Minnesota based architect, author and Fulbright recipient, Blaine Brownell is a self-defined materials researcher and sustainable building advisor. Blaine’s “Product of the Week” emails and the two volumes of Transmaterial published by Princeton Architectural Press provide today’s architect and designer with a steady flow of inspiration that could be likened to a 21st Century version of the Grammar of Ornament.

A few of the names behind our 2026 series.

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Juniper Design+Build

Waypoint Brokers Collective

Patrick & Jocelyn Boothe

Studio Mnemosyne

Lavallee Brensinger Architects

Ember Maine

LR/ARC

Thornton Tomasetti

Catharine Beautyman

Winkelman Architecture

Kevin Browne Architecture

Andrew Ashey & Alex Day

Maine Stone Scapes

Steven Mansfield

BSLA Maine

Landry/French Construction

MULXIPLY Collaborative

Maine Interior Design Association

Albert Putnam Associates

Bangor Savings Bank

Julien Jalbert

Carol A. Wilson Architect

Anna Maria Lee & Stephen Simonds

Doula x Design

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