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Emma Silverblatt

Cornell AAP / post-

Kinnard Fellow / Principal

Member since 2018

Emma Silverblatt, AIA, is an architect whose work explores design activism, public engagement, and participatory modes of production. She is co-founder of the multidisciplinary firm post-, a practice that augments design through interactive media, events, writing, and installation. As the inaugural Judith Kinnard Fellow at Cornell University, Silverblatt teaches community-engaged studios and theory. Her research centers affordable housing and public space, grounded in the belief that design practice has agency to advance spatial equity. She has previously worked for internationally-recognized firms including SO–IL and REX, and she currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the Cornell Journal of Architecture.