Michelle Penn, architect & owner of Authenticity, will help make your dream home come to life! She has been designing homes for over 12 years and uses the latest 3D technology so you can fly or walk around your home, both inside and outside, so you know what your home is going to look like before it is ever built! Michelle has designed several Net Zero homes and even an award winning Rainwater & Passive home!
To see the two Net Zero homes Michelle has designed, click here. The award winning Rainwater & Passive home includes a rain water collection system turned into drinking water and then recycled for greywater. To read more about this project, click here.
Since 1988, Michelle Penn, owner of Authenticity, LLC, has been involved in the field of architecture by taking the dreams of both commercial and residential clients and building them into a three-dimensional design. Nine of those years, she was a Project Architect for HDR, a noted Top 10 Firm in the country. In 2005, she started her own firm designing custom homes and small commercial projects.
Master of Architecture, University of Nebraska, 1991
B.S.A.S., University of Nebraska, 1989
Registered Architect, Nebraska, 1995
Currently appointed by Mayor Chris Beutler to the Urban Design Committee for the City of Lincoln, Nebraska. Currently serving as Committee Chair. To find out more about this Committee, click here.
Currently serving on the board of Friends of Constru Casa USA - Constru Casa is a non-profit organization offering basic housing to families living in extreme poverty in Guatemala. To find out more about Constru Casa, click here.
Also served on the AIA Nebraska Board of Directors
To provide a client-focused service designing homes and additions based on the clients' needs, wants and dreams within a specified budget. The design shall pursue, when possible, principles of efficient design and the incorporation of an energy efficient design, both active and passive.
Want to learn more about my philosophy?
Please contact me at (402)483-0726 or use my contact form.