noroof is a collaborative studio led by award-winning architects and educators Margarita McGrath and Scott Oliver. Our Brooklyn-based practice creates thoughtful, sustainable homes and spaces, specializing in tight footprints, limited budgets, or existing conditions.
As LEED-accredited professionals and members of the Green Building Council, sustainability is central to our work, integrated naturally through informed material choices, efficient designs, and responsible building practices.
Our Distinction
Since our inception with the Slot House, which received the AIA National Housing Award and AIA National Small Practice Practitioner’s Award—our work has consistently earned recognition.
We've been featured in prominent design media including dwell magazine, Wallpaper*, New York Times, Architectural Digest, numerous architecture publications and HGTV.
Our projects have garnered accolades from:
Designer, visualizer, and skilled project architect. Scott's background includes significant experience at large firms, with projects such as one of New York City’s first LEED Platinum-certified buildings, university student centers, and regional multi-family housing developments.
Educator at Virginia Tech, designer, and detail-oriented architect. Margarita brings experience from leading architecture practices in New Haven, Vienna, and Seoul, focused on cultural, educational, and retail projects.
noroof isn’t just us - it’s everyone who has contributed along the way.
These are the people who have shaped, supported, and helped make noroof what it is today:
Gogo Zhu, Matthew Young, Jiacheng Xu, Emily Wetherbee, Kristin Washco, Xinyi Wang, Mengru Wang, Rita Tsai, Jake Swarz, Will Scott, Samuel Schneibel, Alyssa Rinaldo, Shane Phelan, Graham Parks, Joe Palazzolo, Amanda Nielsen, Thomas Michael Mattson, Courtney Mack, Gina Leonard, Tyler Lafontaine, Matthew Krmpotich, Aneela Jain, Daniel Hemmendinger, Emily Grimaldi, Michael Fiorelli, Cory Cwiak, Jun Cho, Chris Cheng, Zhi Tao Chen, Tobias Cassens, Nathan Brannon, Bryce Beckwith, Aayush Anat
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