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Maine Veterans’ Homes ‘Small House’ Project

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Architecture, Interior Design, Senior Living, Under Construction
January 29, 2019

The design process for the Maine Veterans' Homes 'Small House' Project began in January 2016, through a national collaboration between Maine Veteran's Homes and Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C., Plunkett Raysich Architects, TJM Consulting, IMEG Corp, Stantec, and Pierce Engineers. After three years of intense design, planning, bidding and negotiations, we're excited that construction can now begin. This 138-bed, 179,000 SF nursing home adopts a new concept—The Small House—as a more innovative and caring way to provide long-term transition care and memory...

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Sustainable design for senior living

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Architecture, LEED - Green Design, Press, Senior Living
November 27, 2018

Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C. has a number of LEED AP certified designers at the firm. It is standard practice of us to incorporate green practices into all our projects to some extent. When a client is particularly interested in sustainable design, we are able to implement features, such as: solar panels to support low electricity operating costs and water heating, walking trails to provide residents with connectivity to local amenities, and insulation methods appropriate for New England's varied seasons. A recent...

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blog - CumberlandCrossing groundbreaking ceremony

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Cumberland Crossing

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Architecture, Events, Landscape Architecture, Senior Living, Team News, Under Construction
November 20, 2018

John Wise—Construction Manager at Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C.—attended the recent Groundbreaking Ceremony for Cumberland Crossing By OceanView, in Cumberland, Maine. Designed by Gawron Turgeon Architects, Cumberland Crossing by OceanView is a sister development to the OceanView at Falmouth retirement community. Located on an approximately 37-acre plot of land, Cumberland Crossing will provide 52 cottages with varied floorplans including options for 1 or 2 bedrooms, beautifully equipped kitchens and a private deck or patio. About three quarters of the property will remain open...

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

Schooner Estates Memory Care – Under Construction

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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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Design Excursion to Kwalu

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Client News, Interior Design, Senior Living, Team News
November 16, 2018

Gawron Turgeon Architects' interior designers, Mary Turgeon and Rachel Redfearn, recently traveled with our partners at the Maine Veterans' Homes to visit the Kwalu showroom in Atlanta, Georgia. Kwalu specializes in designing beautiful and durable furniture for senior living and healthcare facilities. Design excursions like this are incredibly useful for enabling clients to participate in the selection of furniture for the spaces we design. Kwalu were wonderful hosts and our team left Atlanta feeling inspired by the furniture options for this project—a...

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blog - greater portland landmarks award

2018 Preservation Award for Plummer School

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Awards, Senior Living
October 3, 2018

Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C. is proud to have received a 2018 Preservation Honor Award by Greater Portland Landmarks "for the adaptive reuse of the 1931 Samson D. Plummer School in Falmouth." For more information about why GTA and this project were selected, please visit the Greater Portland Landmarks website. This award is in addition to the Maine Preservation 2017 Honor Award, and a 2014 MEREDA Top Notable Project Award....

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The Mooring on Foreside - Small house concept

News about our award-winning memory care design

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Architecture, Awards, Memory Care, Senior Living
July 20, 2018

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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Schooner Estates retirement community expansion

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Architecture, Interior Design, Senior Living
April 30, 2018

Gawron Turgeon Architects is designing a major expansion for the Schooner Estates retirement community in Auburn, ME. This $12 million expansion will provide a new, state-of-the-art 66-unit assisted living and memory care home that is organized into three small homes, each with a comfortable and familiar design that will promote the residents’ independence and individuality. Read more about this project in a recent MaineBiz article....

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