermont, Virginia

John brings local, national, and international design experience to Watershed Studio. He was an Associate with Rogers Marvel Architects in New York for seven years. There he led planning and design projects for institutional clients including Dartmouth College, The University of Georgia, and Pratt Institute, as well as the City of New York. He began his career at Studio Architetto Hunziker in Ticino, Switzerland. Upon moving to Vermont, John gained insight into the design-build project approach as a Project Architect with Bread Loaf Architects, Planners, and Builders. He then teamed with Daniel Johnson and opened the Middlebury, VT office of Watershed Studio Architecture, LLC. John has led educational, institutional, commercial, and residential projects at a variety of scales. He is Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture at Middlebury College, teaches at Yestermorrow Design/Build School, and serves as a visiting critic at several architecture programs. John is the President-Elect of AIA Vermont.