Simons Architects (SA) is a fifteen-person (four partners & eleven staff) architecture, design, and planning firm located in

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Background

SA was first established in

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in 1983 by

Scott Simons Scott Simons, FAIA (born 21 March 1954 in Rome, New York) is an American architect and planner based in Portland, Maine. He is a principal partner and founder of Scott Simons Architects. Simons graduated ''cum laude'' with a Bachelor of Arts from ...

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and has since produced a body of work that includes cultural, institutional, academic, and residential projects of great substance and beauty. The studio is credited as designer of the LEED Platinum certified Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Bosarge Family Education Center in association wit
Maclay Architects
It became the "greenest building" in

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and was awarded "Net Zero Energy Building of the Year" in 2012 by the North East Sustainable Energy Association
NESEA
. SA is also the architect of record for the 2010 renovation and addition to the Portland Public Library, many other Maine libraries, educational buildings, and the 2014 renovation and addition to the "transformational"

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. Staff from the firm have also participated in juries for national library awards and many regional and statewide AIA awards programs. The work of this firm has been recognized nationally for innovative design, attention to detail, inclusion of multiple stakeholders on public projects, and is seen as one of the key architects in the area. In 2015, Simons Architects developed a Master Plan for the

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, which includes a 1981 addition designed by Henry N. Cobb of I.M. Pei & Partners. In 2017 the firm designed th
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.

Notable projects

* Portland Public Library - Portland, Maine * Bosarge Family Education Center (Net-Zero Energy, LEED Platinum) - Boothbay, Maine *

- Portland, Maine
Brattleboro Music Center
- Brattleboro, Vermont
Pondicherry House
(Net-Zero Energy, LEED Platinum)- Mount Desert Island, Maine *

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( LEED Silver) - Portland, Maine
Hillside House
- Yarmouth, Maine * Waynflete Arts Center - Portland, Maine
Freeport Community Center
- Freeport, Maine * Tilton Academic Building - Tilton, New Hampshire * Knox County Courthouse - Rockland, Maine * SMCC Lighthouse Art Studio - South Portland, Maine *

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Renovation - Portland, Maine * Ronald McDonald House - Portland, Maine *

Campus Master Plan * Bangor Public Library Renovation and Addition * Portland Public Library - Burbank Branch *

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- Dormitory and Visiting Scientist Residence * Patrons Oxford Insurance Offices

In progress

Falmouth Memorial Library The Falmouth Memorial Library is the public library serving Falmouth, Maine. The library is a private non-profit organization. The library is a member of the Minerva consortium of Maine libraries (shared catalog system) and participates in the ...

- Falmouth, Maine (2016) *

Rice Public Library The Rice Public Library is the public library of Kittery, Maine. It is located at 8 Wentworth Street (Maine State Route 103) in the central Kittery Foreside village, in an architecturally distinguished Romanesque Revival building built in 1889 and ...

- Kittery, Maine (2018)
Tilton School Student Center
- Tilton, New Hampshire (2018) * Ecology School Dining Common ( Living Building Challenge) - Saco, Maine (2015)

List of awards and honors

* 2009 AIA New Hampshire Excellence in Architecture Award * 2010 Learning by Design Citation of Excellence * 2010 Outstanding Design, American School & University Educational Awards * 2010 Greater Portland Landmarks, Preservation Honor Award * 2011 Maine Preservation Honor Award * 2012 Maine AIA Honor Award for Design Excellence * 2012 AIA Vermont Award for Design Excellence * 2012 AIA New England Award for Design Excellence * 2013 The Phoenix Best Non-Gallery Art Space * 2013 Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) Zero Net Energy Award * 2013 AIA Maine Committee on the Environment (COTE) Residential Merit Award * 2013 AIA Maine Committee on the Environment (COTE) Institutional/Commercial Citation Award * 2014 AIA Maine Design Merit Award * 2014 AIA New England Honorable Mention * 2015 ACEC of Maine Special Recognition Award * 2015 AIA New Hampshire Honor Award * 2015 Maine Preservation Honor Award *2016 AIA Maine Honor Award *2017 AIA Maine Honor Award for Design Excellence in Unbuilt Design: Jesup Memorial Library *2018 Wood Design National Award: Green Building with Wood *2018 Greater Portland Landmarks Award: State Theater *2018 AIA Maine Award for Design Excellence: Brattleboro Music Center *2018 AIA Maine Award for Design Excellence: Patrons Oxford Insurance Office Building * 2018 AIA Maine Award for Design Excellence: Shimmield Residence Hall at Bigelow Labs

References

External links

* {{URL, simonsarchitects.com, the company's official website
Scott Simons Architects on Architizer

Casco Bay Ferry Lines Terminal Renovation
Architecture firms based in New York City Architecture firms based in Maine Companies based in Portland, Maine Design companies established in 1983 1983 establishments in New York City Privately held companies based in Maine