Emma
Nilson

Architect. Pittsburgh-based, CMU-trained. Designing spaces that hold silence, light, and the weight of human presence.

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“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.”

— Philip Johnson

My work investigates the threshold between structure and void — how buildings hold space, channel light, and invite the slow accumulation of lived experience.

Based in Pittsburgh, I draw on traditions of craft and material honesty while pushing toward forms that feel both inevitable and surprising.

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Generative Architecture

Move your cursor and watch architectural drawings emerge from nothing. An interactive canvas that draws itself.

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Build a Skyline

An architectural puzzle game. Place buildings, balance density, and watch a city emerge.

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