walker templeton Is there anything this multitalented architect can’t do?
Some people get more done in an average day than others do. Walker Templeton is one such person,
ABOVE: Architect Walker Templeton works with a team at Sera Architects “to push the needle on workplace design.” OPPOSITE: The award-winning, LEED-certified Marriott Pearl District Residence Inn is clad in bright-yellow perforated screens.
a designer on double time. Right now, the 37-year-old architect is concurrently working on two sustainably designed spec homes, two residences for clients, a project for Nike, a winery, the student union building for the University of Oregon, and concepts for a new hotel in Portland. Templeton also convinced his firm, Sera Architects, to build a workshop in the office basement and a model shop on the second floor so he can exercise all his creative muscles. Oh, and he’s also building » GRAY ISSUE No. NINETEEN
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