Domestic Revolutions and Feminist Cities
ABA Partner Emily Abruzzo will be participating in the upcoming symposium, “Domestic Revolutions and Feminist Cities,” hosted by the Yale School of Architecture on April 9–10, 2026.
Organized by Charles Gwathmey Professor in Practice Tatiana Bilbao and Senior Critic Annie Barrett, and dedicated to Professor Emerita Dolores Hayden, the event convenes an international group of innovators to explore more equitable models of urbanism, infrastructure, and architecture.
Emily will moderate the panel “Building Fair-Shared Cities: Vienna and Barcelona” on Friday, April 10, featuring Elke Krasny, Zaida Muxí, Anna Puigjaner, and Maria Vassilakou. The discussion will examine how cities like Vienna and Barcelona are leading global efforts in gender-equity planning through housing complexes, collective kitchens, and new urban districts.
The symposium is free and open to the public, with both in-person and livestream attendance options available.
April 9–10, 2026, Yale School of Architecture, 180 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511
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Emily Abruzzo recently gave a lecture at the Yale School of Architecture titled “Highest and Best,” focusing on how constraint can be a driver of invention rather than a limitation. She shared recent ABA projects in which inspired clients partnered with ABA to transform modest budgets, compact sites, and existing structures into spaces with clarity, generosity, and purpose. The talk framed how economy of materials, strategic structural interventions, and thoughtful daylighting can yield work that feels expansive without excess. The lecture underscored a core value of our practice: design that elevates the everyday through precision, collaboration, and a belief that visionary outcomes don’t require extravagant means.
Emily is the 2017 recipient of The Yale School of Architecture’s Professor King-lui Wu Teaching Award. It is awarded each year to a faculty member who combines architectural practice with outstanding teaching. Recipients are selected by the vote of graduating students.