Margaret Cavenagh

Education

Washington University in St. Louis, Master of Architecture
University of Virginia, Bachelor of Science in Architecture

Biography

Margaret Cavenagh is a Principal at Studio Gang. She leads the firm’s interior architecture practice, working closely with Jeanne Gang on all interior, renovation, and architectural projects. Margaret has experience designing a wide range of project types and scales including multi-family, mixed-use projects; work space design; and custom residential design. Guided by expert observations of how people use space, Margaret consistently delivers award-winning interior designs while attaining some of the highest sustainability ratings, including LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certification. 

She has lent her design expertise to projects such as Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Beloit College Powerhouse, MIRA, Solstice on the Park, Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Writers Theatre and Maisonette. She was a speaker during PennDesign's 2017 Women in Architecture symposium. Following the event, she and Jeanne Gang continued the conversation in a discussion that evaluated the conference themes' resonance with the Studio's organization, design process, and projects. The conversation is featured in the book Women [Re]Build: Stories, Polemics, Futures (University of Pennsylvania Press). 

Margaret is currently a lecturer at the UVA School of Architecture in the ProPrac class and the Vice-Chair for the Dean's Advisory Board.