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]
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]
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.