SERA Architects

SERA HQ appreciation post ✨ It's all in the details.

Leading by example, SERA’s team designed our own
headquarters in the historic Galleria building, curating a space staff would want to work
in with lofty sustainability goals. Not only does our space reflect innovative workplace strategy, but it also captures major sustainability achievements for an existing building, including LEED Platinum Certification, Targeting LBC Core
Materials Petal, WELL Platinum, ILFI Zero Carbon, and being a finalist for the Stephen Kellert Biophilia Award Finalist.

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Hey Siri... play "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie & Diana Ross 😍
Happy Valentine's Day everybody! 💟 We've got love on the brain today and are reminiscing on the opening of Heartwood Apartments last summer.
This project, part of the first phase of the Eugene River District plan, was completed and opened in June 2024. Designed by SERA with a total of 225 units across 323,000 sf, it is not only welcoming and beautiful, but also FitWEL and Earth Advantage Platinum certified. Done in partnership with Atkins Dame Developers and Thrive Communities.

Google's first mass timber building by MGA & SERA got a shout out in this article by CURBED about the glorious possibilities of the material! We love using mass timber and are always excited to see more interest in it.

"Wood is inherently pleasing: complex, grained, satisfying to touch, and gratifying to smell. Mass timber is pleasing because of the qualities it can assume — delicate, powerful, supple, rugged, cozy, and polished — and its resonance with forests, shipbuilding, and even the childhood joy of simply waving a stick. It has the capacity to conjure innumerable forms of beauty. So far, though, the revolution has been quiet."

Imagining a City of Wood Mass timber could revolutionize construction, if only New York would embrace it. We commissioned four projects to show what it can do.