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Architecture & Design
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The architecture of cannabis: New industry inspires new approaches to design
Updated: June 27, 2022Maine's legalization of cannabis has birthed new opportunities for architects. Because of marijuana's history as an illicit product, designers want the store experience, whether it’s for first-time or returning customers, to feel inviting.
Updated: June 27, 2022
Building Business: Contractors shift to new projects
Updated: June 27, 2022As some projects near completion, Maine builders are beginning work on other jobs. Mainebiz has the lastest rundown on who's building what and where.
Updated: June 27, 2022
Kittery design firm is growing revenue 50% a year with love of graphic art, architecture
Updated: June 21, 2022Over the past year, Winter Holben has doubled its staff, expanded benefits, and built out operations and technology, thanks to increases in the firm's client base and billings.
Updated: June 21, 2022
Roux Institute's plans for former B&M factory raise razing questions for historic pier
Updated: June 1, 2022The Roux Institute has ambitious plans for the former B&M baked bean factory and its grounds in Portland. But first, there's a 109-year-old pier that needs to be demolished.
Updated: June 1, 2022
$750K grant will help create historical makers space at New Gloucester's Shaker Village
April 18, 2022The Herb House will become Shaker Village’s first large-scale year-round space with more than 8,000 square-feet of production rooms, a commercial kitchen and traditional arts studio-classrooms.
April 18, 2022
Midwest couple with hospitality experience buys an 18th century Deer Isle inn
April 11, 2022The building, one of the oldest in Deer Isle, dates back to 1793. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it first operated as an inn in 1890 and remains in excellent condition.
April 11, 2022
Diamond in the rough? Portland may sell its last portion of historic island fort complex
Updated: April 5, 2022A City Council committee is considering whether to sell the former Fort McKinley Hospital, now a vacant, ramshackle structure on Great Diamond Island in Casco Bay.
Updated: April 5, 2022
Maine Med sells historic Portland homes, which once housed hospital staff, in $5M deal
Updated: March 31, 2022The buyer scooped up an additional historic home off-market and relisted part of the original listed portfolio. Features include fabric wall coverings, period murals, hand-carved fireplaces and spiral staircases.
Updated: March 31, 2022
Eastport mustard mill-museum looks for new life with $2M renovation
March 14, 2022Raye’s Mustard Mill, the last remaining stone-ground mustard mill in North America, already attracts visitors but now plans to invest in a museum building.
March 14, 2022
Building Business: With projects underway, PM Construction has had a busy winter
Updated: March 7, 2022The Saco-based contractor has been at work on a variety of projects in Portland and South Portland, while other builders have made progress on projects elsewhere in southern Maine.
Updated: March 7, 2022
Office space redux: How it's changed in Maine during the pandemic
Updated: March 7, 2022The pandemic may have altered the office permanently, with people seeing the workplace as a site for collaborating rather than everyday duties.
Updated: March 7, 2022
How to attract young talent — and save the planet
Updated: December 6, 2022An organization can create a healthy hybrid workplace by providing connection to purpose and inviting people to consider what best fits their way of working.
Updated: December 6, 2022
With projects in the works, a Bangor architecture and engineering firm looks to grow
February 8, 2022Now in its 120th year, WBRC has shortened its name and become more nimble in its hiring practices, adapting to remote work and recruiting nationwide for architects, engineers and design support staff.
February 8, 2022
Building Business: North to south, construction drumbeat continues amid winter
Updated: February 7, 2022Despite frigid temps, snowstorms and icy conditions, Maine construction projects have been keeping up a brisk pace this winter.
Updated: February 7, 2022
Site for York Co. housing development tweaked to accommodate endangered turtle
Updated: January 31, 2022A preliminary sketch plan maps out habitat for the spotted turtle, land that a developer is avoiding in a proposal for up to 27 homes near Goose Rocks Beach.
Updated: January 31, 2022
Greater Portland Landmarks plans to sell its own 'landmark' headquarters for $1.75M
December 6, 2021The building, known as the Safford House, was built in 1858 and has been home to the historic preservation organization for the past 12 years.
December 6, 2021
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