Our Mission

We believe low carbon buildings and healthy living should be mainstream practice.

And we have the experience and the training to deliver truly sustainable, next generation buildings today.

Testimonials

  • "This project was remarkably complex in its program, design, technical, schedule and budget demands. Marcy's contributions to each of these areas of the project throughout its duration were immense and were central to the project's ultimate success."

    - Colleague regarding work on MacPhail Center for Music

  • "There are no words for how much we have appreciated you taking over the project and just providing the knowledge and insight that is invaluable."

    -Clients for a New Single Family Home

  • " There were many times when ideas would come from all directions looking for solutions, and if it wasn't for your keen ability to hear them all and gently guide us back to simplicity, we many still be circling."

    - Contractor for a New Single Family Home

  • "Marcy is a wonderful architect with an attention for detail, design and energy efficiency. She possesses excellent communication skills with her clients and a warm and personal style. We sincerely enjoyed working with her on (2 projects) and would readily work with her again."

    - Client for Residential Remodels

  • "Once we decided to build a new home, away from home, we knew from the beginning that it would have to be something different, on a low budget. Marcy took the challenge and delivered. As the pandemic hit the project, she dealt with the problems along the way and was a thoughtful and efficient intermediary with the contractor. With her knowledge, connections in the profession, and care for details, she created a great retreat beyond our expectations."

    -Client for a New Home

Marcy Conrad Nutt

AIA, CPHD, LEED AP

Marcy is a licensed architect in Minnesota, a Certified Passive House Designer with the International Passive House Association, and is the founder of Yarrow Architecture.

  • As a youth, she avidly created art and aspired to be an architect.

  • She attended the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture, where she took a particular interest in history and climate responses in architecture, modern design within urban fabric, studied a semester in Rome, and graduated summa cum laude.

  • After graduating in 2001, she joined James Dayton Design, built a 4’ x 8’ model of the Weisman Art Museum for Frank O Gehry and Associates’ future addition, designed adaptive reuse housing, and served as the Project Designer of MacPhail Center for Music.

  • She led workplace tenant projects at SmithGroup and became a LEED Accredited Professional in 2008.

  • During the Great Recession in 2009, she ran the firm Conrad + Nutt Studio for three years, designing home remodels and small commercial projects, and collaborated with Ryan Companies.

  • In 2012, she joined NewStudio Architecture as an Associate, leading unique, adaptive reuse and new retail, restaurant, and hospitality projects across the US and Canada.

  • In 2017, she joined Alchemy Architects (home of the weeHouse) and led new construction single-family residential projects. At Alchemy, Marcy became the sustainability leader, spearheaded the 2030 signatory process, wrote their sustainability action plans, and upgraded details and specifications to newer, greener standards. She became a CPHD in 2021.

  • In 2024, she founded Yarrow Architecture and eagerly applied the leadership she had exercised at her previous firms to this new venture.

  • She has also volunteered time in the community, such as: Hurricane Katrina rebuilding, non-profit committees for developing affordable housing initiatives, and she currently supports the nonprofit Passive House Minnesota as Internal Coordinator.

  • She has presented lectures and participated in panels at the AIA Minnesota Conventions, Construction Specification Institute, and for multiple non-profit organizations.

Marcy loves spending time with her husband and teenage son, their two dogs, and her friends. She enjoys hiking, is a huge Great Lakes enthusiast, is working on improving as a cross-country skier, and has a passion for chasing the Aurora Borealis. She currently lives in a small 1939 home, and is renovating it to meet the EnerPhit Passive House retrofit standard.