Author: Nicole Owens

Marketing + Communications Manager at Amenta Emma Architects

Orange Pop! From Bleak to Sleek

A new housing development in West Hartford replaces a blighted, abandoned, and now-demolished auto parts store and contributes to solving the community’s affordable housing shortage. The project is fully occupied, attesting to the pent-up demand for such housing. Read our latest edition of Orange Pop! featuring 540 New Park.

Fall ’23 Teaching Firm in Residence at RWU

We are honored to join a distinguished list of Teaching Firms in Residence at RWU Cummings School of Architecture. Amenta Emma team members Eric Weyant, Jeremy Jamilkowski, and Thomas Barker will be teaching the graduate-level design studio focused on multi-family housing this fall semester, with project sites in Martha’s Vineyard and Boston. Established in 2007, the Architecture Teaching Firm […]

Anthony Kershaw Joins Hartford Office

We are thrilled to welcome Anthony Kershaw to our Hartford office. Anthony received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia, where he was awarded the 2020 Faculty Award for Design Excellence, and he is a distinguished graduate of the Master of Architecture program at the Rhode Island School of Design. He possesses a […]

Animal Resource Center Breaks Ground

The Animal Resource Center for Connecticut Humane Society (CHS) in Wilton, CT broke ground on September 7. The new 13,971 GSF building will convey the organization’s goals and values, providing a professional and compassionate environment to support the adoption and treatment of animals. In attendance were Amenta Emma design team members, our collaborators, Animal Arts […]

Daniel Miele Joins Amenta Emma Boston Office

Amenta Emma is pleased to announce the addition of Daniel Miele to the firm. Dan received his Bachelor of Science in Architecture and his Master of Architecture from the University of Hartford CETA program. He is a recipient of a 2022 Connecticut Architecture Foundation scholarship and the University of Hartford Master of Architecture Scholarship Award. Dan has been an […]

Canaan Parish Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

A Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held for the new Canaan Parish affordable housing community in New Canaan, CT, on July 25th. In attendance was Governor Ned Lamont, local officials including First Selectman Kevin Moynihan, Scott Hobbs, chairman of the Housing Authority of New Canaan, and members of the General Assembly. Governor Lamont praised the subsidized and affordable […]

Eric Weyant Joins Amenta Emma Boston As Principal

Amenta Emma Architects is excited to announce the addition of Eric Weyant as principal in its Boston office. Weyant will be responsible for developing and supporting Amenta Emma’s relationships within Boston and the broader New England market. Weyant’s history as a recognized design leader has focused on mixed-use/multi-family, commercial workplace and lab, student residences, and […]

Canaan Parish Receives NGBS Silver Certified + Wellness Badge

We are thrilled to announce that Amenta Emma’s Canaan Parish project received the Silver Certified + Wellness Badge from the National Green Building Standard (NGBS). NGBS is the only green building rating system for homes and apartments approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), as an American National Standard. An NGBS certification ensures that the home […]

Delana Erickson Joins Amenta Emma Boston

Amenta Emma is pleased to announce the addition of Delana Erickson to the firm. Delana received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture and her Master of Architecture from Roger Williams University. Delana’s honors and awards include the RWU 2022 Master of Architecture Thesis Award, and the Student Academic Showcase & Honors (SASH) 2021 winner for Studio […]

Amenta Emma Volunteers With LEVO International

Amenta Emma team members from the Hartford and Boston offices volunteered 2 half days with Levo International this month to help build urban hydroponic farms in Hartford, CT. Levo International is a community-supported and volunteer-driven organization that uses hydroponic technology to turn backyards and empty lots into urban farms. Hartford is considered one of the […]

Adam Palmer Joins Amenta Emma Hartford

We are pleased to announce the addition of Adam Palmer, AIA, as Project Manager to our Hartford team. Adam earned his Master of Architecture, cum laude, from Miami University and brings to the firm over 19 years of experience. Previously with Phase Zero Design and Friar Architecture, Adam has worked on a variety of project […]

Joy Ortiz-Colón Joins Amenta Emma Hartford

We are excited to announce the addition of Joy M. Ortiz-Colón, Associate AIA, LEED Green Associate, as Project Architect to our Hartford team. Joy is a graduate of Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning B.Arch program, and was a founding member and Secretary of the AIAS Cornell. With a focus on K-12, Higher […]

Amenta Emma Sponsors SCUPNA23

Amenta Emma is pleased to be a Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) North Atlantic 2023 Regional Conference event sponsor! In celebration of the State University of New York (SUNY) System’s successes in higher education planning, the SUNY System Administration and the State of New York Construction Fund are playing host to this year’s conference at […]

LeadingAge Annual Meeting + Expo

Senior living team members Myles Brown and Emily Knipe will be in Denver next week at the annual LeadingAge Annual Meeting + Expo.

Orange Pop! Innovation Central

Amenta Emma completes the new engineering building at Central Connecticut State University – Applied Innovation Hub.

Debra Seay Presents at CACX’22

Join CEO of Indelible Impressions, Yvonne Alston and Amenta Emma Senior Associate, Debra Seay, AIA, WELL AP for their CACX’22 session on October 18, “Moving Beyond Function: Designing With Others In Mind”.

BSA COTE / WID Summer Design Tour

BSA COTE WID walking tour

Join Amenta Emma’s Beth Pearcy, Co-Chair of the BSA Committee on the Environment, and the Women in Design committee for a summer kickoff event by touring two amazingprojects in Boston.

Employers Adopt Resimercial Office Plan – Making Workplace Feel Like Home

The trend toward home comforts in office interiors predates the pandemic. In some ways it began with the big tech campuses in Silicon Valley with amenities like ping-pong tables and beanbag chairs. The more recent version of the trend is a little more grown up. And it has a name; resimercial – a combination of […]

Amenta Emma Announces Promotions

Celebrating 2022 Promotions

Amenta Emma Architects recently announced the promotion of three team members. Thomas Barker has been promoted to Associate and Pawel Honc and Nicole Owens have been promoted to Senior Associate.

Buckingham Garage Receives PCI Design Award

Amenta Emma’s new garage at 315 Buckingham Street in Hartford, CT has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2022 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Design Awards.

Here’s What A Post Pandemic Office Will Look Like

Employees are returning to the office looking to collaborate. Workplace Design leader, Thomas Quarticelli, AIA, LEED AP, shares his insights on post-pandemic office design in the latest Hartford Business Journal.

Ribbon Cutting at Canaan Parish

A Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday, 10/26 to celebrate the opening of a rebuilt 60-unit affordable housing complex – part of the Canaan Parish redevelopment designed by Amenta Emma. Several elected and appointed officials, as well as municipal workers, were in attendance.