Shannon Nichol, FASLA

Founding Principal
GGN
Seattle, Washington

Shannon Nichol is a founding principal of GGN. Her designs are widely recognized for being deeply embedded in their neighborhoods and natural contexts. Shannon’s work incorporates complex functions into simple frameworks and refined landforms.
GGN is the recipient of the 2017 ASLA National Landscape Architecture Firm Award and in 2011, Shannon and her partners received the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Architecture. Her work has received multiple Design Excellence and Honor Awards from ASLA and AIA. Shannon lectures internationally, frequently juries for design awards, and serves on advisory committees for universities and non-profits.

Presentation(s):

• SAT-B02: Drawing Beyond Concepts: The Role of Drawing from Sketch Through Construction

  Saturday, November 12, 2022
  2:00pm – 3:15pm PT

• SUN-C05: San Francisco Waterfront Transformation

  Sunday, November 13, 2022
  3:45pm – 5:00pm PT