Marguerite Hale, AIA

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Principal architect at North Field Architecture

Portland, OR

About

Marguerite leads North Field's residential studio. She is drawn to projects where daily rituals shape the plan — a long kitchen counter, a south-facing reading bay, a mudroom that actually works.

Design philosophy

We believe a home should feel quiet, durable and specific to the people who live in it. Every project starts with light, proportion and how a family actually moves through a day.

Expertise

  • Whole home renovation
  • New construction
  • Additions
  • Kitchen design

Services offered

  • Design leadership
  • Site planning
  • Interior architecture

Awards & recognition

  • AIA Young Architect Award, 2021

Featured projects

Selected work by Marguerite Hale, AIA — concept and key materials at a glance.

Palm & Pine Residence

Lead Architect

Palm & Pine Residence

Mid-Century Modern · Palm Springs, CA · 2025

Design concept

The renovation removed four decades of additions to recover the original roof plane, then extended it outward as shade over the terrace.

Key materials

  • Concrete block
  • Redwood
  • Terrazzo
Casa Bruta

Lead Architect

Casa Bruta

Brutalist · Mexico City, Mexico · 2023

Design concept

Everything is concrete, and everything is soft. The formwork boards were reused from the site hoarding, so the grain repeats across the elevations. Inside, a single skylight slot tracks across the double-height wall through the day and does most of the decorating.

Key materials

  • Board-formed concrete
  • Tropical hardwood
  • Brass
  • Volcanic stone
Alto Coast Hotel

Lead Architect

Alto Coast Hotel

Mediterranean · Palma, Mallorca · 2025

Design concept

The building had been divided into apartments for fifty years. Opening the courtyard back up gave every room cross-ventilation and gave the ground floor its lobby. Lime plaster, travertine and local terracotta were used throughout so the new work would weather like the old.

Key materials

  • Lime plaster
  • Travertine
  • Terracotta
  • Rattan
Quarry Lane Kitchen

Lead Architect

Quarry Lane Kitchen

Minimalist · Portland, OR · 2024

Design concept

The clients came to the team with a 1940s house and a kitchen that had been closed off from the rest of the ground floor. Removing a single bearing wall opened the room to the garden and made space for a nine-foot quarried island. The cabinetry is rift white oak with an inset face frame; the plaster hood was built on site over three days.

Key materials

  • White oak
  • Honed stone
  • Plaster
  • Blackened steel
Meadow Ridge Residence

Lead Architect

Meadow Ridge Residence

Farmhouse · Hudson Valley, NY · 2024

Design concept

A new four-bedroom residence on eleven acres. The plan is a simple gabled bar with a perpendicular wing for the kitchen and hearth room, sited to catch morning light across the meadow. Structure is exposed where it earns the right to be.

Key materials

  • White oak
  • Honed stone
  • Plaster
  • Blackened steel

In progress

Terrace Nine

Lead Architect

Terrace Nine

Modern · Melbourne, Australia · 2026

Design concept

The brief asked for density without the usual trade-off. Every apartment gets a balcony deep enough to eat on, a planter that reads from the street, and cross-ventilation. The brick was chosen for thermal mass and for how it ages.

Key materials

  • Face brick
  • Terrazzo
  • Plywood joinery
  • Steel screens

6 credited projects · Completed, In progress