A judge in southernMaine has ruled that the planned Portland Museum of Art expansion can move forward with the scheduled demolition of an existing building on-site to make way for LEVER Architectures 60,000-square-foot new wing.The building at the center of the challenge mounted by the group Greater Portland Landmarksthe Childrens Museum of Mainehad seen its historic protections removed by city councilmembers to make way for the $100 million project, a move that the local group says could set a "dangerous precedent." LEVER's mass timber design beat other proposals from Adjaye Associates, MVRDV, and Toshiko Mori and will begin work soon on a yet-to-be-made public construction timeline. (h/t Maine Republic).