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 & 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]

References
  1. Architects of the New Millennium. Images Publishing. 2000. pp. 52–53. ISBN 1-8647007-9-3.
  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.
  4. "An Exclusive Look at Houses from the World's Top Architects". Architectural Digest. October 2008.
  5. "Institute for Urban Design". Archived from the original on October 26, 2014.
  6. "Essex Library". 2009-01-18.
  7. "Yale Bulletin".
  8. Architectural Record: 85. July 1976. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. Progressive Architecture: 84. January 1977. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. Keim, Kevin (1996). An Architectural Life: Memoirs and Memories of Charles W. Moore. Bullfinch Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0821221679.
  11. The Architect's Newspaper: 8–9. July 7, 2010. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. Keim, Kevin (1996). An Architectural Life: Memoirs and Memories of Charles W. Moore. Bullfinch Press. pp. 10, 141–154. ISBN 978-0821221679.
  13. "Thompson Exhibition Building Structure". Architect Magazine.
  14. "O'Neill Center plans expansion". The Day.
  15. "Texas Architect".
  16. "Hood Museum". Archived from the original on 2014-09-10. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  17. Wilkin, Karen (November 16, 2010). "Pride of a Prep School". Wall Street Journal.
  18. "In Habitat". Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  19. Charles, Eleanor (2002-06-30). "In the Region/Connecticut; Adding New Gallery at Florence Griswold Museum". New York Times.
  20. Matthew Gurewitsch (April 17, 2003). "A New Wing For the Norton Museum". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  21. Meacham, Scott (2008-04-17). Dartmouth College: an architectural tour. ISBN 9781568983486.
  22. Architecture Magazine. January 1986. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. Architecture Magazine. May 1989. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  24. "STEPPING UP TO THE VIEWS". Architectural Digest. October 2008.
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