Emily Dawson | Director

Emily is a licensed architect and implementer of bio-based structural solutions, working to make buildings behave more like plants and industries more like forests. She has been promoting mass timber since 2013, after designing the first Cross-Laminated Timber structure built in Oregon. Inspired by her experience with European mass timber, modular, and industrialized construction, Emily increasingly applies off-site fabrication approaches in her work. Successfully leading teams to innovate in multiple sectors has given her a holistic view of the construction industry, as well as a passion for breaking boundaries to promote innovation. Honoring a lifelong reverence for the intelligence of natural systems, Emily integrates circular economy principles in every project.

Emily founded Single Widget in 2022 to focus on low-carbon structural advancements through product development and built work. Her consulting firm Field Edge was established in 2024 to connect natural resources and regenerative industry-scale projects. She received her degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 2003.