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Architerra is an architecture, community design, and development advisory firm dedicated to sustainable design and smart growth. Founded in 2004, by Ellen Watts and Dan Arons, the firm is committed to comprehensive design solutions for any project in the built environment. The firm’s environmentally sensitive work is distinguished by design creativity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and funded research. 100% of Architerra’s full-time professional staff is LEED accredited. The steady growth of Architerra’s practice is the result of teaming with leading owners and top engineers and consultants throughout the Northeast. Architerra’s designs reflect a fresh approach to architectural form-making and technical detailing aimed at realizing clients’ highest aspirations for climate action and quality buildings. Architerra’s principals, previously colleagues at some of the largest firms in the Boston area, have experience with 30 building types, significant campus and civic master plans, and construction budgets ranging from $5 million to more than $100 million. Architerra provides full architectural services together with comprehensive in-house capabilities including programming, master planning, interior design, sustainable design, consultation, and LEED certification.

Architerra’s clients are leading institutions, corporations, developers, non-profits, and municipalities seeking to resolve architectural issues while demonstrating environmental leadership through significant green buildings and master plans. Many clients seek services for more than one project, realizing the benefits of Architerra’s design process, which actively encourages user participation and critically examines multiple design options through drawings, models, and digital media, together with detailed analysis related to energy, daylight, site, design, and cost.

Babson College
Bethel University
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Brooks School
Cambridge School of Weston
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
City of Portsmouth, NH
Clark University
Consigli Construction Company
Dartmouth College (Lyme Properties)
Duke University
Fineburg Companies
Fordham Law School
Hampshire College
Harvard School of Public Health
Lyme Properties
Marine Biological Laboratories
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Port Authority
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Mount Wachusett Community College
Merrimack College
Middlebury College
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New England Wild Flower Society
Noble and Greenough School
Novartis/DSF Advisors
Pearson Education
Planned Parenthood
Portsmouth Abbey School
Princeton University
St. Mark’s School
St. Olaf College
State University System of New York
Stonehill College
Stonyfield Farm
Third Sector New England
Town of Wellesley, MA
Tufts University
University of Florida Levin College of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of New Hampshire
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Vermont College of Medicine
U.S. Military Academy
U.S. Veterans Administration
Washington University
Washington University Olin School of Business
Worcester Business Development Corporation
Includes principals' experience with previous firms

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