Press
Plain Magazine Studio OPAL Crafts an All-Wood Lakefront Marvel in Connecticut by Kala Barba-Court, May, 2025
Avontuura OPAL Designs All-Wood, All the Time, A Lakefront Home in Connecticut Challenging the Conventions of Residential Construction by Maria Ng, May 22, 2025
Architectural Digest A Pair of Landscape Designers Pursue the Wild Life by Sara James Mnookin, January 21, 2025
Decor Maine Camp Compact by Brian Shuff, January 2025
AIA Architect How Residential Design offers Opportunities for Sustainability by Timothy Lock, AIA and Gabe Tomasulo, AIA, December 17, 2024
Forbes America’s Top 200 Residential Architects by Richard Olsen, October 30, 2024
AIA Philadelphia Context Magazine Biogenics and Less by Timothy Lock, September 30, 2024
Maine Home + Design Drawing Board This Single Story Residence Features a Glass Connection that Frames Stunning Coastal Views September 2024
Decor Maine It’s All in the Materials by Anna Mangum, September 2024
Wall Street Journal Two Friend Built Their Own Company. Their Next Big Thing: A 1,000-Acre Wilderness Retreat by Fred A. Bernstein, September 11, 2024
Dezeen Ecology centre in coastal Maine is “model of holistic sustainability” by Jenna McKnight, June 25, 2024
PenBay Pilot Belfast Architects Receive National Design Award for Bar Harbor Academic Building June 10, 2024
Decor Maine Perfecting Prefab by Penny Guisinger, April, 2024
Maine Biz Business Leaders: At TimberHP, Joshua Henry, Matthew O’Malia drive change in a legacy industry by William Hall, March 18, 2024
The Architect’s Newspaper Encore on Main Street: The Paul J. Schupf Art Center by Ian Volner, April 9, 2024
Decor Maine New England Eco-Modern: Environmentally conscious design gives Maine’s architectural vocabulary an update at a home on the Bagaduce River by Brian Shuff, February 2024
Maine Biz What is a ‘zero emissions’ building? Belfast Firm consults with White House on the answer by Laurie Shreiber, October 10, 2023
Maine Biz Four-Wheel Drive, Food Runs: What it Takes to Build a $2M Research Center on Hurricane Island by Laurie Shreiber, September 8, 2023
Camp Business Passive Projects: A Building Design Framework that Promises Minimal Energy Use by Timothy Lock, September/October 2023
Redfin 19 Essential Questions to Ask a Residential Architect Before Hiring Them by Ryan Castillo, August 29, 2023
Archello All-Wood, All the Time Web feature, August 2023
Pen Bay Pilot Penobscot Bay’s Newest Research Station Opens on Hurricane Island by Nate Hathaway; August 18 2023
Fine Homebuilding Magazine Benefits of Simple Building Forms by Lloyd Alter; Issue 316, July 2023
Fine Homebuilding Magazine A Low-Carbon, All Electric Build by Kiley Jacques; Issue 315, June 2023
Maine Home & Design Magazine AIA Maine Awards Winners CLT Mountain Retreat & The Bridge; June 2023
Architizer All-Wood,All the Time Special Mention in Sustainable Private House Category, June 2023
Your Modern Cottage All-Wood, All the Time wins Small Modern Cottage Interview with Matthew O’Malia by Jennifer Carmichael; May 2023
Residential Design Magazine The Edge of Tomorrow by S. Claire Conroy; Vol. 2, April 2023 Magazine article, online case study
OffsiteDirt OPAL Architecture & Timber HP, Build, Design and Wood Fiber Insulation by Audree Grubesic; April 13, 2023
Green Building Advisor Benefits of Simple Building Forms by Lloyd Alter; March 2023
Bangor Daily News A Bar Harbor College Residential Hall is Being Built with New Wood Technology by Bill Trotter; March 14 2023
Decor Maine Living in Place Issue No.8, 2022
Maine Home + Design Four Square Nov/Dec 2022
The Plan Davis Center for Human Ecology at College of the Atlantic by Luca Maria Francesco Fabris; May 2022
Remodelista in Maine The Deconstructed Guest House by Annie Quigley. Artisan Books; April 2022
Architectural Record Davis Center at College of the Atlantic | Architecture • Design and Opal Architecture, by Suzanne Stephens; November 2021
Passive House Plus (Sustainable building) issue 37 UK Passive and Eco builds from around the world; March 2021
Maine Home + Design Architect Matt O’Malia of Opal Architecture on Embracing Tradition While Raising the Bar on Sustainability, by Danielle Devine; April 2021
Forbes A Passive Architect Spreading His Wings – Matthew O’Malia, by Sheri Koones; December 2020
World of Interiors Blue Dye Thinking “Japandinavian Shaker” Martin Residence, by Ellen De Wachter; December 2020
Maine Magazine – the Sugarloaf Issue Landing Spot : A net positive home in the Carrabassett Valley, by Emma Simard; November 2020
Maine Home + Design Drawing Board: Bagaduce Residence; October 2020
Décor Maine Modern Munjoy: custom House in Portland’s East End, by Allison Paige; October 2020
Maine Homes by Downeast 9 Steps to a Healthier Maine Home : Separate Structures, by Jen DeRose; November 2020
Maine Home + Design Architecture = Art (Featuring Waterfall Arts); August 2020
AIA New Hampshire AIA New Hampshire : Excellence in Architectural Design – Alnoba; May 2020
Green IQ: Terra Haus Photo and OPAL Design credit, by Tom Groenig; October 2019
Design Wire: GO LAB Purchases Madison Paper Mill by Emma Simard; October 2019
Maine Home + Design Two to Tango, by J. Michael Welton; November 2018
Maine Home + Design Breaking New Ground: Twenty Residential and Commercial Projects that Push the Limits of Design; December 2018
Architect Magazine 2018 Architect 50: Top 50 Firms in Design; November 2018
Forbes Passive House – Building The Efficient Home Of The Future, by Sheri Koones; June 2019
Fine Homebuilding HOUSES 2018 Awards Issue Suburban Shift, by Rob Wotzak; June 2018
Maine Magazine Tightly Knit, by Kathy Kelleher; March 2018
Design New England, Keeping It Tight, by Bruce Irving; November 2017
Maine Home + Design Island Eyrie, by Jen DeRose; September 2017
Passive House Details, by Donald B. Comer, Jan C. fillinger and Alison G. Kwok; August 2017
Green & Healthy Maine Homes High Performing Home Showcase, by Chris Briley and Heather Chandler; July 2017
Downeast Passive House Pioneer, by Virginia M. Wright; 2017
Maine Home + Design Creative Genius, by Jen DeRose; September 2017
Maine Home + Design Architecture, Pragmatic & Wise, by by Susan Grisanti; December 2016
Maine Home + Design Architectural Excellence, by Jen DeRose; November 2016
Custom Builder Back Story: Actively Passive, by Felicia Oliver; October 2016
Fine Homebuilding Small Homes, Downsize and Simplify; October 2016
Fine Homebuilding Small Homes, Little House on the Ferry; October 2016
Green and Healthy Maine, Passive House is Anything but Passive; October 2016
Prefabulous Small Houses, by Sheri Koones; Abrams Publishing, September 2016
AD Germany, Vom Reichtum, der in der Askese liegt; July 2016
Maine Home and Design, Architectural Marvels, by Sarah Stebbins, Virginia M. Wright and Brian Kevin; June 2016
Passive House in Different Climates, by Mary James and James Bill; Routledge Publishing, June 2016
Arch Daily Cousins River Residence/GO Logic; May 2016
Fine Homebuilding House Awards 2016: Editors Choice: Downsize and Simplify, by Rob Yagid; May 2016
Fine Homebuilding Project Gallery: Little House on the Ferry; May 2016
Treehugger Cousins River Residence by GO Logic is smaller and simpler; May 2016
AIT Little House on the Ferry in Vinalhaven von GO Logic Architecture; March 2016
Curbed Eco-Conscious Summer House in Maine Elevates Simple Materials; April 2016
Dezeen GO Logic Builds a Wooden House in a Forest Clearing in Maine; April 2016
Financial Times: How to Spend It Compound Houses; April 2016
Gooood Cousins River Residence by GO Logic; April 2016
Gooood Little House on the Ferry by GO Logic; April 2016
Gooood Quincy Bay Residence by GO Logic; April 2016
Remodelista Current Obsession: Out of Thin Air; April 2016
Maine Home + Design Bright-minded Home; March 2016
Maine Home + Design Lean, Green & Serene, by Debra Spark; March 2016
This Is Paper An integration of sustainability and aesthetics by GO Logic; March 2016
This Is Paper A summer cabins trio on the rocky coastline by GO Logic; March 2016
American Architects Building of the Week: Little House on the Ferry; February 2016
Treehugger Buildings can be boxy but beautiful if you have a good eye; February 2016
Gessato Little House on the Ferry; January 2016
Arch Daily Little House on the Ferry / GO Logic; January 2016
Architizer Project of the Day: Little House on the Ferry/GO Logic; January 2016
Catalogodiseno GO Logic instala un complejo de cabanas en el fragil paisaje de Vinalhaven; January 2016
Dezeen Trio of wooden cabins forms Little House on the Ferry in rural Maine; January 2016
Journal-du-design Little House on the Ferry par GO Logic; January 2016
Maine Home + Design Masters of Architecture: Microcabins Hover on Piers Above a Recovering Landscape, by Rebecca Falzano; December 2015
Custom Home Little House on the Ferry, Grand Award, by Edward Keegan; October 2015
Dwell The Power of Three, by Chelsea Holden Baker; October 2015
Maine Home and Design, The Drawing Board: Wolfes Neck Farm Master Plan; August 2015
Portland Press Herald Belfast, once home to a chicken processing plants, undergoes a green renaissance; August 2015
Detail Online High-tech timber: Laboratory near Chicago; June 2015
Architectural Record Adapting to New Environs, by Michael Cockram; April 2015
Green Building & Design Defined Design: Warren Woods Ecological Field Station, by Amanda Koellner; April 2015
Maine Home and Design: Q+A with Timothy Lock of GO Logic about the Waterfall Arts retrofit; April 2015
Arch Daily Warren Woods Passive House; January 2015
Home Power, Net Zero on a Community Scale; January 2015
Inhabitat Chicago University Opens First Certified Passive-House Laboratory in the US; January 2015
Tradeline Warren Woods Ecological Field Station; January 2015
Architect’s Newspaper Facades blog Passive House Laboratory by GO Logic, by Anna Bergren Miller; December 2014
Dezeen Cedar Clad Field Station by GO Logic Houses University of Chicago Laboratory, by Alyn Griffiths; December 2014
The New York Times Just Don’t Call It a Lab: Walter White Would Not Be Welcome, by Sandy Keenan; November 2014
Maine Biz, Logical Development; October 2014
Green Builder Maine Attraction: Belfast Cohousing and Ecovillage, by Sarah Lozanova; August 2014
Working waterfront, Today’s Logical House; May 2014
Journal of Light Construction, Building Above-Code Walls, Belfast Maine Cohousing Units, by Ted Cushman; December 2013
Custom Home, Passive Aggressive, by Bruce D. Snider; July 2013
Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors, A Village for the Future, by Polly Saltonstall; March 2013
Prefabulous + Almost Off the Grid: Your Path to Building an Energy-Independent Home, by Sheri Koones; Abrams Publishing, October 2012
Republican Journal, Waterfall Arts Completes Grant Funded Study; December 2012
Bangor Daily News, Belfast Homes Friendly to Environment, Community; September 2012
Prefab and Fabulous, by Sheri Koones; Abrams Publishing, August 2012
Builder Magazine Green Homes in Every Color, by Amy Albert; July 2012
Inhabitat Bright Red GO Home is a LEED Platinum House that Packs a Green Energy Punch; October 2011
Maine Biz, Passive Pioneers; October 2011
Maine Home + Design Passive Impressive, by Rebecca Falzano; March 2011
Journal of Light Construction, Passive House Seeks Broader Appeal; February 2011
Design New England, Take Note; November 2011
Maine Home and Design, Harnessing Light; July 2010
Journal of Light Construction, Super Insulated Slab Foundations; April 2010
Residential Architect, Savings Plan; January 2010
Village Soup, Belfast Firm Presents German Efficiency, New England Style; October 2009
Portland Press Herald, Green to the Extreme; September 2009
Bangor Daily News, Back US Clean Energy and Security Act; July 2009
Roll Call, Small Businesses Need Stronger Energy Bill; June 2009
