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Patriquin Architects Awarded 2021 AIACT’s Elizabeth Mills Brown Award for Saint Mary Place
We won an AIA Connecticut Elizabeth Mills Brown Award of Excellence for our rehabilitation of Saint Mary Place into affordable housing! The renovation of the Saint Mary Star of the Sea Church school into Saint Mary Place affordable housing combines strict standards for historical rehabilitation with careful additions of modern amenities necessary for a new…
Max Ballardo Receives 2021 Emerging Professional Award of Excellence!
We are excited to share that our own Max Ballardo, Assoc. AIA, LEED Green Associate, NOMA, is the 2021 recipient of the Emerging Professional Award of Excellence. This award recognizes and supports emerging, graduate architects who have made outstanding, innovative contributions to the discipline and/or profession and have rendered exemplary service in the public realm.…
New Haven Independent – Plans OK’d for Expanded Oyster Farm
Our project for the Quinnipiac River Oyster Farm received 3 unanimous city approvals. Check out the article here. Plans OK’d For Expanded Oyster Farm by THOMAS BREEN | Sep 26, 2021 4:50 pm (16) Comments | Commenting has been closed | E-mail the Author Posted to: City Hall, Environment, Food, The Heights PATRIQUIN ARCHITECTS IMAGES Aerial view of the proposed expanded oyster farm on the…
New Haven Register – New Haven project aims to bring oystering into ‘modern age’ on Quinnipiac River
Our project for the Quinnipiac River Oyster Farm has been approved by New Haven’s City Plan Department. Check out the article here. New Haven project aims to bring oystering into ‘modern age’ on Quinnipiac River Mary E. O’Leary Sep. 26, 2021 NEW HAVEN — Fair Haven, which started as an oystering hamlet, will be…
Learn About Helpful Funding Sources for Historic Building Renovations
If you own a historic building and are considering improving it, you should keep in mind that there are funds available for the renovation, restoration, or rehabilitation of these types of structures. The Secretary of the Interior maintains separate “standards” documents for the different types of work performed on historic properties, but our team can…
Saint Mary Place: How We Converted a Historic School into Affordable Housing
The conversion of a historic building for a new use and to include modern amenities requires special care. However, the result can be extremely rewarding. In the case of what is now called Saint Mary Place, we were able to preserve and restore an important landmark while giving it a new life as much-needed supportive…
How to Create Successful Master Plans for Early Childhood Facilities
Master planning in any environment has its challenges. When it’s done within the broader context of an academic campus, a high degree of coordination with the institution’s existing plans, processes, and goals is essential. Our firm recently undertook a project for a new facility called the Neighborhood Preschool on the campus of Wesleyan University.…
How Traveling to a New Locale Can Inspire New Analytical Skills
It is important to travel – at a young age and throughout our lives. Travel can be local or can be distant, as long as the journey helps take us away from our daily patterns. Our family recently went to New Mexico (I have written about this locale before). From there, we drove to Breckenridge,…