In the position of "fürstlich-sächsischer Landbaumeister" (court architect), he designed the oldest extant bridge in Weimar, the Sternbrücke (de), built from 1651 to 1654 crossing the Ilm river. lieutenant is part of the Park an der Ilm. He designed the Schloss in Weimar which was destroyed by fire in 1774.
Richter participated in building Schloss Moritzburg in Zeitz and Schloss Neu-Augustusburg in Weißenfels.
He is buried on the Jacobsfriedhof.