Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center wins AIA Maine Design Award

We are pleased to announce that Ellenzweig has been awarded the 2025 AIA Maine Design Award for the Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center at the University of Maine. During the awards ceremony held on May 9th, Ellenzweig’s Michael Lauber, FAIA, Eric Mitchell, Bryan Roi, and Scott Mercier accepted the award on behalf of the project team.

As Design Architect and Lab Planner, we collaborated with WBRC (Architect of Record) to create the new multi-disciplinary engineering building. Since its opening, it has been warmly received by university administrators, students, and faculty.

The jury stated: “The Ferland Center does everything well! The building organization, in the context of both the campus and within, is clear and effectively bolstered by thoughtful material selection and detailing inside and out. Natural and artificial lighting reinforce circulation and ancillary gathering spaces, and even the mechanical penthouse contributes intelligently to the building massing. This project is very skillfully conceived and executed in all facets of design.”