2021 has been a year of (planned) change for HERA. Principal Ken Mohr, Assoc. AIA now has the title HERA President on his business card. With this change in leadership also comes a change in our firm certification. We are thrilled to announce that we are now a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). Our State [...]
Continue ReadingAs a benefit to our employees, HERA is continuing our 16-week summer schedule program for 2021. The 16-week program begins on Monday, May 17 and runs through Friday, September 3. Our offices will be closed on the following Fridays and holidays: Friday, May 28Monday, May 31 (Memorial Day)Friday, June 11Friday, June 25Monday, July 5 (4th [...]
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month we are celebrating the diversity within our firm. Meet Jennifer Kim, HERA lab planner. Who inspired you most when you were studying? One of my professors, Sue Gussow, who taught free-hand drawing for architects. We only focused on the human figure but her class taught [...]
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month we are celebrating the diversity within our firm. Meet HERA lab designer Jinhee Lee. What are you reading/watching/listening to right now? Because this is Asian American and Pacific Islander month, we chose to read When Spring Comes to the DMZ by Uk-Bae Lee. The message [...]
What can collaboration look like? The virtues of collaboration in design are universally acknowledged, but what does collaboration actually look like? Who participates in the process? Collaboration is especially crucial in laboratory planning and design, where end users have highly specific and technical spatial requirements. In today’s complex design ecology, prime architects and consultants such [...]