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April 11, 2003 Noble High School wins ninth design award Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine, will receive its ninth award for excellence in design Thursday, April 17, with the presentation of the William W. Caudill Award by American School & University magazine. Joe Agron, editor-in-chief of the Kansas-based publication, will present the award at the SAD 60 school board meeting, set for 6:30 p.m. at the high school in North Berwick. Harriman Associates, a full-service architecture and engineering firm in Auburn and Portland, Maine, designed the 1,500-student, 270,000-sq.-ft. school, which opened in September 2001. Honor recognizes pioneering architect The award is the highest in an annual competition for educational architecture that has been sponsored by the magazine for twenty years and honors a man whose ideas on school architecture made him an authority in the field. Caudill (1914-1983), a Texas architect, pioneered the concept of "architecture by team." He championed humanistic design and believed that those who use a school building should be involved in designing it. The Houston firm he founded became internationally known. "We are especially honored that Noble was selected for this award, because the process for designing the school was so aligned with Caudill's ideas," said Harriman Associates architect Daniel W. Cecil, AIA, who led the design team. "Community involvement in the design was intense, involving teachers, staff, students, parents, and administrators, and included a workshop open to everyone in the three towns in the school district. Noble is truly a community school," added Cecil, who is also a partner in the firm. Eight other awards Noble High School has received eight other design awards: **American School & University, Bronze Citation, 2002 Educational Interiors Showcase **Boston Society of Architects, K-12 Education Facilities Design Award **Council on Educational Facilities Planning International (CEFPI), Project of Distinction **American School Boards Journal, Learning by Design, Citation Award **BuildSmart competition by the Mass Networks Education Partnership ** Grand Prize School Construction News and Design Share, Merit Award ** School Planning & Management and CEFPI, 2002 Impact on Learning Award ** School Planning & Management 2002 Education Design Showcase, honorable mention In addition, eight feature articles about the school have appeared in national magazines for design and school professionals, and photos of the school have been exhibited at conferences in Boston, San Francisco, and Phoenix, Arizona. Country's sixth-oldest design firm Harriman Associates provides architecture and engineering design services for education, health care, corporate, and government clients throughout New England from offices in Auburn and Portland, Maine. Founded in 1870, it is the sixth-oldest design firm in the country. Designs for education clients form a major part of the firm's work. Projects currently being designed include a new high school in Exeter, New Hampshire; an expansion and renovations at Scarborough High School; a new elementary school in Kennebunk; and expansion of the John Mitchell Center at the University of Southern Maine. back to list Copyright Harriman Associates All rights reserved