Our Mission is to Create Great Places With People Who Share Our Belief That Design Matters.
Our Beliefs
Design Matters
Good design influences better outcomes. It improves the way we feel physically and emotionally. It helps us focus, learn, and be productive. It keeps us safe. It preserves natural resources. It attracts and retains. It brings people together and builds community. It inspires.
CORE VALUES
Our goal is to change our definition of good design and to shift the basic way we practice the design of buildings to make tangible and meaningful improvements with respect to sustainability and human health. We are proud to be a part of the 2030 Commitment and join others in our professional community on the path towards carbon neutrality.
Our mission is to design environments that better represent and serve the greater community by fostering diversity and inclusion within our firm, our design team partners, and community-wide.
We believe great design can only be achieved in collaboration with clients. We recognize that clients have a unique perspective, as well as vision and creativity. The components of our approach include a clear and comprehensive understanding of our clients’ specific objectives and challenges, and a high level of trust in an atmosphere of creativity and respect.
Fundamental to our philosophy is an on overall approach by the entire firm to design and document our work precisely. This approach places following a structured Quality Control System as a core value of how the firm operates. In general, we follow this belief on a daily basis and strongly support mentoring and providing continuing internal education to all employees so that the firm is unified in approach.
Services
Architecture
Interior Design
Master Planning
Programming
Sustainability
Code Compliance Reviews
Facility Conditions Assessments
Team
Aleks
Aleks Berger
Amanda
Amanda Thisdale
Andrea
Andrea Olson
Beth
Beth Pearcy
Studio Director - Boston
Associate
Bob
Robert A. Emma
Bob
Brian
Brian Gonzalez
Cameron
Cameron Gill
Christina
Christina Blakemore
Associate
Craig
Craig Battisto
Associate Principal
Director of Technical Production
Debra
Debra Seay
Senior Associate
Dennis
Dennis Faga
Senior Associate
Emily
Emily Knipe
Senior Associate
Frank
Francesco Lonardo
Hannah
Hannah Richardson
Jayne
Jayne Goethe
Jenna
Jenna McClure
Associate Principal
Jeremy
Jeremy Jamilkowski
Joy
Joy Ortiz-Colón
LEED Green Associate
Karth
Karitikeya Sonker
Kathryn
Kathryn Cizek
Kelly
Kelly Johnson
Kemal
Kemal Zahirovic
Mallory
Mallory Przybylowski
Associate
Ra
Rachana Ky
Senior Associate
Randy
Randy Begin
Rob
Rob Adams
Rob
Robert Larson
Senior Associate
Awards
BSLA Design Awards
Merit Award
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Design Awards
Merit Award
315 Buckingham Street Garage
Hartford, Connecticut
AGC of Connecticut Build CT Awards
Project Excellence Award
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
ASLA Connecticut Professional Awards
Merit Award
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA National Design for Aging Review Awards
Merit Award
Southington Care Center
Southington, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Design Awards
Merit Award
315 Buckingham Street Garage
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Design Awards – Interior Architecture
Merit Award
575 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
AIA Connecticut Elizabeth Mills Brown Preservation Awards
Merit Award
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
Connecticut Building Congress Project Team Awards
Merit Award / Civic
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
2021 ENR New England Best Projects
Best Project: Government/Public Building
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Sustainable Architecture Awards
Merit Award
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Business Architecture Awards
50 Employees and Over
Merit Award
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Business Architecture Awards
50 Employees and Under
Merit Award
Connecticut Innovations
New Haven, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Design Awards
Merit Award
Lafayette Hall at Housatonic Community College
Bridgeport, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Design Awards
Merit Award
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Design Awards
Interior Architecture
Merit Award
Connecticut Innovations
New Haven, Connecticut
Interior Design Best of Year Awards
Government/Institutional
Project Honoree
165 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards
Best In Class – Education
Weaver High School
Hartford, Connecticut
IIDA New England Design Award
Best Senior Living
Southington Care Center
Southington, Connecticut
Business Council of Fairfield County Healthy Workplace Employer Recognition
Silver Award
Connecticut Art Directors Club
Gold Award
Amenta Emma Business Cards
Connecticut Building Congress Project Team Awards
Project Team of the Year
Lafayette Hall at Housatonic Community College
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Connecticut Building Congress Project Team Awards
First Place: Major Renovations/Expansions
Lafayette Hall at Housatonic Community College
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Society for Marketing Professional Services Award
Connecticut Chapter
Best Video
Amenta Emma Video
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards
Best In Class – Transit Oriented Development
616 New Park
West Hartford, Connecticut
Rethinking the Future
Architecture, Construction & Design Awards
Awardee – Corporate Interior (Built)
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
International Design Awards
Architecture/Low Cost Housing
Silver Award
616 New Park
West Hartford, Connecticut
International Design Awards
Architecture/Institutional
Bronze Award
Lafayette Hall at Housatonic Community College
Bridgeport, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Design Awards
Merit Award – Built – Education
CREC Discovery Academy
Wethersfield, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Design Awards
Merit Award – Built – Commercial
Symmetry Partners
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Contract Magazine Healthcare Environment
Awards – Long Term Memory Care
The Burnham Family Memory Care Residence at Avery Heights
Hartford, Connecticut
Boston Society of Architects
Healthcare Facilities Design
Honor Award
The Burnham Family Memory Care Residence at Avery Heights
Hartford, Connecticut
Boston Society of Architects
Interior Architecture and Design Award
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
Affordable Housing Finance
Readers’ Choice Awards
Urban Development – Finalist
616 New Park Ave
West Hartford, Connecticut
CT Associated Builders & Contractors Award
First Place Project
616 New Park Ave
West Hartford, Connecticut
CT Associated Builders & Contractors Award
First Place Project
UConn Putnam Refectory
Storrs, Connecticut
SMPS Marketing Communications Award
Best Digital-Direct Mail Campaign
Orange Pop! Newsletter
AIA CT Business Architecture Award
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
International Design Awards
Interior Design/Office –Honorable Mention
Pladis
White Plains, New York
International Design Awards
Interior Design/Office – Honorable Mention
Phoenix
Hartford, Connecticut
International Design Awards
Interior Design/Renovation – Honorable Mention
Phoenix
Hartford, Connecticut
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards
Best In Class – Healthcare
The Burnham Family Memory Care Residence at Avery Heights
Hartford, Connecticut
IIDA New England Design Award
Best In Connecticut
The Burnham Family Memory Care Residence at Avery Heights
Hartford, Connecticut
IIDA New England Design Award
Best Senior Living
The Burnham Family Memory Care Residence at Avery Heights
Hartford, Connecticut
39th annual Interiors Awards presented by Contract Magazine
Adaptive Reuse
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
Interior Design Best of Year Awards
Extra Small Office – Honoree
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
AIA Quad Awards
Built/Education – Honor Award
CREC Discovery Academy
Wethersfield, Connecticut
AIA Connecticut Awards
Built/Interior Architecture – Honor Award
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
The American Architecture Prize
Interior Design/Workplaces – Winner
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
The American Architecture Prize
Commercial – Honorable Mention
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits
Stamford, Connecticut
IIDA Healthcare Award
Extended Care & Assisted Living Facilities
The Burnham Family Memory Care Residence at Avery Heights
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA National Design for Aging
Published Project
The Burnham Family Memory Care Residence at Avery Heights
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA National Design for Aging
Special Recognition Award
Caleb Hitchcock Memory Care Neighborhood at Duncaster Retirement
Bloomfield, Connecticut
International Design Awards (IDA)
Interior Design/Commercial – Bronze Award
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits
Stamford, Connecticut
International Design Awards (IDA)
Interior Design/Renovation – Bronze Award
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
Society for Marketing Professional Services Award
Marketing Communications Social Media Award
Connecticut Chapter
Connecticut Building Congress Project Team Awards
First Place – Small Projects Category
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits
Stamford, Connecticut
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards
Blue Ribbon
Symmetry Partners
Glastonbury, Connecticut
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards
Best Interior Design Project
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards
Best In Class – Commercial
Symmetry Partners
Glastonbury, Connecticut
IIDA New England Design Award
Best In Show
Quinnipiac University Brand Strategy Group
Hamden, Connecticut
IIDA New England Design Award
Best In State
Symmetry Partners
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Senior Housing News Design and Architecture Awards
Best Stand Alone Memory Care
Duncaster Retirement Community
Dogwood Memory Care Neighborhood
Bloomfield, Connecticut
Senior Housing News Design and Architecture Awards
Best Independent Living – Runner Up
Thames Edge at Fairview
Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut
Groton, Connecticut
BUILD Architecture Awards 2016
Best Corporate Office Design
MC Credit Partners
Argentum Senior Living By Design Award
Duncaster Retirement Community
Dogwood Memory Care Neighborhood
Bloomfield, Connecticut
AIA CT People’s Choice Award
Pavilion at Middlesex Community College
Middletown, Connecticut
AIA New England Citation Award for
Excellence in Architecture
Symmetry Partners
Glastonbury, Connecticut
AIA New England People’s Choice Award
Symmetry Partners
Glastonbury, Connecticut
IIDA Healthcare Awards
Medical Practice Suites
RMA
Norwalk, Connecticut
AIA CT Business Architecture Award
The Burgess Group
West Hartford, Connecticut
CREW CT Blue Ribbon Awards
Best Specialty Project – Adaptive Reuse
CREC Discovery Academy
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Connecticut Building Congress Project Team Awards
Project Team of the Year
CREC Discovery Academy
Wethersfield, Connecticut
Connecticut Building Congress Project Team Awards
First Place: K-12
CREC Discovery Academy
Wethersfield, Connecticut
IIDA New England Design Award
Best In State
CREC Discovery Academy
Wethersfield, Connecticut
IIDA New England Design Award
Best Office Design: 30,000 – 80,000 sf
Xylem
Rye Brook, Connecticut
IIDA New England Design Award
Best Healthcare Design
RMA
Norwalk, Connecticut
AIA National Design for Aging Award
The Grove at Pineview
Covenant Village of Cromwell
Cromwell, Connecticut
AIA CT People’s Choice Award
Visual and Performing Arts Center at Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, Connecticut
Awarded #1 Magnet High School in the U.S. by Magnet Schools of America
Pathways Academy of Technology and Design East Hartford, Connecticut
Best of BOMA Westchester Signature Award for Best Tenant Fit Out
Xylem
Rye Brook, New York
International Parking Institute Design Award
The Morgan Street Garage
Hartford, Connecticut
AIA CT Business Architecture Award
Shipman and Goodwin Offices
Hartford, Connecticut
Society for Marketing Professional Services Award
Website, National Small Firm Award
Society for Marketing Professional Services Award
Brochure, National Small Firm Award
Society for Marketing Professional Services Award
Direct Mail Campaign, National Small Firm Award
Society for Marketing Professional Services Award
Best Special Events Piece, Connecticut Chapter Small Firm Award
Hartford Architectural Conservancy Citation
South End Fleet Branch Bank
Hartford, Connecticut
Society of Interior Business Designers Award
Corporate Interiors – Credit Card Center Fairfield, Connecticut
Connecticut Society of Architects Winner
Emerging Architects Program
Excellency in Design
BOMA Building of the Year Award
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, Connecticut
500,000 – 1,000,000 sf category
BOMA Building of the Year Award
95 Glastonbury Blvd.
Glastonbury, Connecticut
100,000 – 500,000 sf category
Connecticut Society of Architects Award
Residential Design Program
320 North Steele Road
West Hartford, Connecticut
BOMA Building of the Year Award
The Gold Building
Hartford, Connecticut
500,000 – 1,000,000 sf category
history
Amenta Emma Architects is a mission-driven architecture and interior design firm with offices in Hartford, CT, New York, NY, and Boston, MA. Since our founding in 1985 by Anthony J. Amenta and Robert A. Emma, we have achieved an award-winning design reputation, as well as one for technical strength.