Margaret Yu

Margaret Yu, Associate AIA

Director of Client Experience
Transforming lives with RLPS since 2013
Drexel University, Bachelor of Architecture, Magna Cum Laude | Kent State University, School of Architecture and Design

Margaret’s 20+ years of site and building design experience in senior life plan communities and multifamily affordable housing empowers her to help clients reach for innovative design solutions that are focused on the human experience.  Her passion is supporting client visioning, fostering stakeholder engagement and discussing architecture in an inclusive way that everyone can understand.

Margaret focuses on fostering a positive experience for our clients and field partners.  Through attending a wide variety of thought-leadership forums both inside and outside the senior living field, she gathers knowledge about aging services so that our design process constantly evolves to serve the needs of our clients. Margaret is a member of the National Council for Architectural Registration Board, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Architecture Student Advisory Committee and Asera Care Board Member.

When she’s not at RLPS, Margaret enjoys native-plant gardening, observing the habits and patterns of wild and domestic animals, and advocating for the value of plant and animal life as we plan communities and design buildings.

Favorite Quote

Hear the bells that still can ring, forget your perfect offerings. There are cracks in everything It’s how the light gets in

Leonard Cohen