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Project • By SMRT Architects & Engineers • Universities

University of Southern Maine Dubyak Center

The renovation and expansion of the University of Southern Maine’s (USM) Michael E. Dubyak Center for Digital Science & Innovation establishes a new home for the Computer Science Department and a cornerstone for innovation on the Portland campus. SMRT Architects & Engineers transformed underutilized academic space into a modern, high-performing environment that supports teaching, research, and interdisciplinary collaboration while reinforcing USM’s missions and growing presence in the region.  Ryan Bent Ryan Bent Ryan Bent At the heart of the Dubyak Center is a commitment to advancing computer science through collaborative, real-world research and innovation. The reimagined space brings together clas... More

Project • By Perkins Eastman • Universities

Univ. of Southern Maine Crewe Center for the Arts

The design of the Crewe Center, the new 40,000-square-foot performing and fine arts center on the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus, is an architectural synthesis of Maine's maritime heritage and the ephemeral nature of music and light. Its two rising interlocked exterior masses are clad in glass, steel, and dynamic, color-shifting metal panels that evoke the "spectral tides," shimmering and changing hue to mirror the fluid, evocative nature of the ocean. As a visitor approaches, the facade performs for them, executing a slow, visual glissando. The central, transparent gallery spine, expressed as a commanding vertical beacon, cuts longitudinally through the two wings, serving as a luminous public artery and exhibition spa... More