AIA President-elect Emily Grandstaff-Rice joins Perkins&Will's staff in Boston

Perkins&Will has announced the recent addition of AIA President-elect Emily Grandstaff-Rice to their Boston studio in order to help further its EDI, decarbonization, and research pursuits across the industry. The organization’s soon-to-be 99th President comes to the position with a breadth of K-12 and higher-education experience around Massachusetts, including recent projects for the UMass Lowell and Boston Children’s Museum. Grandstaff-Rice pointed to the firm’s “unparalleled” focus on climate action and social equity causes as the principal factors that led her decision, adding: “I envision this next stage of my career as one in which I collaborate with interdisciplinary teams in support of creating safer, healthier, and more responsive architecture.” Related on Archinect: Perkins&Will and Harvard GSD launch pilot program to support and mentor young Black designers“Emily’s experience in the education market will beautifully complement our Boston studio’s K-12 and higher-ed practic...

AIA President-elect Emily Grandstaff-Rice joins Perkins&Will's staff in Boston

Perkins&Will has announced the recent addition of AIA President-elect Emily Grandstaff-Rice to their Boston studio in order to help further its EDI, decarbonization, and research pursuits across the industry.

The organization’s soon-to-be 99th President comes to the position with a breadth of K-12 and higher-education experience around Massachusetts, including recent projects for the UMass Lowell and Boston Children’s Museum.

Grandstaff-Rice pointed to the firm’s “unparalleled” focus on climate action and social equity causes as the principal factors that led her decision, adding: “I envision this next stage of my career as one in which I collaborate with interdisciplinary teams in support of creating safer, healthier, and more responsive architecture.”

Related on Archinect: Perkins&Will and Harvard GSD launch pilot program to support and mentor young Black designers

“Emily’s experience in the education market will beautifully complement our Boston studio’s K-12 and higher-ed practic...