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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,…
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…
More Groundbreaking News!
On Friday, October 4th, we were excited to break ground on a new multi-family housing development site in New London, CT! Working with The Connection Fund, we have designed 12 garden-style apartments around a central green space. Photovoltaics, structural insulated panels (SIPs) and sensitive siting are some of the sustainable features of the project. This…
No Place Like Home: A ‘Community’ Architect Creates the Ideal Family Home (Cover Feature)
New Haven Magazine, October 2013 View this article as a downloadable file below. see the featured project here from our portfolio.
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…
New Quaker Child Care Center Debuts
New Haven Independent, Friday, September 20, 2013 View this article online Click here to view the Friends Center for Children.
New 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
Rising Stars: A Composer in Architecture
Business New Haven, September 2013 View this article online. (Cover and page 21) or download the article below.
A Taste of Our Own Farm-to-Table Projects
For a little taste of our own farm-to-table projects, here are three that we are proud to have been a part of: Restaurant: Roia Restaurant Location: New Haven, CT Website: www.roiarestaurant.com Design Firm/Architecture: Grayling Design and Patriquin Architects Portfolio: Roia Restaurant Year: 2013 Inspiration: This French and Italian bistro-style restaurant which recently got an ‘excellent’ review in…
Take a Tour of Farm to Table Restaurants in CT
Our blog post this week was inspired by a special feature in the July issue of Architectural Record on farm-to-table designs. To bring this broad topic to a local level, we decided to explore farm-to-table restaurants in Connecticut. Restaurant: Oyster Club Restaurant Location: Mystic, CT Website: www.oysterclubct.com Architect/Designer: Michael McKinley Architecture/Design Firm: Michael McKinley and Associates,…