Design Wire – December 2015

“Ben’s Barn” in Kennebunk by Caleb Johnson Architects and Builders
“Ben’s Barn” in Kennebunk by Caleb Johnson Architects and Builders
Creations by Heidi Gerquest and Cynthia Selinger of Fragment Studios

“Ben’s Barn” in Kennebunk by CALEB JOHNSON ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS was recently awarded a 2015 Red Diamond Achiever (RDA) award by INTEGRITY WINDOWS AND DOORS. The RDA awards allow trade professionals the chance to showcase their innovative Integrity projects on a national stage.

Artists HEIDI GERQUEST and CYNTHIA SELINGER of FRAGMENT STUDIOS have created a new line of hand-silk-screened linen and felt textiles for the home. Based in Maine, Fragment Studios offers locally sewn and printed products inspired by ancient decorative objects and textiles such as Ottoman pottery, Japanese obis, and Moroccan rugs.

BANKS DESIGN ASSOCIATES received two Excellence in Design awards from the American Society of Interior Designers.

Boston-based urban design, planning, and landscape architecture firm THE CECIL GROUP has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Maine-based HARRIMAN ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS to form a full-service architecture and engineering practice.

Projects by WINKELMAN ARCHITECTURE, GO LOGIC, and PRIESTLEY AND ASSOCIATES were recently published in architect and photographer Katie Hutchison’s new book, The New Small House, published by the Taunton Press in October.