Author: Nicole Owens

Marketing + Communications Manager at Amenta Emma Architects

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.

NBC NY FEATURES 575 MADISON AVENUE

Amenta Emma’s unique painted glass and wood design at 575 Madison Avenue in Manhattan was recently featured in an NBC New York story about the return to the workplace. The bright and eye-catching lobby will help differentiate this skyscraper in order to retain and attract tenants as companies sign new leases and bring employees back […]

SITE LINES

Read our latest edition of Orange Pop! featuring the stunning transformation of the lobby of 575 Madison Avenue in NYC.

Michael Tyre to Moderate BSA/SCUP Panel Discussion

Amenta Emma principal Michael Tyre will be moderating a Boston Society for Architecture and Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) roundtable discussion on April 9. Bringing together voices from commercial real estate, workplace design, and campus planning, this discussion will offer insight into how organizations are reacting to post-covid changes and what lessons colleges […]

UNIVERSITY BUSINESS PUBLISHES ARTICLE BY AMENTA EMMA PRINCIPAL MICHAEL TYRE ON SUSTAINABILITY AND INFECTION CONTROL

Amenta Emma principal Michael Tyre and BVH Integrated Services VP Richard Loveland co-authored an article for University Business on campuses striking a balance between commitments to sustainability and infection control measures implemented in response to COVID-19. A prime example is HVAC systems. While fresh, circulated air is crucial to coping with airborne diseases, the energy […]

Hartford Designers Offer Tips on Changing the Office Vibe for Returning Workers

As Hartford area employers focus on remote workers returning to the office, Amenta Emma principal Thomas Quarticelli says, “Employers should think about creating office environments that workers feel enthusiastic about returning to, and should also consider blending in elements that remind them of home, from warmer colors to more comfortable seating.” Read more in the The Hartford […]

Thomas Barker Passes Architectural Registration Examination

Congratulations to Amenta Emma team member, Thomas Barker, who passed the Architectural Registration Examination and will be a licensed architect in the State of Connecticut. Tom received his Master of Architecture from Roger Williams University, and since joining the firm in 2017 has become a key member of the Senior Living team where he shares […]

Metamorphosis

Read our latest edition of Orange Pop! featuring the major renovation of Connecticut’s State Office Building. Once referred to as a “rabbit warren, with offices within offices, within offices”, this adaptive reuse project exceeds sustainability and accessibility standards and is a vibrant, modern, 21st-century workplace built to carry the building’s 20th century grandeur into the […]

Alexis Hoff Serves on NOMA CT Board of Directors

Alexis Hoff, Associate AIA, is serving on the 2021 Board of Directors of NOMA Connecticut as At-Large Director of Programs and Outreach. NOMAct partners with AEC professionals, local and state governments, students, and our communities to champion diversity, equity, and the education of architecture. Alexis joined the firm after receiving her Master of Architecture from […]

Andrea Olson Passes Architectural Registration Examination

Congratulations to Amenta Emma team member, Andrea Olson, IIDA, WELL AP, who passed the Architectural Registration Examination and will be a licensed architect in the State of Connecticut. Andrea received her Master of Architecture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has earned her NCIDQ and WELL AP certifications. Since joining the firm in 2019, […]

AMENTA EMMA WINS THREE IN AIA CT DESIGN AWARDS

Amenta Emma has been honored with three Merit awards in the 2020 AIA Connecticut Design Awards. The New Haven offices for quasi-public venture capital firm Connecticut Innovations was recognized in the Interior Architecture category. Amenta Emma’s workplace studio adapted a 1950s-era bus station into a 9,000-square-foot headquarters, encompassing offices, meeting rooms, collaborative areas and open work areas. […]

FOX 61 FEATURES AMENTA EMMA SENIOR LIVING DESIGN

Amenta Emma was recently recognized with the 2020 IIDA NE Senior Living Design Award for the Southington Care Center second floor reception area and courtyard. FOX 61 met Myles Brown, who heads Amenta Emma’s senior living studio, at the site to discuss how the design is helping residents through the pandemic. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Myles and […]

AMENTA EMMA WINS CREW CT AWARD FOR WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL

Amenta Emma Architects and talented project team won the CREW CT Best in Class: Academic award for the amazing transformation of Weaver High School in Hartford, CT. The winning projects were announced at the virtual Blue Ribbon Awards presentation held on October 1, 2020. Renovations to the 1960’s building include a new transparent façade which […]

AMENTA EMMA WINS IIDA NE AWARD FOR SOUTHINGTON CARE CENTER DESIGN

Amenta Emma Architects won the 2020 IIDA New England Senior Living Award for the firm’s design of the Southington Care Center second floor outdoor patio garden, garden room and nurses’ station. The award was announced September 16, 2020, at the IIDA New England Chapter’s virtual award presentation live from Boston. The International Interior Design Association […]

Bus Ticket to the Future of Tech

A renovated space in a 1950’s-era bus station will transport a venture capital company that backs innovative technology start-ups into the future. Read more in our latest edition of Orange Pop! featuring the new offices for Connecticut Innovations.

OFFICE SNAPSHOTS HIGHLIGHTS AMENTA EMMA IN RETURN-TO-WORKPLACE FEATURE

Amenta Emma’s design for the new Connecticut Innovations office at District New Haven is included in an Office Snapshots roundup of return-to-workplace solutions for the post-COVID office. Flexible glass spaces within an exposed, high-ceiling, semi-industrial environment turned out to be a better design choice than we ever could have guessed–and a big help in working […]

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION PUBLISHES ARTICLE BY MICHAEL TYRE

The New England Journal of Higher Education, the publication of the New England Board of Higher Education, published a detailed article by Amenta Emma Principal Michael Tyre about how colleges and universities can express and build their brand through campus design. Michael offers a framework for thinking about long-term campus planning, as well as questions […]

HARTFORD COURANT HIGHLIGHTS HISTORY AND FUTURE OF ONE PARK

The Hartford Courant recently published a detailed article about the $65 million conversion of the West Hartford convent on Park Road into apartments. The Courant explores the history of the site and the future of the project–which will bring 292 much needed rental housing units to the city–and describes how Amenta Emma Architects created a […]

West Hartford Town Council Grants Tax Abatement for One Park Road Project

The West Hartford Town Council made a historic move – in part for the sake of history – by granting a tax stabilization agreement to the developer of Amenta Emma designed One Park Road, paving the way for the $66 million project to move forward in a manner that preserves the chapel and the grounds […]

Amenta Emma Welcomes Randy Begin

Amenta Emma Architects is pleased to announce the addition of Randy Begin to the firm. Randy received his Master of Architecture from the University of Hartford, where he was awarded the Henry Adams Medal. He also received the Connecticut Green Building Council’s Student Award of Merit. Previously an intern, Randy now joins the Hartford office […]

TOPPING OFF CEREMONY MARKS PROGRESS ON CONSTRUCTION OF CCSU ENGINEERING BUILDING

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, construction of the new engineering building at Central Connecticut State University has continued on schedule toward a spring 2021 completion. KBE Building Corporation recently completed the steel framework for the project, which was designed by Amenta Emma Architects, and celebrated with a topping off ceremony. Photos by Fly on the Wall […]

BOSTON HERALD PUBLISHES ARTICLE BY TONY AMENTA ABOUT THE FUTURE OF RETAIL

The Boston Herald recently published an article by Amenta Emma partner Tony Amenta about how the COVID-19 pandemic may reshape the retail landscape toward a mixed-used model and solve traffic and housing problems faced by cities. “Boston has a housing problem wrapped up in a transportation problem,” writes Tony, who explains that the rapid closure […]

BUSINESS INSIDER FEATURES AMENTA EMMA’S WORKPLACE READINESS ASSESSMENT

Business Insider recently published an article titled, “5 businesses detailed their reopening plans, including what they’re buying, how much it costs per employee, and a floor plan layout showing how it all works.” Amenta Emma Principal Michael Tyre is the main expert featured in the article, sharing insights from our workplace readiness assessment offering, as […]