A New Chapter
Before & After
A dated, dysfunctional master suite becomes a contemporary oasis in a historic home designed by architectural greats.
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Winkelman Architecture, one of a handful of Maine architects with experience designing “green roofs,” worked on this foliage-topped Brunswick home.
It’s Alive!
Green Living
The living roof takes root in Maine.
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Paper Mates
Architecture & Design
Ready to wake up your walls? Start with these picks from local pros.
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Photographed by Benjamin Williamson.
Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse at LaRochelle
Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse at La Rochelle Photographed by Benjamin Williamson. We are delighted to announce Maine Homes by Down East has joined Swan Hospitality Group in sponsoring the 2019 Bar Harbor Designer Showhouse at La Rochelle! Sixteen designers have transformed nine rooms in the 1902 La Rochelle mansion — recently purchased by the Bar [...] Read More
Dunstan Tap & Table. Photograph by Erin Little.
Feast Your Eyes
Architecture & Design
Three stylish new places to sip or sup.
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2019 AIA Maine Design Awards
There were 57 projects submitted from 29 architecture firms across the state. They ranged from a modern retreat set atop steel columns on a remote stretch of coast to a reimagined townhouse on a tricky infill lot, to an $8 million school expansion and an office-turned-airy-fitness-studio completed on a $125,000 budget.
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Architect Chris Briley (right) enjoys a nip in his office/studio with fellow architect Phil Kaplan. The pair think of their podcast as “edu-tainment.” Photograph by Mark Fleming.
Drinking Buddies
Architecture & Design
The hosts of Portland’s Green Architects’ Lounge podcast mix tasty cocktails with sustainable building lessons.
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Photograph by David Clough
Winners Circle
Architecture & Design
A bevy of award-winning home-and-design projects.
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Photograph by Rachel Sieben
What’s In Store
Save This Place
First a dance hall, then a trading post, this landmark gathering place has a flexible future.
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Photograph by Benjamin Williamson
Welcome to Smallville
Home Building
Can tiny-house communities help solve Maine’s affordable-housing shortage?
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