28 Maple Street, Suite 202, Portland, ME
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www.briburn.com
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At BRIBURN we practice Architecture for Life: The creation of architecture that is timeless, environmentally friendly, beautiful, and long-lasting. It is architecture that focuses on the experiences of the building’s occupants, enhancing their daily lives with natural daylight, excellent ventilation, and delightful spaces that engage their artful minds. It is architecture that is mindful of our finite resources and respectful of the natural environment. It is architecture that stands the test of time by being very durable, simple to operate, economical to maintain, and beautiful.
We are at a pivotal place in the history of our environment and at BRIBURN we take our role in it seriously. Our understanding of sustainability is deep and our commitment true. We are committed to being at the forefront of building science, energy efficiency, and the latest sustainable products and techniques. While many other firms struggle to keep up with the latest energy codes (even while touting themselves as “green”) we are working on buildings that heat themselves almost entirely with the sun, and offset the costs of high-performing building envelopes with less expensive mechanical systems. By energy modeling all our designs, we can balance investments with savings, reduce consumption, increase durability, ensure high indoor air quality, and incorporate healthy, low-toxin, resource-efficient materials.
Sustainability
We are an award-winning architectural firm in Maine that specializes in energy-efficient planet-positive designs for residential, commercial, and institutional buildings and spaces.
BRIBURN has brought to fruition the Nation’s first Passive House high school (for the Maine Coast Waldorf School), Maine’s first WELL certified office (for the Nature Conservancy in Maine), and is presently finishing up work on what will be Maine’s first Living Building Challenge project (The Ecology School). BRIBURN has also been responsible for numerous, net zero, net positive, and passive house projects. Our work has been featured in Maine Home+Design Magazine, Green and Healthy Maine Homes, Maine Homes by Down East Magazine, DECOR Maine Magazine, Fine Homebuilding, and Dwell. Book publications include, Nature Inside – A Biophilic Guide, and Passive House Details – Solutions for High Performance Design. Most recently, our work can be seen on HGTV’s Urban Oasis 2020.
“BRIBURN understood from the start that we had asked them to create an inspiring building, meeting high standards of efficiency on an insane timetable. Truly working as a team with our contractor and faculty they delivered over and above what we could have ever hoped for and they got our students through the doors on time.”
“We loved working with BRIBURN – Harry far exceeded our expectations with a design that brought the outside in, from the wandering wall mirroring the river’s bend below our office to a mezzanine crow’s nest overlooking the space showing the topography of the desks, to every color and light choice. It’s stunning, welcoming and warm, and we are thrilled!”
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