[1] However when all other staff were laid off during the Great Depression, and costs cut through salary reductions and smaller offices, Munro recalled she and Wood were reduced to making lampshades.

[3] Munro was not encouraged to pursue formal architectural training by Wood: "Cecil was a man who thought girls should have a lovely social life and look pretty.

Joining the Christchurch Architectural Students' Association, Munro was also a member of their atelier on High Street and won some of their design competitions.

The office was struggling with the workload associated with designing the new Anglican cathedral in Wellington, St Paul, but rather than employ another draughtsperson, as requested by his staff, Wood hired an inexperienced school leaver.

Bob and Margaret married in 1948, and between 1946 and 1958 completed a number of projects included the Oxford County Council buildings, St Andrew's College chapel and classrooms in Christchurch, nine houses, and commissions from the DIC department store.

The practice also took on outstanding work from Cecil Wood's office when he died in 1947, which included Woodened Vicarage, extensions at Christ's and St Andrew's Colleges, and the Wellington Anglican cathedral project.

Her designs often had her husband's name on the plans, such as at The Maples on Wai-iti Terrace in Christchurch, which is the twin of the heritage-protected Helmores Lane house that was Cecil Wood's home in retirement.