Centerbrook Architects and Planners

A sure sign of spring – Centerbrook’s moss garden returns! This pint-sized paradise nestled between our buildings was restored by gardener and plantsman Keith Rustemeyer. We look forward to tending it with care in the coming months.

Thanks to Professional Women in Construction Connecticut Chapter and Turner Construction Company for organizing a spring tour of the New Canaan Library! Mark Herter and Ken Cleveland of our office, who served on the design team, will guide participants through its dynamic community spaces on April 9th. We hope that you'll join them! https://lnkd.in/eiUvNEbA

Three Centerbrook projects – Yale Peabody Museum, Whittingham Discovery Center, and New Canaan Library – have been recognized with a Green Good Design Award! Organized by the The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum for Architecture and Design, the award celebrates sustainable and restorative design around the world. Congratulations to our clients! https://lnkd.in/gsXzEuaB

Who doesn't love a tour?! Join us next month with Turner Construction Company and Centerbrook Architects and Planners as we tour the New Canaan Library! Register today at https://lnkd.in/ehmE49HP Space is limited. #PWCCT #ProfessionalWomenInConstruction #AEC

Centerbrook is inspired to design for institutions that interpret history, culture, and science. The Fairbanks House Museum in Dedham, MA is home to North America’s oldest timber frame structure. Built circa 1637, eight generations of the Fairbanks family lived there. Today, it educates visitors about the past to impact their futures. We are thrilled to support this mission with the design of a new Interpretive Center to further enrich their experience. https://lnkd.in/ej852isA

We're delighted that Nick Leiss and Noreen Slevin-Koczak joined the Centerbrook family. As facilities manager, Nick attends to the many projects that keep our buildings and grounds in tip-top shape: https://lnkd.in/e4NbDDB5 Noreen greets visitors and callers, processes construction shop drawings, and helps make the trains run in our busy front office: https://lnkd.in/e86xzv52 Welcome Nick and Noreen!

Hekman Library central staircase, Calvin University. A backlit LED screen above showcases photography of the campus’s tree canopy, creating the illusion of a dramatic skylight.

Take a seat, indeed! It’s an honor for us, as well.

The roof of Park Synagogue’s north-facing canopy arcs up in a gesture of greeting. It's held by tapered columns and ornamented with a hexagonal patterned screen that opens twelve times to reveal its basis – a pattern of the Star of David – and to celebrate the twelve tribes of Israel.

We're reminded that architecture is a collaborative art. The Whittingham Discovery Center's LEED Platinum designation is case in point. This achievement was made possible through the dedication of our client, the Mill River Park Collaborative, and the expertise of the team of designers who conceived its systems, structure, site, and lighting. And to meet LEED's special requirements, it also relied on Sheri (Cheryl) Dieso, AIA, LEED AP BD C, CPHC of Bryant Dieso to coordinate and execute the certification process. Kudos to Sheri, our friend and former Centerbrookian, for her tireless work. https://lnkd.in/gnY5GM6q