Marcus A. Cross

We partner with owners, leaders, and visionaries who are excited about the potential of the built environment to transform our lived experience. With a focus on sustainable design as well as innovative project-delivery strategies, we are especially adept at merging the “big idea” of projects into the smaller details.

Principal, Marcus A. Cross, AIA has a diverse breadth of expertise.  With over twenty years of practice, his portfolio includes residential, adaptive reuse, workplace, and commercial core and shell design. His hands-on approach has made him a favorite of homeowners, corporate facilities managers, and government clients. During his career, he has delivered over one-million square feet of space across the United States and abroad.

In addition to leading MCA, Marcus is a faculty member of the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, where he teaches design studio and theory courses.

Marcus received his Master of Architecture from the University of Maryland and his Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Illinois.