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Friends Center for Children Flint Street
When Friends Center for Children purchased the abandoned Cine 4 property at 25 Flint Street in New Haven, planning began for a new early childhood education campus in the Quinnipiac Meadows neighborhood. The completed Masterplan includes 3 phases of construction, with the renovation of the existing cinema building being the first phase. Renovations are scheduled…
Read MoreFriends Center for Children tour with Solar Youth
We hosted Solar Youth to explore the sustainable design features at the Friends Center for Children today. We started at the Friends Center with a walk up the wooden ramp, to the playground areas. We then explored the interior of the building and discussed the many ideas and decisions that go into creating a building…
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The new Friends Center for Children shares the property of the Quaker Meeting House in Fair Haven. Designed using LEED criteria, the two-storey glulam beam structure incorporates an active roof garden, geothermal heat pumps and locally manufactured and/or harvested materials. In planning a space for young children, we paid particular attention to indoor air quality…
Read MoreAIA CT 2015 DESIGN AWARD – FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN
The Connecticut chapter of the Architecture Institute of America gives yearly juried Design Awards and People’s Choice awards to architecture projects within Connecticut or to projects by Connecticut licensed architects in other locations. We were honored with a juried Design Award for the Friends Center for Children Jury comments: This charming building creates a friendly…
Read MoreProperty of the Month: Patriquin Architects designs new 9,200 s/f Friends Center for Children in New Haven
NEWSFLASH: We were featured in the New England Real Estate Journal in March! Read the article below: New Haven, CT With six months under their belts, the administrators, teachers, parents and children of the new Friends Center for Children in New Haven have weighed in on their new facility. “We are especially proud of the…
Read MoreFrom our Portfolio: Friends Center for Children
FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN: SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION The Friends Center for Children is a sustainably designed early childhood facility located in Fair Haven, CT. The school provides a learning environment for children aged six months through five years. The building project was funded by a state bond and through private donorship. We are especially proud of the design features that aid in the education,…
Read MoreFriends Center for Children – Presentation Boards
These are our presentation boards, prepared for the Friends Center for Children. The site is shared with the Quaker Meeting House. The building is located so as to give each classroom access to their playground directly behind the building, facing city parklands. The main volume is low to the ground, to minimize the visual impact…
Read MoreNew Haven’s Friends Center for Children Opens in New Space
New Haven Register, Friday, September 20, 2013 View this article online. Click here to view more about this project in our portfolio
Read MoreNEWS: Friends Center for Children
Noteworthy News from about the Friends Center for Children Groundbreaking! Malloy Pledges Strong Support for Pre-Schools (New Haven Register) Quakers Break Ground On $3.2M Pre-School (New Haven Independent) A Great Groundbreaking! (From the Friends Center) PHOTOS Click here to view more photos from the groundbreaking!
Read MoreHow Healthy Schools Support Happy Children
Our team of architects and designers handles a wide range of projects, including work on new construction, historic buildings, alterations and renovations, and site analysis and feasibility studies. And, we enjoy every new challenge we take on. But one area that is especially gratifying is designing school buildings and additions that meet the highest environmental…
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