saying grace sanaa designs the ultimate commnunity centre for grace farms
Grace Farms is a modern community centre, located on 80 acres of pristine New Canaan land, that boasts a multipurpose building designed by the Priztker Prize-winning architecture practice, SANAA. Photography: Dean Kaufman
Known as 'The River', SANAA's meandering building measures in at 83,000 square feet and seamless blends indoor and outdoor spaces so that visitors can truly appreciate the natural surroundings. Photography: Iwan Baan
Seamlessly integrated into the landscape, the building gracefully switches back along the sloping terrain
The multi-purpose building brings together an amphitheatre, library, dining room, welcome pavillion and gymnasium under one continuous roof. Photography: Iwan Baan
Each indoor space is enclosed in curved glass. In the dining room, custom-made furniture made from the trees felled on site fill the space. Photography: Iwan Baan
Grace Farms' library contains research and resources pertaining to justice, the arts, nature and multidenominational faith. Photography: Iwan Baan
A view of the Sanctuary, a 700 seat amphitheatre space that showcase incredible vistas of the surrounding landscape. Photography: Iwan Baan
Of Grace Farms' 80-acre site, around 77 acres have been preserved as open meadows, woods, wetlands and ponds