Barry Johns completed an 8500 word essay as the first Chapter in a new book edited by Isabel Prochner and Tim Antoniuk entitled SITUATING DESIGN IN ALBERTA. Published by the University of Alberta Press and released in December 2021, Reset: Changing the Built Environment in Alberta traces the origins of culture, place, suburbia and the Modern Movement in the context of city making and speculates on the future of cities in the province. The Foreword is written by Douglas Cardinal.

In November 2020, Barry Johns delivered an online lecture to 1000 people in celebration of the Nigerian Institute of Architects 60th Anniversary. The lecture addressed key aspects of his work in Canada, connecting the importance of water, climate, nature and place to sustainable urban development and its relationship to the rapid urbanization of cities from Lagos to the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Barry Johns was elected to Council of the Alberta Association of Architects in 2020. In recognition of his 4 ½ year tenure as Director of Practice, he was awarded the Tom Sutherland Leadership Award for advancing the profession and demonstrating extraordinary service to the community. This prestigious award follows the Leslie N. Boney Spirit of Fellowship Award given to Barry Johns (Hon)FAIA in 2018 by the American Institute of Architects. Barry is the first international recipient of this honour, given by the College of Fellows to signify extraordinary leadership and service to the profession.

Barry Johns Architecture is listed in this new publication on architects and architecture across Canada, co-published in 2019 by Princeton Architectural Press, New York and Canadian Architect, Toronto and edited by Elsa Lam and Graham Livesey.

This critically acclaimed book offers a 50 year retrospective on works by architects from across the country as seen through essays by distinguished architectural critics. The Foreward is written by Kenneth Frampton.