Beyer Blinder Belle
Emma Leonard is a skilled architect with over a decade of experience in the field. Currently employed at Beyer Blinder Belle since January 2013, Emma has been involved in a significant dormitory project at a major university, overseeing all documentation phases from exploratory work to construction administration. Emma's background includes roles as an architectural intern at Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, where collaborative efforts were made on construction documentation for a teaching facility at Princeton University, and at Pickard Chilton, contributing to ExxonMobil's office complex documentation. Educationally, Emma holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Bowdoin College. Additionally, Emma has served in various teaching and planning roles, including coordinating LEED certification documentation at MIT and chairing the education committee for Emerging Green Builders in Boston.
Beyer Blinder Belle
Founded in 1968, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects is an award-winning architecture, planning, and interiors with offices in New York City, Washington, DC, and Boston. The firm’s multi-faceted design expertise encompasses preservation, urban design, and new construction for a wide spectrum of building typologies and client sectors, including cultural, civic, educational, residential, and commercial. We seek to develop a deep understanding of each project’s character-defining features and contexts, empowering our designers to bring creativity, place-making, and authenticity to our work—meeting the needs of current and future generations alike.