American architecture firm
Boston Children's Museum with its 2007 additionCambridge Seven Associates, Inc. , stylized as CambridgeSeven , and sometimes as C7A , is an American architecture firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts . Buildings designed by the firm have included academic, museum, exhibit, hospitality, transportation, retail, office, and aquarium facilities, and have been built in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Besides architecture, it operates in the areas of urban design , planning , exhibitions , graphic , and interior design .
The company was founded in 1962. The original seven partners were Lou Bakanowsky, Ivan Chermayeff , Peter Chermayeff , Alden Christie, Paul Dietrich, Tom Geismar , and Terry Rankine.[citation needed
CambridgeSeven won the American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award in 1993, and was described by the AIA Committee on Design as "an influential and stimulating example, demonstrating new directions of professional practice."[ 1]
In 2016, the company's revenue was $26 million.[ 2]
Notable projects
Academic
College of Business, Kuwait University , Sabah Al-Salem University City, Kuwait
College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University , Sabah Al-Salem University City, Kuwait
College for Life Sciences, Kuwait University , Sabah Al-Salem University City, Kuwait
Edwards Center for Art and Dance, Bowdoin College , Brunswick, Maine
Health and Social Sciences Building, University of Massachusetts Lowell , Lowell, Massachusetts
Kanbar Hall, Bowdoin College , Brunswick, Maine
Learning Laboratory for Complex Systems, MIT , Cambridge, Massachusetts
Marine Technology & Life Sciences Seawater Research Complex, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science , University of Miami , Miami , Florida
Marine Science Center at Fintas, Kuwait University , Fintas , Kuwait
Nettie M. Stevens Science and Innovation Center, Westfield State University , Westfield, Massachusetts
Peter Buck Center for Health and Fitness, Bowdoin College , Brunswick, Maine
Pulichino Tong Business Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell , Lowell, Massachusetts
Roux Center for the Environment, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Watson Center for Information Technology, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island Williams College Bookstore, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Aquariums
Mote Aquarium , Sarasota, Florida National Aquarium , Baltimore , MarylandNational Aquarium of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah Financial District , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
New England Aquarium , Boston, Massachusetts , United States,[ 3] North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island , Manteo, North Carolina Lisbon Oceanarium , Lisbon , PortugalOsaka Aquarium Kaiyukan , Osaka , JapanRoundhouse Aquarium , Manhattan Beach, California Tennessee Aquarium , Chattanooga, Tennessee The Scientific Center of Kuwait , Salmiya , KuwaitVirginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center , Virginia Beach, Virginia World Alive Exhibits, Discovery Place Science , Charlotte, North Carolina
Civic
Elevated Walkways, Logan International Airport , Boston , Massachusetts
Gloucester Harborwalk, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Howard Ulfelder, Maryland, Healing Garden, Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts
Kuwait Ministry of Education Headquarters Building, South Surra District, Kuwait
Kuwait National Petroleum Company Headquarters, Ahmadi, Kuwait MBTA Design Guidelines , Boston, MassachusettsWBUR CitySpace, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
West Cambridge Youth Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Hospitality
Ames Hotel, Boston , Massachusetts
Brookline Hilton Garden Inn, Brookline, Massachusetts
Charles Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences One Dalton Street (with collaborating architects Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ), Boston, Massachusetts
Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences New Orleans, New Orleans , Louisiana
Hanover Inn at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Hilton Boston Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts
PINE Restaurant at the Hanover Inn, Hanover, New Hampshire
Revere Hotel Renovations, Boston, Massachusetts
The Liberty Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts[ 4]
Williams Inn, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Museums
Boston Children's Museum, Boston , Massachusetts
Canada Sports Hall of Fame, Calgary, Alberta , Canada
Detroit Red Wings & Pistons Heritage Exhibit, Detroit , Michigan
Discovery Museum of Acton, Acton, Massachusetts
Children's Discovery Museum, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia , China
KAFD Science Museum & Geo-Climate Center, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
Knock Knock Children's Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Murphy Keller Education Center, Heifer International Headquarters, Little Rock, Arkansas
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts
San Francisco 49ers Museum & Exhibits, Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
The Hall at Patriot Place, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
World of Little League Museum Renovation and Exhibits, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Notes
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Jack, Michael (July–August 1993). "1993 Architecture Firm Award: Cambridge Seven Associates". Memo: The Review of People, Information, and Ideas . AIA . pp. 8– 9.
^ Tulacz, Gary (22 Sep 2017). "2016 Top 300 Architecture Firms" . Architectural Record . BNP Media. ^
"New England Aquarium" . greatbuildings.com . GreatBuildings.com. Retrieved 19 February 2011 .
^ "The Hotel: History" . libertyhotel.com . Liberty Hotel. Archived from the original on 2011-02-24. Retrieved 19 February 2011 .
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