Amenta Emma Architects of East Hartford

Amenta Emma Architects of East Hartford is an architecture and interior design firm in East Hartford, CT. The firm works on the places where people live, work, and learn, serving clients through a design process rooted in research, collaboration, and execution that aims to reflect each client's culture and values while harmonizing with the surrounding environment. The firm's portfolio includes higher education work, including the new Pope Pius XII Library and Welcome Center at the University of Saint Joseph, which broke ground in June. The firm has also been recognized with a 2026 AIA Connecticut Emerging Professionals Award, given to James Regnier of the firm.

Amenta Emma holds the WELL Equity Rating from the International WELL Building Institute, reflecting an alignment with evidence-based strategies covering parental leave policies and healthier space design. The firm's team brings both technical and creative expertise, working in an atmosphere of respect, creativity, and attentiveness. Beyond Hartford, the firm maintains studios in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, and publicly acknowledges the indigenous peoples on whose ancestral lands each office sits, including the Sicaog, Poquonock, Wangunk, and Tunxis tribes in Hartford, the Massachusett and Wampanoag in Boston, and the Mohican and Munsee Lenape in New York.

The firm is based on Trumbull Street in East Hartford, near the University of Saint Joseph School of Pharmacy and within roughly a tenth of a mile of the Pratt Street Historic District, Asylum Street, Hartford Stage, and Wexford Park. New business, press, and general inquiries can be directed to the firm through dedicated email channels listed on its site. The firm carries a rating of 4.60 based on customer reviews.