Chad Floyd

John Paul Chadwick Floyd, usually credited as Chad Floyd, is an American architect (born November 11, 1944) and a founding partner of Centerbrook Architects of Essex, Connecticut.^[1] Floyd’s work consists of academic, arts,^[2] civic,^[3] and residential projects.^[4] He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and a fellow of the Institute of Urban Design.^[5]

Education and Early Career

Floyd graduated from Yale College in 1966 and Yale School of Architecture in 1973.^[6] He received a Winchester Fellowship from Yale^[7] and a National Endowment for the Arts grant to study celebration spaces in 1974.^[8] He has been recognized for the use of interactive techniques, including live television, to engage citizens in urban design^[9] and architecture.^[10]

Centerbrook

Founded in 1975, Centerbrook grew out of a firm established by Charles W. Moore,^[11] formerly the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.^[12] Centerbrook was named Firm of the Year by the American Institute of Architects in 1998.

Notable Projects

• Palmer Events Center, Texas^[13]
• Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, New Hampshire^[14]
• Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy Andover, New Hampshire^[15]
• Health Care REIT Headquarters, Ohio^[16]
• Krieble Gallery at Florence Griswold Museum, Connecticut^[17]
• Norton Museum of Art, Florida^[18]
• Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College^[19]

National Recognition

• AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, NH, 1987^[20]
• AIA Honor Award for Urban Architecture, Watkins Glen Waterfront Plan, NY, 1988
• AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Seneca Pier Pavilion, Watkins Glen, NY, 1989^[21]
• AIA Honor Award for Interiors, House in the Country, 1993
• Residential Architect Design Awards, Grand Award, Floyd House, Essex, CT, 2006
• Architectural Digest, Top Architects, Adler House, 2008^[22]

External links

• Centerbrook
• Addison
• Norton
• House in Massachusetts
• HC REIT Headquarters
• Photo Illustration

References

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2. Neuman, David J. (June 2013). Building Type Basics for College and University Facilities, Second Edition. Wiley. p. 351. ISBN 978-1-118-00802-7.
3. Jost, Daniel (September 2011). "The Many Memorial to 9/11". Landscape Architecture Magazine.
4. "An Exclusive Look at Houses from the World's Top Architects". Architectural Digest. October 2008.
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7. "Yale Bulletin".
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9. Progressive Architecture: 84. January 1977. Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. Keim, Kevin. An Architectural Life: Memoirs and Memories of Charles W. Moore. Bullfinch Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0821221679.
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12. Keim, Kevin. An Architectural Life: Memoirs and Memories of Charles W. Moore. Bullfinch Press. pp. 10, 141–154. ISBN 978-0821221679.
13. "Texas Architect".
14. "Hood Museum".
15. Wilkin, Karen (November 16, 2010). "Pride of a Prep School". Wall Street Journal.
16. "In Habitat".
17. "In the Region/Connecticut; Adding New Gallery at Florence Griswold Museum". New York Times.
18. "A New Wing For the Norton Museum". Wall Street Journal.
19. Dartmouth College: an architectural tour.
20. Architecture Magazine. January 1986. Missing or empty |title= (help)
21. Architecture Magazine. May 1989. Missing or empty |title= (help)
22. "STEPPING UP TO THE VIEWS". Architectural Digest. October 2008.