March 2004

Harriman honored for Noble High

Harriman Associates Architects and Engineers has received the prestigious Shirley Cooper Award for design excellence for its design of Noble High School in NorthBerwick.

The award is co-sponsored by the American Association of School Administrators, the American Institute of Architects and the Council of Educational Facility Planner International.

It recognizes excellence in educational facilities planning, design and construction.

Harriman Associates was honored at the Exhibition of School Architecture conference in San Francisco in February.

The Shirley Cooper Award is the 11th award given to Harriman for its design of Noble High School.

"The design was developed in a truly democratic process," said Harriman Associates architect and partner Daniel W. Cecil.

"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."

Noble High School is designed to support innovative teaching techniques in use in the district, which participates in a national organization, the Coalition of Essential Schools.

The academic wing has 15 self-contained learning communities, each for 100 students who are taught by an interdisciplinary team.

At the heart of the building is a sky lighted, two-story "town square" with benches along the windowed corridors, which is a magnet for students to gather.

A performing arts wing has a 1,000-seat theater and teaching space for art, music and applied technology.

Extensive community use is encouraged with a childcare center, adult education center, health-care clinic and a restaurant staffed by culinary arts students.

Harriman Associates provides architects and engineering design services for education, government, commericial and health-care clients throughout New England.

It has offices in Auburn and Portland, as well as Portsmouth, N.H. People can find more information about the firm, the sixth-oldest design firm in the United States, at www.harriman.com

FMH chooses architectural firm

Harriman Associates has been selected by Franklin Memorial Hospital to provide architectural and engineering design services on a long-term basis to Franklin Community Health Network.

Harriman Associates' first task is creating a five-year facility master plan for the FCHN system located in the Farmington region.

The plan will identify exisisting and future space needs and program relocation requirements to meet strategic goals.

"We feel privileged to have the opportunity to create a blueprint for the future of the Franklin Community Health Network and we look forward to assisting the hospital in fulfilling its mission in the Farmington region," stated Patrick Costin, a partner with the Auburn firm.

Since 2001 Costin has led Harriman Associates' design studio for healthcare projects, having designed facilities that have been recognized regionally and nationally for design excellence.

Projects include a 14-bed hospice house for Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice currently in design and the recently completed Maine Center
for Cancer Care for Maine Medical Center.

Franklin Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit community general hospital whose mission is to provide high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered health care to west central Maine.

The 70-bed hospital is fully qualified and accredited to handle a broad range of procedures.

FMH created and is now an affiliate of the Franklin Community Health Network, an intergrated network of providers.

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