ABOUT CWS
Designing Community, Together.
ABOUT CWS ARCHITECTURE + INTERIOR DESIGN
Since our founding in 1992, we've built our practice around lasting, collaborative, and genuine relationships.
CWS Architecture + Interior Design (CWS) provides creative, thoughtful solutions. While responsive to a project’s budget, schedule, performance requirements and vision, we listen to understand then client’s needs, goals, and aspirations, which enable us to produce meaningful, lasting designs. This is evidenced through our ethos: Nurturing Relationships – Harmonizing Design.
CWS endeavors every day to achieve its vision of elevating our abilities and the built environment. We do this by assembling collaborative teams to enable well-thought-out designs that enhance the places where we live, work, learn, and heal.
BEST PLACES TO WORK IN MAINE
THREE YEARS RUNNING
The Best Places to Work in Maine award recognizes organizations that go beyond policies and perks to create exceptional workplace cultures. Winners are selected through a rigorous, two-part process that evaluates both company practices and direct, anonymous employee feedback—making this one of the state’s most respected and meaningful workplace honors.
Earning this distinction three years in a row reflects a sustained commitment to employee engagement, leadership transparency, professional growth, and a culture where people feel valued and supported every day.
Visit our Careers page to learn more about working here.
OUR CORE VALUES
These are the root of every relationship and design decision we make.
We believe that cultivating lasting relationships is fundamental to doing good business, and that great design is the product of building and preserving those relationships.
Relationships
Honesty and transparency are at the root of everything we do. Through open collaboration, we strive to create and build trust with all of our business and client relationships.
Integrity
CWS brings over 30 years of design experience to our clients’ projects. Shared goals and principals are aligned to ensure everyone has perfect understanding. We are proud to bring a rich depth of knowledge to each project.
Knowledge
Our team is committed to ensuring the result meets and exceeds our clients’ original dream. We achieve this by carefully understanding our clients’ needs, goals, and aspirations and balance that with great design.
Commitment
We are constantly seeking to elevate our abilities and the built environment. To do this, we assemble collaborative teams to enable well-thought-out designs that enhance places where we live, work, learn, and heal.
Vision
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
We recognize that our responsibility to the public good exceeds our own needs and aspirations. To this end, supporting the betterment and health of the world we live in is paramount to our business philosophy. We demonstrate this commitment in the following areas.
