Posts by Karin
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…
Read MoreMax 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.…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MorePowerful Tools for the Design of Sustainable Early Childhood Centers
At Patriquin Architects, the sustainability of the buildings we design is a top priority. Working within budgetary constraints, site parameters, and specific client goals, we strive to incorporate sustainable strategies as much as possible. In early childhood center projects, we’re even more careful about indoor air quality, natural daylighting, and views to the outdoors,…
Read MoreHow We Create Great Designs for Early Childhood Education
Designing facilities that meet the unique needs of young children and the educators responsible for their care and teaching requires attention to a few key elements. For example, there should be plenty of informal learning spaces, certain elements of the design need to be scaled appropriately for children, and consideration needs to be given to…
Read MoreLearn 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…
Read MoreHow 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,…
Read MorePassive House Accelerator Magazine – Retrofits 2021
Our building renovation is featured in the Passive House Accelerator magazine! Check out the magazine and our article on page 52 here.
Read MoreWelcome to the Team, Aurora Perreault!
Please join us in giving a warm welcome to our new summer intern, Aurora Perreault! Aurora is an architecture student at University of Hartford, is President of the NOMAS chapter there, and is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community. Read our Q&A below to get to know Aurora and discover her insights on architecture,…
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