Karin Patriquin, AIA. Click to enlarge.

A native of Montreal, Quebec, Karin Patriquin received her architectural training at the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Environmental Studies and a Bachelor of Architecture. Her previous degree in Music from McGill University inspired her thesis work on Rhythms in Architecture. Karin’s training brought her to studios and internships in Montreal, Toronto, Paris, Rome, Helsinki and New York City.

Karin began her professional career as an architect at HLW International in New York City, working on projects for the New York Stock Exchange, the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse, with Cesar Pelli & Associates. She moved on to work with Cesar Pelli & Associates (now Pelli Clarke Pelli) in New Haven, Connecticut, where she worked on 731 Lexington, a mixed use skyscraper in New York City, as well as the Minneapolis Central Library, among other notable projects.

In 2003, Karin established her own professional architectural practice, where she designs residential, medical, commercial and institutional projects. Her designs start with the site: the particular way the sun circles a building, how the building inhabits the streetscape, and the relationship of the building to nature. Her architectural approach is one of collaboration, with those who design and build the building and with those who will inhabit it. As such, Karin’s designs personify the delicate interplay of beauty and function.

Karin is a licensed architect in New York and Connecticut.