NEWS: Friends Center for Children

Noteworthy News from about the Friends Center for Children Groundbreaking! Malloy Pledges Strong Support for Pre-Schools (New Haven Register) Quakers Break Ground On $3.2M Pre-School (New Haven Independent) A Great Groundbreaking! (From the Friends Center) PHOTOS Click here to view more photos from the groundbreaking!

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Case Study: Early Childhood Center – Sustainable Construction

How do we incorporate sustainability into an early childhood center building?   Completed in 2013, this early childhood learning center is built on land shared by a Quaker meeting house. The client group sought to accommodate 72 children aged 3 months to 5 years in a structure that promotes experiential learning and interaction with the environment…

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Site Analysis and Feasibility Case Study – Early Childhood Center

GOALS OF THE STUDY Our client group envisioned an early childhood education center in a new building to fulfill the community’s need for quality care for children. Their current program, located in the basement of the New Haven Quaker Meeting building, was filled to capacity. The goal of the feasibility study was to study the…

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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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New Haven Independent – Cinema-To-Childcare Campus Plan Detailed

Check out the article here. Rendering of proposed new childcare campus at ex-Cine 4 site.   ALLAN APPEL PHOTO David Symond, Jr., Allyx Schiavone, Margo Early, and Karin Patriquin on Wednesday. The corn will keeping popping at the central ticketing-and-candy counter of the old Cine 4 movie theater — even as that entryway fixture is converted into a reception…

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Early Childhood Education: How To Design With Nature in Mind

If you’ve ever seen a child playing in and exploring the great outdoors, it won’t surprise you to learn that those experiences are essential to their physical, mental, and emotional development and wellbeing. That’s not our opinion—it’s a well-established fact. And it aligns with what common sense tells you as you watch a child ponder…

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Patriquin Architects – The Best of 2022

  Looking Back on 2022 Invigorates Exciting Momentum into 2023 2022 has been a year of amazing growth individually, collectively, and particularly for our clients and partners! We would like to take the opportunity to pause and reflect on the year and share some of our favorite highlights. Patriquin Architects is Growing Welcoming New Members…

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How 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…

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How Does Collaboration Make Great Spaces Even Better? Find Out!

When a client entrusts Patriquin Architects with the design of their building, it is the beginning of a relationship—one that frequently continues beyond the completion of the initial project. Organizations grow and change over time, and their spatial requirements may evolve as well. For example, there may be a need to change a space from…

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