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Casa Ambar / Centerbrook Architects & Planners

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 13:00:00 +0000

This new house at the tip of the Baja Peninsula in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, sits atop a rugged mountain that overlooks the city and the Pacific Ocean. Stepped to fit the sloping site, the house sets deep into the earth for natural cooling while providing 280 degrees of arresting views of ocean, town and desert.

Thompson Exhibition Building / Centerbrook Architects and Planners

Valentina Villa — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:00:00 +0000

The Thompson Exhibition Building was designed for Mystic Seaport, Museum of America and the Sea, as a keynote building for the 19-acre riverfront campus. The project’s mission was to transform the north end of the Seaport to greatly enhance the quality of exhibition space and to offer a more robust year-round experience for visitors.

Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine / Centerbrook Architects & Planners

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 15:00:00 +0000

The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine was designed to be sophisticated enough to entice internationally acclaimed scientists, bold enough to symbolize the state of Connecticut's commitment to advanced research, yet practical enough for an economic nonprofit organization serious about its mission.

Lancaster Campus of History / Centerbrook Architects & Planners

Karen Valenzuela — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Hotchkiss Biomass Power Plant / Centerbrook Architects & Planners

Igor Fracalossi — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The exterior design embodies seemingly contradictory missions: creating an arresting presence to beckon visitors, while simultaneously not upstaging the building’s pristine environs at the periphery of an independent school’s campus. Sited at the bottom of a sloping landscape, between woods and wetlands on one side and a golf course on the other, the building presents a low and undulating profile. The 16,500-square-foot structure is capped by a vegetated roof that is the color of surrounding flora, helping it harmonize further with the landscape – almost disappearing from some vantage points.

Esther Eastman Music Center, Hotchkiss School / Centerbrook Architects & Planners

Christopher Henry — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

At The Hotchkiss School, an independent boarding high school in Connecticut, the music program was far more important to the School than its aging, subterranean facilities implied. The quality of student performances was consistently excellent, but except for the occasional above ground concert in the chapel, the musicians were out of sight to visitors and students alike. So plans were undertaken to renovate an existing drama theater into a venue for musical performances and expand it to provide practice rooms and a rehearsal hall.

Aki Tower / Centerbrook Architects & Planners

Christopher Henry — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000

This tower studio is the latest addition to a musician’s residence that includes her home and a detached music studio. A master violinist and music teacher who performs around the world, the client wanted to expand her house by adding a tower studio that would regale her with treetop views as she practiced, alone, with students, or fellow musicians.

Lakewood House / Centerbrook Architects & Planners

Kelly Minner — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The Lakewood House, designed by Centerbrook Architects and Planners, integrates into its surrounding landscape, and utilizes a closed-loop geothermal heating and cooling system, natural and local materials, and passive solar design. This project was awarded a 2009 AIA Connecticut Design Award for Residential Built Design. The Jury commented that, "The house draws you in because of the fineness of its structure. The viewer wants to see beyond the whimsical, unique sunscreen, but wishes it to remain in place because of its total integration with the structure. The fabric of the building is well thought out, and its scale attracts the viewer."