Safdie Architects designs Maine's tallest building to resemble a lighthouse
May 7, 2025
Boston architecture studio Safdie Architects has designed a reimagined downtown "urban heart" for Portland, Maine, USA, centred around a 30-storey skyscraper designed to reference coastal architecture.
By Ellen Eberhardt, dezeen
Located on four acres in the historic Old Port neighbourhood of Portland, the Old Port Square development will include the addition of a 380-foot tall (115 metre) mixed-use tower and a glass "retail pavilion" designed by Safdie Architects, as well as surrounding site improvements in collaboration with Michael Boucher Landscape Architecture and graphic design agency Pentagram.
"With Old Port Square, our long-term collaboration with East Brown Cow gives us the opportunity to stitch together a fragmented block over time," said Safdie Architects senior partner Sean Scensor.