Emma Silverblatt

Emma Silverblatt, AIA, is an architect and educator whose approach shifts architecture’s point of origin from abstract models to situated relationships, testing how design can expand access and facilitate spatial agency. Her research centers affordable housing and public space as typologies systematically underserved by design. At Cornell she teaches theory and community-engaged studios and serves as editor-in-chief of the Cornell Journal of Architecture. As principal and cofounder of the multidisciplinary firm post-, Silverblatt extends architectural practice through action research, technological integration, events, and installations.

Prior to Cornell, Silverblatt worked in a number of internationally-recognized offices, most recently as an associate at SO–IL, where she led the design of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Justice Library in Cleveland, Ohio, and coordinated the Urban Design Forum and Van Alen Institute’s “Neighborhoods Now” initiative, providing pro-bono design services in Jackson Heights. At REX, she worked on the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center, developing the marble facade and theater interior scopes.

Silverblatt is licensed in New York and Ohio, and serves on the Associate Board of the Urban Design Forum and the Steering Committee of U.S. Architects Declare. She holds a B.S. in Architecture from The Ohio State University and an M.Arch. I with commendation from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.