Margarita McGrath, assistant architecture professor in Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies, has been named a winner of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2006 Housing Committee Awards, single-family custom housing category, and the recipient of a jury commendation in the AIA Small Practice Award Program. McGrath shares this honor with Scott Oliver, her partner in noroof architects, their Brooklyn-based design firm, for the Slot House renovation.