SERA’s core service, architecture, blends two traditions: urban revitalization and sustainable design. Founded over 36 years ago in the era of Portland’s downtown renaissance, SERA’s design approach stresses urban infill, reuse and redevelopment as important strategies in creating a new sense of community. Today, that same civic pride is dedicated to achieving an architecture that balances urban and natural resource flows. Our architecture strives for a sense of beauty, proportion and specificity of place while maintaining functionality and durability over time.