SERA Architects
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| Company type | Private, Incorporation (business) Employee stock ownership plan |
|---|---|
| Industry | Architecture, Interior design and Urban planning |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founders | Bing Sheldon |
| Headquarters | Former Minnesota Hotel, Portland, Oregon, United States 45°31′32.4″N 122°40′31.2″W / 45.525667°N 122.675333°W |
| Revenue | $23.7 million[1] |
Number of employees | 130[1] |
| Website | www.seradesign.com |
SERA Architects is an American architectural firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a second office in Oakland, California.[1] It is the fifth largest architecture firm in Portland, offering architectural, interior design, and urban design and planning services.[2] Founded in Portland in 1968 by architect Bing Sheldon, who led the Portland Downtown Plan to revitalize the city’s urban core, the firm’s early work focused on historic renovations and adaptive reuse projects.[3][4] In 2015, SERA opened a second office in Mountain View, California.[5]
The firm is known for its research and implementation of sustainable design.[6][7][8] In 2014 and 2015, two of its projects were named among the top ten greenest in the U.S. by the American Institute of Architects.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "SERA Architects Hires Veronica Hinkley Reck to Lead Expansion of California Housing Practice". Businesswire. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "List Leaders: Meet Portland's 10 largest architecture firms". Portland Business Journal. June 12, 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "INVESTING IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD: BING SHELDON". Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Bing Sheldon, founder of SERA Architects, receives 2014 Portland First Citizen Award: Oregon industry notes". The Oregonian. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Portland's SERA Architects to open Silicon Valley outpost". The Oregonian. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Robin, Guenther (2013). Sustainable Healthcare Architecture (Wiley Series in Sustainable Design). Wiley. ISBN 978-1118086827.
- ^ Lisa, Gelfand (2011). Sustainable Renovation: Strategies for Commercial Building Systems and Envelope. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470872611.
- ^ Vidar, Lerum (2016). Sustainable Building Design: Learning from Nineteenth-century Innovations. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-84073-6.
- ^ Logan, Ward (29 April 2014). "2014 AIA COTE Top Ten Winner: Edith Green Wendell Wyatt Federal Building Modernization". EcoBuilding Pulse magazine. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Brian, Meloche (16 April 2015). "2015 AIA COTE Top 10: Collaborative Life Sciences Building". Architect magazine. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
