Emily Abruzzo is a Senior Critic at the Yale School of Architecture, and partner in Abruzzo Bodziak Architects (ABA), a New York and Connecticut-based practice that works with inspired clients to create visionary residential, cultural, commercial, and civic projects through everyday means.

ABA has received numerous recognitions including the Architectural League Prize, AIA New Practices New York, Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard, Curbed’s Groundbreakers Award, several AIA Design Awards, and AIA’s Arnold W. Brunner Grant for research and innovation. ABA was named one of “the world’s best practices” by Wallpaper magazine, and has been included in Architect’s Newspaper’s “AN 50” and “Twenty to Watch” lists. A proponent of civic engagement and the importance of public space, the office is included in New York City Department of Design and Construction’s Design Excellence Program and is a Design Advocates contributing firm.

The office’s work has been featured in international publications such as Architectural Record, Interior Design, Wired, Fast Company, FRAME, Domus, PIN-UP, Baumeister, and Cultured, and has been exhibited by institutions such as Japan Foundation, Storefront for Art and Architecture, The Boston Society of Architects, and as part of the New Museum Festival of Ideas with the Audi Urban Future Initiative.

Abruzzo is a founding editor and publisher of the book series 306090, and a MacDowell Fellow. She received a BA from Columbia University and an MArch from Princeton University, where she also received a Certificate in Media and Modernity and was a Fellow at the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies.

At Yale, Emily has led a series of design courses that explore how architects can serve local communities and expand an understanding of civic space. In 2017, Abruzzo was selected by the graduating students to be awarded the Professor King-lui Wu Teaching Award.