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New Haven Independent – Extra Step Added For Transit-Oriented Housing
Check out the article here. Extra Step Added For Transit-Oriented Housing Laura Glesby Apr 4, 2024 11:34 am With climate change in mind, an aldermanic committee advanced a zoning proposal that would allow as-of-right restaurants, supermarkets, and offices — but not housing — along the Union Station railroad tracks. City zoning staff and Union Station development boosters appeared before the…
Read MoreWelcome to King’s Block – Our First Vlog
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…
Read MoreMeasuring 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…
Read MoreFrame by Frame: Documenting the Evolution of King’s Block’s Passive House Renovation
In 2020, we embarked on a transformative journey to renovate our historic masonry commercial building, built in 1816, using Passive House principles. The plan to renovate one floor at a time evolved into a whole-building energy retrofit, as the pandemic forced us into a building-wide hiatus. Through collaboration with our contractor and in-house architect teams,…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreHigh Profile Monthly – Topping Out Held for 25,000SF Slate Upper School in North Haven
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Read MorePatriquin 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…
Read MoreKing’s Block was Selected for an AIA Connecticut Sustainable Architecture Award of Excellence!
We won the AIA Connecticut Sustainable Architecture Award of Excellence! We are thrilled to be receiving this award for our Phius (Passive House Institute US) Certified Historic Preservation Project. Located across from the Quinnipiac River, just out of the flood plain, this Passive House retrofit of an 1816 brick building drastically cuts carbon emissions…
Read MoreUnion Station New Haven – Big Things are Happening in New Haven
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