Centerbrook Projects Recognized for Design Excellence

The Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center at Duke University highlighted four Centerbrook projects that were recognized recently for design excellence.

The Center, which opened in 2019, earned plaudits from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, AIA Connecticut, and American School & University Magazine (AS&U). AIA Connecticut’s October magazine featured the Center on its cover.

Of the design, which Centerbrook conceived as a pedestrian village within woodlands, the AIA jury said, “The reinterpretation of Gothic Revival as a timber building is intriguing. It speaks to both the first metaphor and the campus architecture.”

Karsh also received an Outstanding Design award from AS&U, with a special citation for exceptional merit. The jury made special mention of its curved glulam trusses. “The rhythmic flow of the wooden arches that you see through the glass is absolutely breathtaking,” the jury wrote.