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Serena Williams Building
at Nike World Headquarters

Location: Beaverton
Size: 1,023,000 square feet
Cost: not disclosed
Start: October 2016
Completion: October 2021
Owner/Developer: Nike Inc.
Architect: Skylab Architecture
Engineer: NV5, PAE/Luma, Thornton Tomasetti
General Contractor: Hoffman Construction Co. of Oregon
Submitting Company: Skylab Architecture
Other Associates/Consultants: Ambrosini Design, Brightworks, Code Unlimited, HAD Pacific (Hammer Design Associates), KPFF, Listen Acoustics, M. Thrailkill, PLACE, RWDI (formerly Façade Group), SRG Partnership
Subcontractors: Ace Private Security, Acme Construction Supply, Acme Scenic & Display, Alex Consulting Construction Services, Alliance Industrial Group, Amodeo Structural Engineering, Arbon Equipment, Axiom Custom Products, Bassett Construction, Beynon Sports Surfaces, Big Trees Today of Oregon, BrandSafway Services, Building Material Specialties, CalPortland, Carpentry Plus, Carr Construction, Classic Woodworking, Coffman Excavation, Corradini, Cotterman Co., Culver Glass, Custom Designed Skylights, Dennis’ Seven Dees Landscaping, Digital Works Productions, DLM Inc. Architextures Division, Domus Design Center, DroneBase, Dynalectric, ERF, F.D. Thomas, Fetzers, Floor Solutions, Flynn BEC, Hillsboro Aviation, Hoffman Structures, Infinity Images, Interior Exterior Specialists, IQ Traffic Services, Iris Window Coverings NW, ISEC, J&S Masonry, Johnson-Lancaster & Associates, JS Perrott & Co., Kelly’s Home Center, Kent Crane Inspection Services, Knaphus Exterior Panel, Kone, Lafarge North America, LandCare USA, Landscape Forms, LaRusso Concrete, Masons Supply, McKinstry, Ming Surveyors, Modern Building Systems, Morrow Equipment, Moss Holding, Ness & Campbell Crane – Portland, Nor-Pac Seating, Northwest Handling Systems, Northwest Tower Crane Services, OEG, Pacific Foundation, Pacific Mobile Structures, Pacific Window Tinting, Pavement Maintenance, Penington Painting, Performance Contracting – PDX, Pioneer Waterproofing, Poltrona Frau Group North America, Preston Rentals, Pure Floors, R2M2 Rebar & Stressing, Resource Maintenance & Flooring, Servicemaster Building Services, Servpro of Tigard/Tualatin, Spacesaver Specialists, Stoncor Group, Temp Control Mechanical, The Smith Overhead Door Co., Town & Country Fence – Oregon, Trimble, Tube Art Displays, UFP Woodburn, United Site Services of Nevada, VAK Construction Engineering, Waste Management of Oregon – Precision, Waypoint Sign, Wessco, West Meyer Fence, Western Partitions, Western States Fire Protection Lake Oswego, Western Tile & Marble Contractors, Won-Door

The Nike name is synonymous with innovation and one of its newest struc-tures – the Serena Williams Building – demonstrates the company’s commitment to community, sustainability and one-of-a-kind designs. The 1,000,000-square-foot project – which took a total of five years from beginning to end – is a workplace for 2,500 occupants. It is the largest building at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton. The building houses Nike’s Consumer Creation team: design teams, consumer insight teams, women’s, men’s and children’s teams, and apparel and footwear product merchandising teams.

The LEED-platinum certified structure has four key components: an underground parking garage and loading dock; integrated design studios; a 12-story tower with shared campus amenities; and a merchandising center for prototyping retail spaces. The Serena Williams building is the first of its kind for Nike, allowing products to move through all stages of the lifecycle in one building – sketch, prototype, final design, to retail fixture.

Informal outdoor spaces are scattered throughout the area to foster community building amongst occupants and to promote unity with nature, including courtyard gardens, plazas and a sunken tennis court. Inside, people can enjoy the aesthetics of exposed concrete, skylights, views of the wetland from workspaces, and five food and beverage venues.

Designers for each Nike brand are on a single level, while services stack vertically between levels. To further conserve Earth’s resources, the building design incorporates several environmentally friendly features. Stormwater is collected and re-distributed to the area’s surrounding wetland, 260 kw photovoltaic panels are found along the building’s roofs, and rainwater is reused for toilet flushing.

And, as the building name suggests, the life story and career accomplishments of Serena Williams are displayed throughout the various studios.