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From Our Portfolio: Fuzion Medical Aesthetic Boutique
Photo credits: Olson Photography (above and 2nd through 5th below), Karin Patriquin (1st below) / FUZION COMBINES ART AND SCIENCE, AESTHETICS AND FUNCTIONALITY When the owners of a new medical aesthetics group were looking for space to open their practice, they found that the building at 2 Chestnut Street, in the heart of Branford, would…
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TRITOWN FAMILY PRACTICE This medical office in Essex, CT, is a family practice which took over a medical space from a radiology group. We looked at a number of ways to reconfigure the available space, while keeping as much of the infrastructure intact as possible. In the schematic phase, we drew up 3 schemes, in…
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From Left to Right: Guilford Residence, Chestnut Building, and Kitchen Zinc in New Haven, CT TOOLS OF THE TRADE What happens when you hire an architect? How many steps are involved in planning an ideal space? What kinds of documents are created? Take a look at the drawings from three projects as they go through…
Read MoreAN ARCHITECT’S PROCESS
Projects on the drawing board at different stages: a conceptual sketch, a framing sketch, a landscape plan, 2 renderings, a construction drawing and wood samples. The process of architectural design is a collaborative one, between client and architect, between architect and engineers and other consultants, and between all of these and the construction team. The…
Read More129 CHURCH STREET
Welcome to the future home of Karin Patriquin Architect. We are excited to be moving our team to a new space in the heart of New Haven. We have designed a space that will foster our creative process, and will allow us the flexibility to add or change elements as we grow. Above are diagrams…
Read MoreFROM OUR PORTFOLIO: ZINC RE-DESIGN
A RE-DESIGN GIVES ZINC RESTAURANT SOME EXTRA ZEST When the owners of Zinc Restaurant in New Haven, CT, wanted to update their 10-year-old restaurant on Chapel Street, they asked Clover Design and Karin Patriquin Architect to design and coordinate the effort. We had worked together previously on Kitchen Zinc, their sister restaurant on Temple Street…
Read MoreFrom our Portfolio: Historical Restoration
The rectory at Christ Episcopal Church in Guilford stands on the East side of the Green, just South of the church. The house’s construction had been previously dated as 1805. When Karin Patriquin Architect (KPA) was approached to join the Restoration Committee for the rectory, to help determine the best way to restore the exterior…
Read MoreINTERIOR SIGNAGE – CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The design of signage in a building should reflect the design features of the building and the philosophies of the building’s users. The combination of good design and clear way-finding graphics are what create effective and elegant signage. At Christ Episcopal Church in Guilford, we were creating as-built drawings of the church, the parish…
Read MoreFrom our Portfolio: Kitchen Zinc – Greening a Restaurant
CASE STUDY: GREENING A RESTAURANT When the owners of Zinc Restaurant in New Haven, CT, wanted to renovate and re-brand their sister restaurant on Temple Street Plaza, they decided on a menu of artisan pizza, made of local farm ingredients. In order to reflect this new concept, and to further the sustainable-farming philosophies of the…
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