Jennifer Krichels

Nov 5, 2024 | architecturalrecord.com | Jennifer Krichels

Anyone who has studied Midcentury Modernism—or has interacted with a pile of Lego bricks or the 3D-pixel-based video game Minecraft, for that matter—knows the satisfying versatility of rectilinear shapes. Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts (CFA), a complex of 11 buildings designed by Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo and opened in 1973, is a master class in expressing its programs with cubic volumes.

Oct 27, 2024 | architecturalrecord.com | Jennifer Krichels

For more than a century, New Canaan’s public library has been a centerpiece of the bucolic—and affluent—western Connecticut town. Originally built in 1913, the library building was bordered by downtown’s Main and Cherry Streets and saw three major expansions, the last of which was in 1979.

Sep 1, 2024 | architecturalrecord.com | Jennifer Krichels

Visit almost any growing city in the country and a monoculture of residential architecture will likely become apparent—a proliferation of five-over-one apartment buildings, meant to meet a growing demand for commuter-friendly units amid nationwide housing shortages.

Aug 19, 2024 | architecturalrecord.com | Jennifer Krichels

Visit almost any growing city in the country and a monoculture of residential architecture will likely become apparent—a proliferation of five-over-one apartment buildings, meant to meet a growing demand for commuter-friendly units amid nationwide housing shortages.

Jun 17, 2024 | architecturalrecord.com | Jennifer Krichels

Like any relationship, the one between Becky Garnett and Pete DePasquale can be seen in hindsight as a series of inflection points and forks in the road that have led to the present. Sitting in their office just south of Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal, they recount some personal moments—meeting in 2005, marrying in 2013, and the arrival of their two children—and the turns that also eventually combined their professional lives.