Susan F. KingShe/Her/Hers
LEED AP, LFA
Architecture
- 39 Years Experience
About
"All good ideas outlive their opposition....eventually." - Anonymous
Susan King is a Principal at HED where she oversees the firm’s housing and community work across the Midwest. An unrelenting advocate for sustainable design, attainable housing, social justice, and issues of diversity, much of her award winning work focuses on community-based housing access for people across all ages and socioeconomic status. She recently completed the Conservatory Apartments which is the first multi-family project at scale to achieve Passive House (PHIUS) certification in the City of Chicago. She was also involved with reimagining the historic portion of Lathrop, one of the last Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Transformation Plans, converting it into a new mixed income community. Other notable projects include high density transit oriented high rise, Lake Street Studios, and new affordable assisted senior living developments in nearby Indiana.
Experience
Building Types
- Residential: Affordable Multi Family
- Residential: Multi-family
- Senior Living
Achieved Project Certifications
- PHIUS
Awards
2026 AIA Chicago: DeCarbonization Award: Conservatory Apartments
2025 PHIUS: Best of Passive House Design Honorable Mention: Conservatory Apartments
2016 Women in Sustainable Leadership Award, Green Building and Design Magazine
2010 Best Green Architect, Reader’s Choice Award, Mindful Metropolis Magazine
2010 Mayor Daley’s GreenWorks Award - Sustainable Innovation in the Built Environment, Sankofa House
2008 I4design – Suite Sixteen: Selected as one of 16 designers “to watch”in the Midwest in i4 design’s second annual award. Profile article entitled “Sustainable Magician”, by Lisa Skolnik. (Spring Issue 2008)
2006 Mayor Daley’s 2006 GreenWorks Award - Building Green Category, Wentworth Commons
2006 National AIA: “ Show Your Green” Award Citation, Wentworth Commons