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OUR NEW DIGS!
We have moved our office and we’re excited about our new neighborhood: the Quinnipiac River and Park right across the street, the swinging Grand Avenue Bridge we can see from our window, new neighbors and free parking. Come by and see us! For our new storefront, we painted our main wall bright red and added vinyl stickers to…
Property of the Month: Patriquin Architects designs new 9,200 s/f Friends Center for Children in New Haven
NEWSFLASH: We were featured in the New England Real Estate Journal in March! Read the article below: New Haven, CT With six months under their belts, the administrators, teachers, parents and children of the new Friends Center for Children in New Haven have weighed in on their new facility. “We are especially proud of the…
A New Facility in New Haven Embodies the Principle of the Environment as a Teaching Tool
The Architecture of Early Childhood, Jan 29, 2014 To view download the article below: To read more about the Friends Center for Children, click here.
From The Architecture of Early Childhood
An article in The Architecture of Early Childhood, January 28, 2014. A new facility in New Haven embodies the principle of the environment as a teaching tool The new Friends Center for Children building designed by Patriquin Architects has been occupied now for four months, and the administrators, teachers, parents and children could not be more…
BEST OF 2013!
As 2013 comes to a close we want to thank you, our readers, for sharing our stories. We thought we would highlight the most read newsletters here, from throughout the year. So grab a nice mug of hot chocolate, cozy up by the fire and enjoy our top five of 2013! 1. A Groundbreaking! (Friends…
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…