Welcome to Build Maine 2018 & Exciting Projects
Introducing Build Maine 2018! Held annually in June, 2018 marks Build Maine's 5th year in downtown Lewiston, Maine. Learn more about the conference and event organizers. Learn more about two exciting projects:
Arlin Graff, a Brazilian artist now based in Detroit, speaks to his creation, design and purpose of the large-scale mural on the City-owned Centreville Parking Garage in downtown Lewiston, Maine. Every Build Maine sponsor, exhibitor, and attendee from the past five years has helped to fund this mural by international artist, Arlin Graff. With deep gratitude, Build Maine thanks the community of Lewiston for supporting Arlin and the mural effort through donations of food, coffee, and kindness. A special thanks to the local businesses who made important contributions to this effort including Easy RentAll, The Hive and the Hampton Inn.The mural was gifted to the City of Lewiston by Build Maine, with a generous contribution from Arlin Graff.
Ben Willis speaks about the Side Hustle House, designed by Union Studio Architecture based in Providence, RI. The Side Hustle House was designed as a potential solution to affordable housing, using Cape Cod as a case study.
Lewiston Mural Project by Arlin Graff | The Side Hustle House by Union Studio Architecture
Introducing Build Maine 2018! Held annually in June, 2018 marks Build Maine's 5th year in downtown Lewiston, Maine. Learn more about the conference and event organizers. Learn more about two exciting projects:
Arlin Graff, a Brazilian artist now based in Detroit, speaks to his creation, design and purpose of the large-scale mural on the City-owned Centreville Parking Garage in downtown Lewiston, Maine. Every Build Maine sponsor, exhibitor, and attendee from the past five years has helped to fund this mural by international artist, Arlin Graff. With deep gratitude, Build Maine thanks the community of Lewiston for supporting Arlin and the mural effort through donations of food, coffee, and kindness. A special thanks to the local businesses who made important contributions to this effort including Easy RentAll, The Hive and the Hampton Inn.The mural was gifted to the City of Lewiston by Build Maine, with a generous contribution from Arlin Graff.
Ben Willis speaks about the Side Hustle House, designed by Union Studio Architecture based in Providence, RI. The Side Hustle House was designed as a potential solution to affordable housing, using Cape Cod as a case study.
Allison Thurmond Quinlan
Alli will highlight how small-scale infill can breathe value into neighborhoods and how to cut through the voodoo of pro formas, zoning, and building codes to create beautiful, lovable, walkable projects that make sense for communities and make money for investors.
Architect, Landscape Architect, Small Infill Developer | Flintlock Ltd Co | Flintlock Development
Alli will highlight how small-scale infill can breathe value into neighborhoods and how to cut through the voodoo of pro formas, zoning, and building codes to create beautiful, lovable, walkable projects that make sense for communities and make money for investors.
Blair Humphreys
Blair is overseeing the design and development of Wheeler — a mixed-use New Urbanism development on the Oklahoma River. Blair will share the benefits of designing his project with the community at the table, as a way to generate long-term buy-in. He will also explain why it’s so hard to build great places, and what municipalities can do to help change the game.
PRincipal | Humphreys Company
Blair is overseeing the design and development of Wheeler — a mixed-use New Urbanism development on the Oklahoma River. Blair will share the benefits of designing his project with the community at the table, as a way to generate long-term buy-in. He will also explain why it’s so hard to build great places, and what municipalities can do to help change the game.
Doug Farr
How can we make the world we want in the least possible time? Farr will share the findings from his latest book, Sustainable Nation, released in spring 2018. Find out what you can do within your own community to make the change you want. Farr is also author of Sustainable Urbanism, a call for leadership in the design and development of places for human settlement, published in 2007.
Architect, Urban Planner, Author, Founder | Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design
How can we make the world we want in the least possible time? Farr will share the findings from his latest book, Sustainable Nation, released in spring 2018. Find out what you can do within your own community to make the change you want. Farr is also author of Sustainable Urbanism, a call for leadership in the design and development of places for human settlement, published in 2007.
Nicole Losch, PTP
What if there was a faster, less expensive, and better way to make our streets safer for all people? Nicole will share how Vermont’s biggest town has quickly embedded municipal pilot projects and a program for community-led demonstration projects into its public works operations, and how to bridge the gap between conceptual planning and full reconstruction.
Senior Transportation Planner | City of Burlington
What if there was a faster, less expensive, and better way to make our streets safer for all people? Nicole will share how Vermont’s biggest town has quickly embedded municipal pilot projects and a program for community-led demonstration projects into its public works operations, and how to bridge the gap between conceptual planning and full reconstruction.
Marcus Westbury
Is your town struggling to fill empty shopfronts? Marcus Westbury, author of Creating Cities, is the founder of Renew Newcastle and Renew Australia, efforts that helped launch more than 300 creative and community projects in empty and abandoned buildings and reopened more than 100 vacant shops and offices across Australia.
Urbanist, Writer, Media Maker, Author, and Festival Director | Contemporary Arts Precincts Ltd
Is your town struggling to fill empty shopfronts? Marcus Westbury, author of Creating Cities, is the founder of Renew Newcastle and Renew Australia, efforts that helped launch more than 300 creative and community projects in empty and abandoned buildings and reopened more than 100 vacant shops and offices across Australia.