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…

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Friends Center for Children tour with Solar Youth

Solar Youth field trip to the Friends Center for Children

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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Friends Center for Children

Friends Center for Children | Patriquin Architects, New Haven Architectural Services

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…

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AIA CT 2015 DESIGN AWARD – FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN

This early childhood education center is a sustainable design by Patriquin Architects.

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…

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From 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,…

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Friends 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…

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Friends Center Officially Opens its Doors!

On Thursday, September 18, we had the pleasure of attending the ribbon cutting and official grand opening of the Friends Center for Children in New Haven, CT. It has been four years that the design team has been working together to conceptualize, detail and build this new early childhood education facility in the heart of…

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EVENTS: A Friends Center Groundbreaking

Hello, Friends! Happy New Year! We’re starting out with a bang by sharing with you our pictures and thoughts on the groundbreaking of the Friends Center for Children (FCFC) in New Haven, CT. We are very proud to be a part of such a wonderful project and were very excited that Governor Dannel Malloy was…

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