Narrate Design (Formerly Selser Schaefer Architects)

Congratulations to The Pencil Box for winning an AIA Eastern Oklahoma Citation Award for Commercial Architecture! The Pencil Box offers classroom supplies to underserved students and teachers at no cost. The supplies are donated by individuals, businesses, foundations, and organizations, and include a variety of items such as pencils, paper, books, and other educational materials. Teachers can visit the free store to “shop” for items needed for their classrooms, ensuring that every child in Tulsa County has the tools they need for successful learning. Read more about this project on our website at https://lnkd.in/gU2JCTaA. Adam Murphy Photography

Congratulations to the Meals on Wheels Metro Tulsa Hardesty Service Center for winning an AIA Eastern Oklahoma Merit Award for Commercial Architecture! The mission of Meals on Wheels is to provide nutritious meals, wellness checks, and caring contact to the elderly, disabled, and homebound in Tulsa and surrounding areas. Having outgrown their dated facility and dreaming of expanding their reach, we worked with Meals on Wheels Metro Tulsa to give them a new facility that could increase the daily meal production operations and promote community interaction and awareness. The new Hardesty Service Center has enabled them to increase the served meal capacity from 300,000 per year to 1,000,000. Fun Fact: This new facility is such an upgrade from the previous location that the entire old facility would FIT INSIDE the new commercial kitchen! By 2030, one in five Americans will be 60-plus. Meals on Wheels Metro Tulsa is now positioned to serve over one million hot meals a year, ensuring that no senior is lonely or hungry. Read more about the Hardesty Service Center project at https://lnkd.in/gEMJCVWc. ?? Adam Murphy Photography (interior) and Mel Willis (exterior)

Our firm had a great night celebrating architects and architecture at the 2024 AIA Eastern Oklahoma Awards Ceremony. We took home 3 design awards and honored Clark Todd Gollotte as Member of the Year! Congratulations to: The Pencil Box – Citation Award for Commercial Architecture Meals on Wheels – Merit Award for Commercial Architecture Narrate Office Renovation – Honor Award for Interior Architecture Clark Todd Gollotte AIA – Member of the Year We are so proud of our team and the valued relationships with our clients and consultants. These awards are because of you!

The Village Flats is a three-phase development nestled amongst the well-established Central Park townhome community bordering the park at 6th and Peoria. The phase I apartment buildings were finished in 2020, the phase II mixed-use building opened in 2023, and now, the final phase III townhomes are completed. Phase III completes the final build-out of the neighborhood with a group of 10 rental townhomes. These impressive townhomes are two stories with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and 2,551 SF of living space. The modern farmhouse interior design features white oak hardwood floors and beams, along with designer finishes and closets to die for. This purposeful infill development blends seamlessly with the existing neighborhood and is a beautiful canvas of inspired incremental, human-scale design.

The 2nd annual open house in our new downtown office location turned out to be a wonderful night. We are so grateful to everyone who stopped by — and if you didn't get our invitation let us know and we’ll make sure you are top of the list next year! ?? Adam Murphy

For several weeks in October, our designers worked together to create this spooky masterpiece. An exercise in creative play, this project was an excuse to design and build something with only the constraints of cardboard and glue. It’s hard to tell in the photos, but this model is massive and filled with unique touches from many hands in the studio. If you are in the area, stop by and check it out—the model will be on display through the end of next week.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE VOTING NOW OPEN! This time of year marks the beginning of architectural award season. Organizations such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA) host design competitions that give us the opportunity to share our recently finished work and honor our amazing clients and collaborators. First up, voting is now open to the public for the AIA Eastern Oklahoma 2024 People’s Choice Awards. We have 6 projects entered – take a look and vote for your favorites! Adaptive Reuse – vote at https://lnkd.in/eV6qWrAg Child Advocacy Network - Child Advocacy Center LIFE Senior Services – Roma Berry Center Commercial Architecture – vote at https://lnkd.in/eyHSf5sp? The Pencil Box Interior Architecture – vote at https://lnkd.in/exGGYAPm Chi Omega at Oklahoma State University Langston University Student Success Center Narrate Design Office Interior Renovation

Wienermobile sighting outside our office in downtown Tulsa! See it for yourself from 4-7pm tonight, Wednesday, October 23, at the Downtown Tulsa Farmers Market at 6th and Main. It’s Hot Dog Night!

The early bird gets the shot – sunrise photoshoot of The Pencil Box with Adam Murphy.

Park(ing) Day is a global project where people across the world temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into social spaces. Narrate participated in this year’s event to bring awareness of creative possibilities within the urban environment and to give back to the local Tulsa community through a community mural installation. We believe community is a team activity, and we invited everyone to come together and take part in symbolically building our Tulsa community, piece by piece. Participants took a few minutes to get creative and color a tile, adding their individuality to the diverse uniqueness of the mural. Thank you to everyone who participated, from the planning and preparations of the Narrate team to Good Grain Construction for the custom frame and table, Shaw Contract for the carpet squares, and to each person who colored a tile!