MEET EMILY 

PLA, ASLA, LEED AP 

Founder & Landscape Architect

Milliman Design Studio is led by Emily Milliman. As a landscape architect and artist with a background in architecture, Emily aims to create spaces that maximize and celebrate the experience of place through careful consideration of the social, cultural, ecological, and material contexts of sites. Emily is a registered Landscape Architect in North Carolina and holds an MLA from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a BA in Architecture from Miami University.

She has over 11 years of experience working on complex international landscape architecture projects coupled with a design process that integrates technical material knowledge with inspired artistic vision. She brings a collaborative spirit and innovative approach to working with clients and project teams. Her prior professional experience spans public and private sectors, and includes parks, plazas, trails, higher education, streetscapes, resort and hospitality, and estates.

Emily's work has received recognition from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, American Society of Landscape Architects, and the City of Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh Awards. She was named the 2015 Polly Thayer Starr Artist by the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and her art has been exhibited at The Piano Craft Gallery. In addition to practicing professionally, Emily has taught workshops and courses in community engagement and graphic design at the Boston Architectural College. Emily currently serves on the Miami University Triangle Chapter Alumni Board.