Margie Lavender
Margie Lavender is a partner at Kligerman Architecture & Design. The firm’s residential and boutique commercial projects are known for distinctive design rooted in history, but modern in their sculptural forms, taut detailing, glass expanses, and break from convention. To their complex projects in NYC and throughout the United States, Margie brings an expert eye for detail and thoughtful design honed over more than two decades as an architect, as well as by her studies and travels in Japan while a student at the University of Texas in Austin. Her appreciation of craft in architecture, and its interplay with nature and light coalesced there, and continues to influence and flourish in her practice today. The KA&D office is perched on the 45th floor of an Art Deco building in midtown Manhattan with sweeping views overlooking the Empire State Building and Bryant Park.
Margie is also a 92NY Women in Power 2024 Fellow, a leadership program focused on social impact to create a more meaningful society. Prior to joining the fellowship, her drive to do her part in increasing diversity in the residential design industry led her to launch a summer internship program at KA&D in partnership with the NYC institution, Prep for Prep, to open the door to students of color earlier, nurture their interest in design, and give them the tools to pursue architecture in their post-secondary education.
Her passions extend to gardening and our human relationship to nature as well. She channels this into both her own and community gardens in the Hudson Valley, as well as acting as the Garden Club of Irvington’s Conservation Committee co-chair, and their GCA National Affairs and Legislation delegate in Washington DC. She is co-founder and lead of the Hastings Pollinator Pathway, a volunteer project focused on gardening for biodiversity.