SfL+a Architects was founded as a “service-oriented firm” in 1982. For over thirty years that founding principle has not changed. SfL+a Architects creates aesthetically pleasing, sustainable, and appropriate spaces for people to live, learn, work, play, pray and actually enjoy being. Our determination to provide architectural excellence through unsurpassed quality is driven by a commitment to communities and the people in them. SfL+a Architects is committed to becoming the nation’s preeminent design company of high-performance buildings. Whether its through traditional or alternative delivery methods, SfL+a is determined to reduce the life-cycle costs for their clients by ensuring that every building we design dramatically reduces energy consumption. This comes through collaboration and that critical shared vision. SfL+a Architects specializes in high-performance building design and building construction. We have extensive experience in K12, Higher Education, Federal, Municipal and Urban markets. SfL+a Architects offices are located in Raleigh and Fayetteville, NC and Myrtle Beach, SC.
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333 Fayetteville Street
Ste. 225
Raleigh, NC 27601, US
110 Anderson St
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301, US
981 Hackler St
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577, US
The summer fun at SfL+a never ends! The Summer Sidedish Shindig was a smashing success - the perfect way to enjoy those hot August afternoons in Raleigh. ☀️🍗🌭🌽🍉 #sflaarchitects #sflasummer #sflasidedishshindig
☀ 😎 A hot & sunny afternoon at the Durham Bulls Baseball Club game! There is nothing like this classic American past-time to bring the team together. #sflaarchitects #sflacompanyculture #sfladurhambullsgame #sflasummer
Congratulations to Chase Gibbs on receiving the Robert Shuller/SfL+a Architects Scholarship! We are so excited to see what this young man achieves. There is a bright future ahead! ☀ #sflascholarship #shullerscholarship #sflaarchitects #nced #youngarchitects #college
🤩 August 12th was an amazing day... the Claxton Elementary School ribbon cutting and tour did NOT disappoint! Thank you to all the amazing people who helped this project come together. Congratulations to Robbie Ferris, AIA, REFP, LEED AP, Eric Lindstrom, Douglas Kuhns, and Jaclin Wawak for all their hard work on this project. Guilford County Schools Samet Corporation #sflaarchitects #sfla #samet #guilfordcountync #claxtonelementary #ribboncutting #nced #newconstruction
We celebrated Douglas Kuhns last week with hotdogs!! Happy Birthday, Doug 🥳🎉 #sflaarchitects #companyculture #birthdaydoug
Happy SfL+a Anniversary to Robbie Ferris, AIA, REFP, LEED AP, Danielle Davis, Barry Buckman, Rachel Humphries, NCIDQ, LEED AP, and Lizmarie Rivera De Biaggi! Thank you for all you have done for SfL+a over the years! #sflaarchitects #sflaanniversary #companyculture
Happy Birthday to Aubin, Tim Childress, and Douglas Kuhns! We love celebrating you three! 🎉 #augustbirthdays #sflaarchitects #sflacompanyculture
Five years ago in August, Jones County K-12 School had its grand opening. And where are we now? ⭐ The school has produced more than 6 billion watts of electricity. ⭐ It produces EXCESS electricity 78% of the time. ⭐ It has provided over 1 billion watts of excess electricity back to the grid. ⭐ The school provides an average of 18 million watts of excess electricity each month. ⭐ The school has saved taxpayers more than half a million dollars in utility costs. ⭐ The school is producing more electricity now than it did five years ago when we started it up. In fact, June 2024 was the highest production month we have ever had. That is the power of #bigpicture thinking. And that is what SfL+a Architects is all about. Jones County Public Schools Metcon, Inc. Del Crawford, RLA, LEED AP Bennett & Pless, Inc. Foodesign Associates Firstfloor #sfla #sflaarchitects #nced #5years #throwback #jonescountyk12school #jonescounty #jonescountypublicschools #highperformance #highperformancefacilities #bigpicturethinking #publicprivatepartnership #ncschools #metconconstruction #firstfloor #firstfloorenergypositive #leasedschool #totalcostofownership #sustainabledesign #indoorairquality #netpositive #energypositive
Jones County K-12 School is a state-of-the-art facility, but it's also more than that. This school is redefining what it actually means to be an energy efficient building. It boasts a superior building envelope, solar PV, LED lighting, enhanced building automation, geothermal HVAC, and thermal energy storage. Determined not to settle in any area of architecture, the building could not be ONLY good for the environment. It also had to be good for the students and faculty. We went to great lengths to ensure the facility would have natural light streaming into every corner and lighting up the eyes of students for decades to come. The ceilings are high, keeping the spaces from feeling claustrophobic. We put attention toward every detail - even the microscopic ones. There are systems which monitor the indoor air quality ensuring the temperature and oxygen levels in the building are perfect for learning. The systems in the school also promote curiosity and stewardship in the students, life-skills that will continue to serve them as they grow. All of this attention to detail will multiply successes in Jones County for generations to come. #sfla #sflaarchitects #nced #5years #throwback #jonescountyk12school #jonescounty #jonescountypublicschools #highperformance #highperformancefacilities #bigpicturethinking #publicprivatepartnership #ncschools #metconconstruction #firstfloor #firstfloorenergypositive #leasedschool #totalcostofownership #sustainabledesign #indoorairquality #netpositive #energypositive Jones County Public Schools Metcon, Inc. Bennett & Pless, Inc. Optima Engineering Foodesign Associates Del Crawford, RLA, LEED AP
Hurricane season in North Carolina can pose significant challenges to construction projects. In September of 2018, the Jones County K-12 Project would be put to the test. Hurricane Florence tore through Jones County, NC with its 137 mile per hour winds. There was significant devastation to the community. Many of the already dilapidated schools were now in ruins and students around the county were being dispersed to various other schools. The town of Trenton was completely flooded and the construction site was an island, literally surrounded by water. Despite this challenge, the Jones County K-12 project was delivered on time AND on budget. Public-private-partnership allowed for quick reactions to any problems that arose throughout the project. Having designed schools in North Carolina for the firm's entire history, SfL+a and our partners proactively raised the floor level by about five feet. It was enough to keep the school above the water table, and thankfully, above the flooding too. Nothing worth doing ever comes easy. Jones County K-12 School is no exception, but with the hard work and determination of the entire project team - this dream became a reality. #sfla #sflaarchitects #nced #5years #throwback #jonescountyk12school #jonescounty #jonescountypublicschools #highperformance #highperformancefacilities #bigpicturethinking #publicprivatepartnership #ncschools #metconconstruction #firstfloor #firstfloorenergypositive #leasedschool #totalcostofownership #sustainabledesign #indoorairquality #netpositive #energypositive Jones County Public Schools Metcon, Inc. Bennett & Pless, Inc. Optima Engineering Foodesign Associates Del Crawford, RLA, LEED AP