Jon Lavy, AIA

Jon is known for his Texas charm and for considerable design talent, administrative skill, and technical expertise. A colleague likened him to the conductor of an orchestra who keeps all the elements of a project in sync, communicating with and inspiring each section toward a common goal of excellence.

A native of Wichita Falls, Texas and a graduate of Texas Tech University, Jon joined Centerbrook in 1987. Since then, he has amassed a significant portfolio of academic, recreational, student life, laboratory, cultural, corporate, and municipal projects. An athlete, Jon seeks opportunities for design that promote occupant wellness and wellbeing. These include a new basketball arena at Fairfield University; the People’s United Center at Quinnipiac University; a new Upper School for the arts and sciences at Greenwich Country Day School and renovations to the Jahn Ice Rink and Hard Auditorium at Pomfret School.

Elevated to Associate Principal in 2010, Jon has overseen Centerbrook’s work at Quinnipiac University since 2003. He has managed major projects there that include: playing fields and stadia for field hockey, lacrosse and soccer; a health science center; a medical school; a law school; multiple residential halls; two student centers, two dining halls; and a campus master plan for sustainability.

Jon’s projects have received more than a dozen design awards. They include a Neuroscience Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a leading biomedical research facility and a Centerbrook client since 1974. His other design credits include the Wolf Law School at the University of Colorado, and buildings at Yale University and Dartmouth College.

Jon is an active community volunteer, serving since 2003 on the Town of Chester planning and zoning commission.