Chad Floyd Explained

John Paul Chadwick Floyd, usually credited as Chad Floyd, is an American architect (born November 11, 1944) and a founding partner of Centerbrook Architects & Planners 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

• Thompson Exhibition Building, Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut^[13]
• Eugene O'Neill Theater Center expansion, Connecticut^[14]
• Palmer Events Center, Texas^[15]
• Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, New Hampshire^[16]
• Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy Andover, New Hampshire^[17]
• Health Care REIT Headquarters, Ohio^[18]
• Krieble Gallery at Florence Griswold Museum, Connecticut^[19]
• Norton Museum of Art, Florida^[20]
• Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College^[21]

National recognition

• AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1987^[22]
• AIA Honor Award for Urban Architecture, Watkins Glen Waterfront Plan, New York, 1988
• AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Seneca Pier Pavilion, Watkins Glen, New York, 1989^[23]
• AIA Honor Award for Interiors, House in the Country, 1993
• Residential Architect Design Awards, Grand Award, Floyd House, Essex, Connecticut, 2006
• Architectural Digest, Top Architects, Adler House, 2008^[24]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Architects of the New Millennium. Images Publishing. 1-8647007-9-3. 52–53. 2000.
2. Book: Neuman. David J.. Building Type Basics for College and University Facilities, Second Edition. June 2013. Wiley. 978-1-118-00802-7. 351.
3. Jost. Daniel. The Many Memorial to 9/11. Landscape Architecture. September 2011.
4. An Exclusive Look at Houses from the World's Top Architects. Architectural Digest. October 2008.
5. Web site: Institute for Urban Design. dead. https://archive.today/20141026152912/http://www.ifud.org/tag/chadwick-floyd/. October 26, 2014.
6. Web site: Essex Library. 2009-01-18.
7. Web site: Yale Bulletin.
8. Architectural Record. July 1976. 85.
9. Progressive Architecture. January 1977. 84.
10. Book: Keim. Kevin. An Architectural Life: Memoirs and Memories of Charles W. Moore. Bullfinch Press. 978-0821221679. 145. 1996.
11. The Architect's Newspaper. July 7, 2010. 8–9.
12. Book: Keim. Kevin. An Architectural Life: Memoirs and Memories of Charles W. Moore. Bullfinch Press. 978-0821221679. 10, 141–154. 1996.
13. Web site: Thompson Exhibition Building Structure . Architect Magazine.
14. News: O'Neill Center plans expansion . The Day.
15. Web site: Texas Architect.
16. Web site: Hood Museum. 2014-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910204446/http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/about/. 2014-09-10. dead.
17. Wilkin. Karen. Pride of a Prep School. Wall Street Journal. November 16, 2010.
18. Web site: In Habitat. 2014-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140705140414/http://inhabitat.com/health-care-reit-headquarters-named-ohios-9th-leed-platinum-building/. 2014-07-05. dead.
19. News: In the Region/Connecticut; Adding New Gallery at Florence Griswold Museum. New York Times. 2002-06-30. Charles. Eleanor.
20. A New Wing For the Norton Museum. Wall Street Journal. Matthew Gurewitsch. April 17, 2003. November 29, 2017.
21. Book: Dartmouth College: an architectural tour. 9781568983486. Meacham. Scott. 2008-04-17.
22. Architecture Magazine. January 1986.
23. Architecture Magazine. May 1989.
24. STEPPING UP TO THE VIEWS. Architectural Digest. October 2008.