John Paul Chadwick Floyd, usually credited as Chad Floyd, is an American architect (born November 11, 1944) and a founding partner of

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. Floyd’s work consists of academic, arts, civic, and residential projects. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and a fellow of the Institute of Urban Design.

Education and early career

Floyd graduated from

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in 1966 and

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in 1973. He received a Winchester Fellowship from Yale and a

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grant to study celebration spaces in 1974. He has been recognized for the use of interactive techniques, including live television, to engage citizens in urban design and architecture.

Centerbrook

Founded in 1975,

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grew out of a firm established by Charles W. Moore, formerly the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

was named Firm of the Year by the

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in 1998.

Notable projects

* Thompson Exhibition Building, Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut * Eugene O'Neill Theater Center expansion, Connecticut * Palmer Events Center, Texas * Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, New Hampshire * Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy Andover, New Hampshire * Health Care REIT Headquarters, Ohio * Krieble Gallery at Florence Griswold Museum, Connecticut *

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, Florida * Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College *

National recognition

* AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1987 * 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 * 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

References

External links

Centerbrook

Addison

Norton

House in Massachusetts

HC REIT Headquarters
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