Architecture is a People Sport with Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA

Emily Grandstaff-Rice, FAIA, is senior associate at Arrowstreet,
a Boston-based architecture and design firm. She has experience
with a broad range of academic, hospitality, institutional, and
commercial projects, and her innovative design work reinforces
that a building is more than its shell; it is an experience.


As a frequent speaker and writer on the future of architectural
practice, Emily is fascinated by how technology, the social
economy, and environmental urgency are addressed in architectural
practice.


She has demonstrated continued and significant service to AIA,
including leading the national diversity and inclusion
conversation as chair of the Equity in Architecture Commission.
For more than a decade of her career, Emily has advocated for
emerging professionals: conducting original research on
professional development, chairing the AIA Continuing Education
Committee, and serving as 2014 president of the Boston Society of
Architects/AIA.