

When a building dreams...
This is what it looks like when a building dreams.


LEED for Homes Overview
If you ask around, you'll find everyone wants to live in a LEED Certified home, but almost no one actually knows what that means. This...


Coming Soon: Smedley Dental
Smedley Dental is a mixed-use dental office, retail, and residential loft project on E. Main Ave. in Zeeland. The project will rehab both...

Project Update: Grand River Endodontics
The new Grand River Endodontics office suite is under construction. It's located off 44th street by Rivertown Mall. I'm really looking...


Are you building a place worth caring about?
I ought to make this video a prerequisite for any patron who wants me to design a building. I've been doing some design work for urban...


Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
I'm currently in Washington DC for the AIA Grassroots national leadership conference. I spent the morning in a seminar regarding the...


Pascucci Marble & Granite Facility
The new Pascucci Marble & Granite facility is finished and open for business. The 22,000 square foot building houses their new tile and...


The base value of architecture...
In Shanghai, a 13 story apartment building literally fell over on it's face. Apparently they used inadequate pilings and liquefied the...

The One Percent.org
Maxam Architecture has joined "The One Percent.org" A site dedicated to connecting architects with non-profit organizations in need of...


Happy Holidays from Maxam Architecture!
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. --...