Emily brings more than twenty years of practice to every project — and a sense of place that goes back much further than that. Growing up in Maine gave her an intuitive literacy for its landscape: the clapboard farmhouses, the weathered shacks at the water's edge, the simple geometry of barns that have stood for generations. These forms don't just inform her aesthetic; they are its foundation.

A three-year stay in Japan added a second layer to that understanding. The way a Japanese dwelling frames a garden, filters light through a shoji screen, or draws the outside in through a carefully proportioned threshold — that sense of connection between inhabitant and nature profoundly shaped how Emily thinks about architecture. She has been weaving those two vernaculars together ever since.

Ultimately, though, every project begins and ends with the client. Whether it is a new home rising from a granite ledge on the coast or a renovation that breathes new life into a century-old farmhouse, Emily's measure of success is simple: did she improve how her clients live? If the answer is yes, the work is done.