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Project Spotlight: The Mooring of Kennebunk – The Mooring Over the Years

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Architecture, Awards, Client News, Housing, Interior Design, Memory Care, Senior Living
December 22, 2025

Introducing The Mooring of Kennebunk, located at 80 York St. in Kennebunk, Maine! Providing architectural design and interior design services, GTD is proud to share the completion of our third memory care community project for The Mooring Family, building directly upon the success of the award-winning 'small-house model' pioneered at both The Mooring on Foreside and The Mooring at The Downs. Through the 'small-house' model, our design is structured around the needs of residents across twelve private suites with amenities within their...

GTD Wins Healthcare Design Award in IIDA Design Awards 2025!

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Architecture, Client News, Housing, Interior Design, Memory Care, Senior Living, Team News
November 24, 2025

GTD Architects is proud to announce that our firm has been recognized with the 2025 IIDA Healthcare Design Award in the Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities, Skilled Nursing category for its exceptional interior design in collaboration with Portland, Oregon architecture firm Scott Edwards Architecture LLP on Madrona Grove at Rose Villa in Portland, Oregon! We loved working on this project and are ecstatic to have our design recognized by IIDA. Read below to learn more about the project and how...

Project Spotlight: OceanView at Falmouth – Over the Years

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Architecture, Client News, Housing, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Master Planning, Memory Care, Senior Living, Under Construction
October 30, 2025

Recently, our team has been working with OceanView at Falmouth for the upcoming new construction within Blueberry Commons. As part of this project, we have designed the upcoming building #4 and are preparing the interiors for updates throughout (check out a rendering of the fireplace in the dining room above). As we currently work on our next contributions to OceanView at Falmouth, we'd like to look back at just a few of the projects we've worked on over the past 40+...

Schooner Estates memory care home exterior
living room with fireplace
hallway with colorful doors
open kitchen with white cabinets
dining room with two tables and chairs
sitting room with two chairs and paintings
sitting area with three lounge chairs
three lounge chairs against shiplap half-wall
reception area with shiplap half wall

Schooner Estates expands with memory care home

by Sarah Wissler
Architecture, Interior Design, Memory Care, Projects, Senior Living
February 19, 2021

Maine's memory care community continues to grow with the completion of Schooner Estates' Memory Care Home. Designed by Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C. (GTA), this 48,000 square foot building is situated on eight acres of Schooner Estates' Auburn, Maine campus. This state-of-the-art facility features 66 units organized into three, 22-bed neighborhoods. This community-style design facilitates and enhances daily life for people living with memory impairment. Special considerations include a circadian lighting system to help reinforce natural light/dark signals, which in turn regulates...

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Exterior Mooring at the Downs
Mooring at the Downs patio
Exterior at Mooring at the Downs
Mooring at the Downs living room
Mooring at the Downs kitchen
Mooring at the Downs dining room
dining room at The Mooring
Mooring laundry room
Mooring at the Downs kitchen cabinets, fridge and sink
Mooring at the Downs bedroom
Mooring at the Downs spa

Maine Home and Design magazine features The Mooring at the Downs

by Sarah Wissler
Architecture, Interior Design, Memory Care, Press, Projects, Senior Living
January 29, 2021

Maine Home and Design has featured The Mooring at the Downs in its annual interiors issue. The issue, which includes both commercial and residential properties, showcases the best interior design projects throughout the state of Maine. The article focuses on the expansive laundry room at The Mooring at the Downs. In creating this space, we worked closely with our client, Lynne Peel, to blend coastal elegance with optimal functionality. To do this, we placed cool-toned cabinets against a crisp white tile...

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Exterior Mooring at the Downs
Mooring at the Downs patio
Exterior at Mooring at the Downs
Mooring at the Downs living room
Mooring at the Downs kitchen
Mooring at the Downs dining room
dining room at The Mooring
Mooring laundry room
Mooring at the Downs kitchen cabinets, fridge and sink
Mooring at the Downs bedroom
Mooring at the Downs spa

Introducing The Mooring at the Downs

by Sarah Wissler
Architecture, Interior Design, Memory Care, Uncategorized
December 15, 2020

Building on the success of The Mooring on Foreside, The Mooring at the Downs brings the latest innovations in memory care to Scarborough, Maine. Part of The Downs, an up-and-coming, 524-acre mixed-use community, The Mooring at the Downs houses 12 private rooms in a small-house model to enhance connectedness and a sense of community for residents. The home is nestled into the residential neighborhood at The Downs, providing housemates with the opportunity to spend time outside walking through the village,...

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Groundbreaking ceremony at Maine Veterans Home Augusta

Small house-style memory care at Maine Veterans’ Homes – Augusta

by Sarah Wissler
Landscape Architecture, Memory Care, Press, Projects, Under Construction
August 2, 2019

Following the official groundbreaking on the new Maine Veterans’ Homes – Augusta facility, work on the small house memory care model is now underway. The new home, scheduled for completion in 2021, will offer assisted living, long term care and memory care to Maine’s veterans and eligible family members. “The small house model that MVH is embracing for our veterans is really a unique opportunity,” said Deb Fournier, chief operations officer of Maine Veterans’ Homes. “It will be the first of...

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Exterior wall construction at Schooner Estates memory care facility

Design for Memory Care

by Sarah Wissler
Architecture, Memory Care, Projects, Under Construction
June 28, 2019

As summer kicks off, the Schooner Estates Memory Care project continues to make steady progress. Landry/French Construction has finished the lower level foundation work, stood up exterior wall panels and placed floor trusses for the upper level. They are continuing to build framing, and will be installing additional infrastructure for the building. Take an up-close look at the in-progress construction in this video produced by Schooner Estates! ...

Schooner Estates - Earthworks
Schooner Estates - Earthworks
Schooner Estates - Earthworks

Schooner Estates Memory Care – Under Construction

by Admin
Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Memory Care, Senior Living, Under Construction
November 16, 2018

Construction has started for the Schooner Memory Care Facility! Located in Auburn, Maine, the earth is literally moving to prepare the site for a new, state-of-the-art memory care facility which will dramatically increase Schooner Estates' capacity to care for seniors experiencing loss of memory or cognitive function. Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C. designed this 66-unit, 48,000 SF building over a 12-month period, in collaboration with our project partners, Sandy River Company, Schooner Estates, Lincoln Haney Engineers, Sebago Technics, Bennett Engineering and Landry French Construction. The...

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