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Architecture & Design
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Maine Real Estate & Development Association names its next president
July 16, 2024MEREDA has named Shannon Richards as president of the statewide organization, succeeding Craig Young.
July 16, 2024
Greater Portland Landmarks sues to stop demo of 142 Free St., where museum plans to expand
June 21, 2024As some people had expected, the preservation group has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the city's removal of a historical protection for the property.
June 21, 2024
$3.4M project will redevelop 19th-century Bethel home into apartments
June 17, 2024Demolition has uncovered intriguing bits of history, including wood trim pieces signed by the original carpenter. A printed advertisement from 1920 was used as a shim.
June 17, 2024
$750K grant to historic Newcastle homestead will support staffing and more
Updated: June 17, 2024The grant will fund five hires and two studies — to guide interpretation and preservation and to establish a fundraising and revenue-raising.
Updated: June 17, 2024
Innovative design of UMF child care center focuses on nature-based education
June 14, 2024The center, for infants through early school-age and serving the community at large, is also UMF’s laboratory school for early childhood education college students.
June 14, 2024
Audubon teams up with architects, USM to urge businesses to add bird protections
May 31, 2024L.L.Bean, MEMIC and Saddleback are among the companies to install protections to keep birds from inadvertently flying into windows.
May 31, 2024
Saco voters to decide on $101M bond for school construction
Updated: June 3, 2024Saco has been trying for more than 20 years to move forward with modernization. “Half my lifetime I’ve spent waiting for some kind of solution,” said one official.
Updated: June 3, 2024
With major projects in Orono and Bangor, SMRT expands its presence in the Queen City
Updated: May 23, 2024Maine's largest architecture firm, Portland-based SMRT, expanded its Bangor office, moving into larger space, which will allow it to add more staff.
Updated: May 23, 2024-
Portland paves the way for Free Street building demo, museum's planned $100M expansion
May 21, 2024At the request of the Portland Museum of Art, the Portland City Council has agreed to reclassify 142 Free St. as a "noncontributing structure" in the Congress Street Historic District.
May 21, 2024 
21 Maine nonprofits to share $126K in historic preservation grants
Updated: May 16, 2024Grants of $1,750 to $10,000 each were awarded by Maine Preservation in partnership with a Connecticut-based nonprofit, for projects to repair and restore historic structures.
Updated: May 16, 2024
University of Maine at Augusta will duke it out with Harvard, Yale and others in design challenge
Updated: May 14, 2024Founded by philanthropist Wendy Schmidt and her husband, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the program researches climate change challenges and explores adaptive and imaginative solutions.
Updated: May 14, 2024
The Uptown, Szanton’s 60-unit apartment project, set to open in Bath
Updated: May 7, 2024The Uptown will have 60 rental units, with 18 offered at market rate and 42 for low-income tenants. Rents range from $794 to $1,495, depending on income.
Updated: May 7, 2024
From smart alarm clocks to seaweed wraps: 48-room luxury spa hotel set to open in Portland
Updated: May 3, 2024The Longfellow Hotel, developed by Portland-based Uncommon Hospitality, will open for business on May 17.
Updated: May 3, 2024
$4.4M rehab of historic Rockport farms will improve access, restore home of Belted Galloways
April 18, 2024Dating back to the 1800s, the farms have failing infrastructure in need of constant repair. In addition to providing recreation, youth programs and food for local hunger relief, they support the oldest continually operated herd of Belted Galloway
April 18, 2024
Portland Historic Preservation Board greenlights plans for Roux campus
Updated: April 18, 2024The proposed future home of Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, at the former B&M baked bean factory, received a certificate of appropriateness — a necessary step for the project to move forward.
Updated: April 18, 2024
Amid fight to block museum’s expansion, Greater Portland Landmarks names new leader
April 12, 2024A new executive director of Greater Portland Landmarks has been hired from New York City, as the historic preservation group waits for the Portland City Council to take up a controversial plan that would demolish 142 Free St.
April 12, 2024
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