Nancy Henderson founded ArchEcology, out of a passion for housing and sustainable design. Nancy has over 13 years experience, most of which has been focused on multi-family and mixed use developments. While at GGLO she chaired the Sustainable Design group for five years. During that time she lead in-house education efforts which resulted in a third of the office becoming LEED® Accredited, adoption of an Environmental Policy, and development of an Environmental Management Plan.  Projects pursuing LEED® certification went from one in 2001 to more that 15 in 2006. She also founded the Affordable Housing Action Team to develop a focused expertise in the office to specifically address the unique needs of affordable housing. The mission of ArchEcology is to work with clients to develop multifamily and mixed-use housing projects which align financial goals with the needs of people and the environment. 
 

Experience

ArchEcology, LLC 
2006 

GGLO 
1997 – 2006 
Senior Associate 
Chair of Sustainable Design Group 
Chair of Affordable Housing Action Team 

Baylis Brand Wagner Architects, WA 
1994 - 1997 

Architects Four, MI 
1993 
 

Education

University of Washington Extension 
Certificate Program in Commercial Real Estate, 1997 

University of Michigan 
Master of Architecture Program, 1992 - 1993 

University of Washington 
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, 1991 
 

Registration
LEED^® Accredited Professional 
 

Civic Involvement

• Housing Development Consortium Member 2004 – Present 
• Board of Directors, Housing Development Consortium 2006 – Present. 
• Seattle Design Commission: Monorail Review Panel, 2004 - 2005 
• City of Seattle Design Review Board Member, 2000 - 2004 
• Seattle Office of Housing - Development of “SeaGreen Affordable Housing Guide” 2004 
• Member of U.S. Green Building Council, 2002 - Present 

Representative Projects

Alcyone Mixed-Use - Project Manager and LEED^® Advisor 
LEED^® Certified 2005, Gold Nugget Sustainable Design Award, 2005 
Gold Nugget Mixed Use Development Award, 2005 
161 market rate units in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood for Harbor Properties. 

Tomlinson Mixed-Use: Project Manager and LEED^® Advisor 
330 units, 20,000 SF of retail and renovation of historic laundry building in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood for Vulcan, Inc. 

Lovejoy Blocks 1 & 2: LEED^® Advisor 
200 units and a Safeway grocery store on full block in Portland’s Pearl District for Unico Properties. 

Burien Town Square: Project Manager and LEED^® Advisor 
Master plan for 10 acre site in downtown Burien and development of 1st phase of 124 units and 20,000 SF of retail for Urban Partners. 

Stone Way Apartments: Project Manager and LEED^® Advisor 
70 units of affordable housing and 9000 SF of retail in Seattle’s Wallingford Neighborhood for Housing Resources Group. 

Cobb Building Renovation: LEED^® Advisor 
Conversion of 1910 historic office building in downtown Seattle into market rate rental housing for Unico Properties. 

Cabrini Senior Housing: Project Manager and Built Green^tm  Advisor 
Built Green^tm 3 star Certification, 2006 
Winner AIA “Show your Green” award 2006 
50 units of low income HUD 202 Senior Housing in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood for the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Low Income Housing Institute 

Broadway & Pine: Project Manager, LEED^® Advisor and Green Communities Advisor 
44 units of affordable housing and a 10,000 SF Walgreen’s drugstore in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood for Capitol Hill Housing. 

Bargreen Mixed-Use: LEED^® Advisor 
400 units of market rate condominiums in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood for Security Properties. 

Girl Scouts Totem Council Camp Expansion: LEED® Advisor 
LEED^® Certified, 2006 
Construction of new buildings and renovation of existing buildings in Carnation, Washington for Girl Scouts Totem Council. 

Seattle University Student Housing: LEED^® Advisor 
New construction of 300 student housing units and bookstore in Seattle’s Central District for Seattle University. 

Greenbridge HOPE VI Redevelopment: Built Green^tm Advisor 
Master Plan development for 90 acres in White Center in King County, Washington and development of 300 units of public housing for King County Housing Authority. 

23rd & Judkins: Project Manager 
16 units of affordable housing in Seattle’s Judkins Park neighborhood for Housing Resources Group and Aids Housing of Washington.

High Point HOPE VI Grant Application: Project Manager 
Master Plan for successful grant application for redevelopment of 115 acres in Highpoint neighborhood of West Seattle for Seattle Housing Authority. 
 

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Note: Projects completed with GGLO 
 
 
 

Contact Information Nancy Henderson, LEED, AP ArchEcology, LLC Post Office Box 21334  Seattle, WA  98111 (206) 860-2904 nancyh@archecology.com