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

Lead Architect
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

Lead Architect
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

Lead Architect
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

Lead Architect
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

Lead Architect
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