Emily Ashby, AIA
Emily is a Senior Associate and registered architect at Machado Silvetti, where she manages the design and documentation of cultural and educational projects. Emily has recently worked on the Upham’s Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library, the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum Expansion in Miami Beach, the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and other Boston Public School renovations.
Emily is active in outreach and mentorship at Machado Silvetti. She oversees recruitment for internships and the Northeastern University’s Co-op program. Additionally, as an adjunct professor at Northeastern, she engages in contemporary discourse through design studio and construction tectonics courses.
Emily holds a Master of Architecture with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she received the AIA Henry Adams Medal, awarded annually to the top-ranking graduate in the program. She also earned a BS in Architecture with High Honors from the University of Virginia.
Master of Architecture I Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2019
Bachelor of Science in Architecture with High Honors, Minor in Architectural History I University of Virginia, 2014
Awards & Recognitions: M. Arch with Distinction, Harvard GSD Henry Adams Medal for General Excellence recipient (top ranking graduate), UVA Bobby Newman Endowed Scholarship (2 years), UVA Sean-Steel-Nicholson Memorial Award, UVA Design Certificate
At Machado Silvetti Since: 2019
Member: AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Registered Architect: MA
Certificate Holder: NCARB
Academic Engagement: Adjunct Professor of Architecture at Northeastern College of Arts, Media, and Design, have taught courses in studio and construction/material tectonics, and frequent juror at Northeastern, Wentworth, UVA, Middlebury, Harvard GSD, and others
Background
Selected Projects
The Wolfsonian Expansion
Uphams’ Corner Branch, Boston Public Library
BPS DESE Renovations
West Roxbury Educational Complex Feasibility Study
Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Downtown Cary Park
Menokin Museum
New Bedford Art Museum
Syracuse Allyn Center
Denver Art Museum
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