Faculty

Margarita McGrath is an architect concentrating upon relationships that frame space. The perception of spatial conditions holds her interest, and she has examined this in built and speculative works including urban competition proposals, room-scaled installations and writings.

Her professional career as an architect and educator has been defined by traveling and working abroad. Before coming to Virginia Tech, she taught at Kyongii University, Seoul National Polytechnic, and the University of Utah. McGrath has given lectures, workshops and served as a visiting critic at various institutions in the States and internationally. Her firm, noroof architects, recently received an AIA Housing Committee award and AIA small practice jury commendation for their first built work together, the Slot House.

Recent research with students probes opportunities for public architecture in the fields of “invisible science and intangible heritage.” McGrath holds an M.Arch. from UCLA. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech.

mmcgrath@vt.edu