Shannon Nichol
FASLA, PLA, LEED AP
Founding Principal
Jose Mandojana
Shannon Nichol is a founding partner of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol. Her designs, including Millennium Park’s Lurie Garden, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus, and Boston’s North End Parks, 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.
Shannon's recent and current projects include Lower Rainier Vista & Pedestrian Land Bridge at the University of Washington, India Basin Waterfront Park in San Francisco, Seattle Streetcar: City Center Connector, and Washington State’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
Shannon is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects (Seattle). She and her partners received the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Architecture in 2011, and GGN is the recipient of the 2017 ASLA National Landscape Architecture Firm Award. The firm’s project awards include ASLA National Awards of Excellence, ASLA and AIA Honor Awards for Design, Tucker Design Awards, and Great Places Awards from the Environmental Design Research Association. Shannon lectures internationally, frequently juries for design awards, and serves on advisory committees for universities and non-profits.
PROJECTS
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus
Lower Rainier Vista & Pedestrian Land Bridge
The Lurie Garden at Millennium Park
Rackspace Headquarters: Racker Square
Pike-Pine Renaissance Streetscape Design Vision
Chromer Building Parklet & Streatery
Seattle Streetcar: City Center Connector
Connecting Downtown Cleveland Master Plan
Green Roof and Streetscape at Fifth Avenue North
Evergreen Gardens
Venice Biennale - Towards Paradise
San Antonio Voelcker Park Competition
UW School of Medicine Phases 1, 2
Seattle Center Theater District Master Plan
Kreielsheimer Promenade at Marion O. McCaw Hall