Chad Floyd

John Paul Chadwick Floyd, usually credited as Chad Floyd, is an American architect (born November 11, 1944) and a founding partner of Centerbrook Architects & Planners of Essex, Connecticut.^[1] Floyd’s work consists of academic, arts,^[2] civic,^[3] and residential projects.^[4] He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects and a fellow of the Institute of Urban Design.^[5]

Education and early career

Floyd graduated from Yale College in 1966 and Yale School of Architecture in 1973.^[6] He received a Winchester Fellowship from Yale^[7] and a National Endowment for the Arts grant to study celebration spaces in 1974.^[8] He has been recognized for the use of interactive techniques, including live television, to engage citizens in urban design^[9] and architecture.^[10]

Centerbrook

Founded in 1975, Centerbrook grew out of a firm established by Charles W. Moore,^[11] formerly the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.^[12] Centerbrook was named Firm of the Year by the American Institute of Architects in 1998.

Notable projects

• Thompson Exhibition Building, Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut^[13]
• Eugene O'Neill Theater Center expansion, Connecticut^[14]
• Palmer Events Center, Texas^[15]
• Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, New Hampshire^[16]
• Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy Andover, New Hampshire^[17]
• Health Care REIT Headquarters, Ohio^[18]
• Krieble Gallery at Florence Griswold Museum, Connecticut^[19]
• Norton Museum of Art, Florida^[20]
• Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College^[21]

National recognition

• AIA Honor Award for Architecture, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, 1987^[22]
• 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^[23]
• 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^[24]