Big Darby Accord Town Center Master Plan Consultant Proposal

urban design associates
margaret m. connor | Associate, Studio Director
Professional Responsibilities
Maggie’s interest in architecture and urban design is rooted in her passion and affinity for complex
problem solving coupled with a social mission to repair our built environment. From revitalization
plans for depressed urban neighborhoods to military housing projects, the process-oriented approach
she leads as a Studio Director for UDA enables us to attack clients’ design problems and objectives
from all angles and relevant disciplines.
Her career with UDA has encompassed a broad array of projects including downtown master plans,
urban revitalization plans, brownfield development, corridor studies, new villages, and several UDA
Pattern Books. Maggie’s creativity, talent, and good judgment can be seen in the built projects on
which she has worked, among them: Westbury in Portsmouth, Virginia; Broadway Overlook in Baltimore,
Maryland; and in UDA Pattern Book efforts in which she played an integral part, notably, East
Beach in Norfolk, Virginia and Mason Run in Monroe, Michigan. Her more recent work includes a
mixed-use, mixed-income development in Gilroy, California that involves the reuse of an old industrial
site as well as repair of a piece of the downtown urban fabric. Closer to home, Maggie has been
involved in the design of a new traditional neighborhood in Cranberry, Pennsylvania – the first new
neighborhood of its kind in the rapidly developing region north of Pittsburgh and one which it is
hoped will serve as a model for future development in this high-growth area.
Education and Professional Affiliations
Maggie earned her professional degree in Architecture from the University of Notre Dame where her
experience was substantially influenced by her participation in the Rome Studies Program – a year’s
architectural and urban education in one of the world’s most admired cities. Maggie is currently a
member of the Congress of New Urbanism, the American Planning Association, and the National
Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials.