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Sustainable design for a new elementary school
One of our current projects, which we couldn’t be more excited about, is designing a nature-based independent school, called Slate School, on former farmlands in North Haven, Connecticut. The school’s educational philosophy is centered around discovery, curiosity, and nature. We’re no strangers to design for early childhood education with nature as a core principle, with…
Read MoreThe World of GIFs in Design
Just as GIFs have taken over social media, we have begun using GIFs in our architectural design presentations. GIFs – Graphic Interchange Format files – are actuallly a file type, but they are more commonly known for the fact that they can support animations at low resolutions. In the design world, we use them to…
Read MoreMusings On Good Classroom Design
In our time as architects (and parents), we’ve had experience with classrooms across the spectrum- from early childhood education, to elementary & middle school, to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) facilities at the high school & college levels. While these classrooms have varied greatly in size, age range of students, and teaching programs, they…
Read MoreProperty 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…
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreBEST 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…
Read MoreFrom 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,…
Read MoreFriends 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…
Read More2019 Chrysalis Award Winner
We won the 2019 Chrysalis Award! The Chrysalis Award (formerly the Emerging Firm Award) is a peer recognition program spotlighting an AIA Connecticut member firm that has been in practice no less than 2 years and no more than 15 years and is gaining recognition in the general design community through a body of built…
Read MoreHow Healthy Schools Support Happy Children
Our team of architects and designers handles a wide range of projects, including work on new construction, historic buildings, alterations and renovations, and site analysis and feasibility studies. And, we enjoy every new challenge we take on. But one area that is especially gratifying is designing school buildings and additions that meet the highest environmental…
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