Centerbrook Architects & Planners
Centerbrook Architects & Planners is an American architecture firm founded in 1975 and based in Centerbrook, Connecticut. Centerbrook is one of 37 active firms nationwide to have won the Architecture Firm Award, annually bestowed by the American Institute of Architects.[1]
History
The forerunner to Centerbrook was Moore Grover Harper, named after partners Charles Moore, William H. Grover and Robert L. Harper.[2] Moore, noted for his postmodern architectural designs,[3] turned the firm over to Grover, Harper, Glenn Arbonies, Jeff Riley, Mark Simon and Chad Floyd. The firm changed its name to Centerbrook in 1984. Today Centerbrook has 60 employees and is led by principals Riley, Simon, Floyd, Jim Childress and Todd Andrews.
Work
Centerbrook has designed built projects in 27 U.S. states, Canada and China.[4] Its portfolio includes Rhode Island's Ocean House, one of only 13 triple Five Star resorts in the world;[5] the Biomass Heating Facility at Hotchkiss School, named a Top 100 project by ArchDaily;[6] and the Mystic Seaport Museum Thompson Exhibition Building, a Top 100 wood project in the U.S. by ArchDaily.[7]
Selected Projects:
Ocean House, Rhode Island[8]
Mystic Seaport Museum, Thompson Exhibition Building[9]
Yale University, Kroon Hall, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies[10]
Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine[11]
Fairfield University Art Museum[12]
Hotchkiss School Biomass Heating Facility[13]
Quinnipiac University, People's United Center[14]
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Hillside Research Campus[15]
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy Andover[16]
Norton Museum of Art expansion[17]
Adler Residence[18]
Lakewood House[19]
Essex, Connecticut residence[20]
Museum & Archives, LancasterHistory [21]
Casa Ambar, Cabo San Lucas [22]
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Yale University: Kroon Hall, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Awards
In addition to the 1998 Architecture Firm Award, Centerbrook projects have earned more than 380 honors, including 149 from the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Centerbrook has earned 13 national and 25 regional AIA awards.[23]
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