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Company type | Partnership |
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Industry | Architecture and Planning |
Founded | New York, New York, United States (1983 ) |
Founder | Scott Simons |
Headquarters | Portland, Maine |
Area served | International |
Services | Architecture, Urban Design, Planning, Graphics, Interior Design, Sustainable Design, Passive House |
Number of employees | 15 |
Website | www |
Simons Architects (SA) is a fifteen-person (four partners & eleven staff) architecture, design, and planning firm located in Portland, Maine.
SA was first established in New York City in 1983 by Scott Simons, FAIA [1] [2] [3] and has since produced a body of work that includes cultural, institutional, academic, and residential projects of great substance and beauty. [4] [5] [6] [7] The studio is credited as the designer of LEED Platinum certified Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Bosarge Family Education Center [8] in association with Maclay Architects. [9] [10] [11] It became the "greenest building" in Maine and was awarded "Net Zero Energy Building of the Year" in 2012 by the North East Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). [12] [13] [14] [15] SA is also the architect of record for the 2010 renovation and addition to the Portland Public Library, [16] many other Maine libraries, [17] [18] [19] [20] educational buildings, [21] and the 2014 renovation and addition to the "transformational" Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] Staff from the firm have also participated in juries for national library awards as well as many regional and statewide AIA awards programs. [27] [28] The work of this firm has been recognized nationally for innovative design, its great attention to detail, and inclusion of multiple stakeholders on public projects, and is seen as one of the key architects in the area. [29] [30] [31] [32] In 2015, Simons Architects developed a Master Plan for the Portland Museum of Art, which includes a 1981 addition designed by Henry N. Cobb of I.M. Pei & Partners. [33] [34] [35] [36] In 2017, the firm designed the Brattleboro Music Center and Chamber Music Hall in Vermont that was recognized with design awards from AIA New England, AIA Vermont, and AIA Maine. Since its founding in 1995, the Portland, ME studio has been recognized with over 25 design awards.
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