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Landscape Architecture Tag

Winter construction on Schooner Estates Memory Care

Construction in Maine during the winter poses a few challenges. The recent cold snap means that to keep on schedule, construction crews must innovate to overcome the challenge of frozen ground. For the Schooner Estates Senior Living Community in Auburn, ME, Landry/French Construction has built a temporary tented structure around the CMU elevator shaft so the masonry is protected and remains warm. They are blanketing and heating the interior of the foundation to thaw out the ground frost—36” deep in some...

Waterville Riverwalk

The new Waterville Riverwalk opened to the public in late September, 2018 and was followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony in early October. This event was a rewarding experience for GTA's Sashie Misner, who designed this transformational project during her tenure at Mitchell & Associates. Located along the Kennebec River on a 12-acre vacant lot that used to support the Wyandotte mill, the Waterville Riverwalk is a 2,200 ft curving walkway that winds along the riverbank from the Ticonic Falls to the Two...

The Mooring on Foreside - Small house concept

News about our award-winning memory care design

The Mooring on Foreside—a project that is dear to us for so many reasons—receives a great write-up in Senior Living News. The Mooring's founder and principle, Lynn Peel, had a strong vision that this would be a memory care home with a difference; that it would look and feel like a real home with a small footprint and an intimate setting, in turn enabling individualized care for each and every resident. Rebecca Dillon was Gawron Turgeon's lead architect for this project, and...

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Affordable housing for seniors in Yarmouth, ME

Designed by Gawron Turgeon Architects in 2016, Bartlett Woods in Yarmouth, ME is a 28-unit affordable housing apartment complex with one- and two-bedroom apartments for seniors. Designed with sustainability in mind, Bartlett Woods includes photovoltaic solar panels and a tight building envelope. Co-owned and co-developed by Yarmouth Senior Housing and Avesta Housing, construction was completed by Bowman Constructors in the fall of 2017. With a grand opening taking place this week, Bartlett Woods is now open! Read more about this project in a...