Emily Gordon, RLA, ASLA

Emily is a Senior Associate at MNLA. Since joining the firm in 2012, she has contributed to a collection of the firm’s prominent public, institutional, and waterfront projects, with a particular focus in climate resilience. Key projects include East Side Coastal Resiliency, the FiDi and Seaport Climate Resilience Plan, Little Island, and the Smith College Landscape Master Plan.

Her approach to design is rooted in a deep understanding of site and history, paired with a belief in the transformative power of landscape to elevate mutually beneficial social and ecologic outcomes. At MNLA, she leads initiatives focused on the improvement and implementation of community engagement methodologies. She also enjoys engaging in academic dialogue by serving on various design juries throughout the country. Emily is a visiting lecturer in landscape history at the University of Tennessee School of Landscape Architecture since 2021 and received a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 2012. Her writing on landscape has been published in Lunch and BOMB Magazine.