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GTD Wins Healthcare Design Award in IIDA Design Awards 2025!

by Admin
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...

Highlighting GTA’s Rebecca Dillon!

by Admin
Architecture, Team News
August 9, 2023

  MEET REBECCA DILLON, PRINCIPAL, DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE!   It’s been a while since we’ve had the chance to highlight some of our talented team here at GTA! Right now, we’d like to call attention to Principal, Director of Architecture, and owner, Rebecca Dillon. Rebecca has been with the company since becoming an intern in 1992 and has been a key player in countless projects across the company’s existence.   Rebecca sees design and thoughtful insight as crucial tools for creating flexible spaces to enhance how...

Thank You to Kathy Weeks!

by Admin
Interior Design, Team News
October 28, 2022

  SEE YOU SOON! This week, we said farewell for now to our amazing Controller, Kathy Weeks. Kathy has been here at Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C. for over 35 of the almost 40 years that the company has been active. We will miss you and hope to see you soon, but we wish you the best and hope your coming retirement are your best years yet!     Over her career at Gawron Turgeon, she has managed every corner of our finances, overseen our office,...

Featuring GTA’s James Pratt!

by Admin
Interior Design, Team News
October 20, 2022

  MEET JAMES PRATT, PROJECT ARCHITECT!   We have an amazing team here at Gawron Turgeon, and today, we’d like to highlight one of our Project Architects, James Pratt! James has been with the team for over five years, and we’ve been lucky enough to have him working on some of the that work GTA is proudest of.   "My goal is to create senior living environments that feel welcoming, comforting, and improve the lives of the residents."   James’ interest in his current career began when...

Highlighting GTA’s Deirdre Pio!

by Admin
Interior Design, Team News
May 9, 2022

  MEET DEIRDRE PIO, DIRECTOR OF INTERIOR DESIGN!   We have an amazing team here at Gawron Turgeon, and today, we’d like to highlight our Director of Interior Design, Deirdre Pio! Deirdre has been with Gawron Turgeon since 1995, beginning as an intern, working her way to a Project Manager position where she led projects that touched on every department, to working on and leading interior design efforts in her director role.   "I like to take a holistic approach to creating spaces for people,...

Director of Interior Design Deirdre Pio

Director of Interior Design Deirdre Pio Interviewed by Wallprotex

by Sarah Wissler
Interior Design, Press, Team News
May 10, 2021

Deirdre Pio, GTA's director of interior design, was recently interviewed by Wallprotex, a sustainable wall protection company. As part of their series on interior design for the healthcare market, Pio spoke with Wallprotex about creating healing environments, her favorite new products and the person who has influenced her most in her career. Read the full interview over on the Wallprotex blog!...

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Hilary Ward

Introducing Project Architect Hilary Ward

by Sarah Wissler
Team News
April 9, 2021

Please join us in welcoming Project Architect Hilary Ward to GTA! Hilary brings a wealth of experience in senior living, residential, energy-efficient, commercial, federal, and state facilities, and has already jumped into our latest senior living project. We sat down with Hilary to learn more about her background and find out what she loves to do when she's not designing. How did you decide to pursue a career in architecture? When I was young, I took a shop class where we learned...

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Director of Interior Design Deirdre Pio
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Milestone anniversaries at GTA

by Sarah Wissler
Team News
January 4, 2021

We are delighted to celebrate four recent anniversaries at GTA! A hearty congratulations to Deirdre Pio, Dave Richards, Dan Levesque and James Pratt for their years of service on our team. We are so fortunate to work with these talented individuals and we thank them for all of their hard work and collaboration. Milestone Anniversaries: Deirdre: 25 years of service Dave: 20 years of service Dan: 10 years of service James: 5 years of service ...

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Megan Blanchette

Employee Spotlight: Megan Blanchette

by Sarah Wissler
Team News
June 4, 2020

For this month’s employee spotlight, we are delighted to feature Megan Blanchette. As GTA's Administrative Assistant, Megan supports the team with a variety of projects, and she’s also the first person you’ll speak to when calling our office. We’re so fortunate to have her as part of our team! What is your favorite thing about working at GTA? I love working with such creative minds! Everyone I work with has a different vision and I like to see how that is expressed...

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An update from GTA

by Sarah Wissler
Team News
March 18, 2020

At Gawron Turgeon Architects, P.C., we are committed to providing our clients with the highest quality service, and making thoughtful decisions to ensure that the best outcome is achieved. This mission extends to our current work amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and we wanted to provide an update on how we are prioritizing the safety of our clients, colleagues and friends during this time. As of Wednesday, March 18, GTA staff has been working remotely. This remote work will continue through...