Welcome to King’s Block – Our First Vlog

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A Tour of King’s Block Building – Passive House Historic Retrofit & Home of Patriquin Architects Built in 1816 and originally functioning as a hotel within the oystering and fishing neighborhood that is Fair Haven, King’s Block is home to our architectural practice. When we bought the building in 2018, we knew that a significant…

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Measuring Progress: Interpreting EUI Findings in our Historic Passive Building Renovation

Accurate modeling and monitoring are essential to success in a Passive House project. Data plays a vital role in validating architectural and engineering decisions, confirming the functionality of systems, and identifying areas for potential improvements. After renovating our iconic King’s Block building in New Haven to passive house standards, we started monitoring the Energy Usage…

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How We Renovated Our Historic Building With Passive Building Principles

In June 2023, Patriquin Architects’ president, Karin Patriquin, traveled to San Francisco to present at the AIA National Conference on Architecture 2023. Titled “Seize the Opportunity of Historic Passive House Retrofits,” the session covered many aspects of a renovation we completed on a historic building in Fair Haven, Connecticut, that we own and use as…

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New Haven Independent – Pause Urged On Union Station Rezoning

Check out the article here.   Pause Urged On Union Station Rezoning THOMAS BREEN Jan 2, 2024 3:10 pm A Union Station rezoning proposal got a thumbs down — for now — from City Plan commissioners, amid concerns that it might not make sense to build so many new apartments next door to an active railyard. That was the outcome of…

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Patriquin Architects – The Best of 2023

Looking Back on 2023 2023 has been an amazing year for us at Patriquin Architects… exciting events, progress on all levels and growth individually and collectively. We are grateful to have collaborated with amazing clients, engineers and contractors this year, to bring ideas to life. Patriquin Architects is Growing Interns Aurora Perreault & Uzayr Agha…

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Zip06 – Slate Upper School’s Celebrates Groundbreaking

Check out the article here. On Tuesday, April 11, at 9:15 a.m., local officials from the Town of North Haven will join the Slate School students, family, community, and representatives from Patriquin Architects and Gilbane Building Company to celebrate the official groundbreaking of the Slate Upper School. “For all of Slate School’s students in Grades…

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