William Rawn Associates
William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. is an American architecture firm located in Boston, Massachusetts established in 1983 by William "Bill" Rawn.
History[edit]
William L. Rawn III, FAIA, LEED AP, a graduate of Yale College, Harvard Law School, and the MIT School of Architecture, is the founding Principal of William Rawn Associates. Before establishing William Rawn Associates, Rawn worked as an attorney at a large Washington D.C. law firm and served as Assistant Chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Boston campus.[1]
The firm has completed projects including mixed-use urban buildings, college campuses, performing arts facilities, and affordable housing. William Rawn Associates is best known for the 1,200-seat Seiji Ozawa Hall constructed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.[2] The success of Seiji Ozawa Hall has won the firm many prestigious architectural awards, applause for its acoustical quality and marked a turning point in the firms history having quadrupled its staff and propelled the firms reputation allowing for more coveted projects.[3][4] Leo Beranek's authoritative book "Concert Halls and Opera Houses" published the results of a survey of conductors, performers, critics, and music lovers opinions on the best music halls in the world constructed since 2004 had found Seiji Ozawa Hall was ranked 13th in the world and in the top six constructed in the 20th century as well as ranked in the top four in the United States, and ranked 2nd best American Concert Hall built in the last 50 years.[3][5]
Other projects include Berklee Tower at Berklee College of Music, Tata Hall at Harvard Business School, an overall campus masterplan and architectural design of the West Campus Residential district at Northeastern University in Boston, the ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College,[5] the Cambridge Public Library, and the MIT Ashdown Graduate Student Residence Hall.
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Awards & Significant Works[edit]
- 1993 National AIA Urban Design Award of Excellence Back of the Hill Rowhouses, Boston, MA
- 1994 National AIA Architecture Honor Charlestown Navy Yard Rowhouses, Boston, MA[6]
- 1995 National AIA Architecture Honor Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood[7]
- 1996 National AIA Urban Design Honor West Main Street Urban Design Plan at the University of Virginia[6]
- 2000 National AIA Regional and Urban Design Honor Village of Park DuValle, Louisville, KY
- 2000 National AIA Interior Architecture Honor Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood[8]
- 2004 National AIA Architecture Honor West Campus Phase One at Northeastern University[9]
- 2005 National AIA Regional and Urban Design Honor West Campus Residence Halls at Northeastern University[9]
- 2007 National AIA Regional and Urban Design Honor The Carneros Inn, Napa, CA[10]
- 2008 National AIA Interior Architecture Honor '62 Center for Theatre & Dance at Williams College[11]
- 2015 National AIA Architecture Honor Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, MA[12]
- 2016 National AIA Interior Architecture Honor Pritzker Science Center at Milton Academy[13]
- 2021 National AIA Interior Architecture Honor Linde Center for Music and Learning at Tanglewood[14]
- 2022 National AIA Interior Architecture Award Honor Pennsylvania State University Recital Hall[15]
- 2022 National AIA Interior Architecture Award Honor Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "William L. Rawn". execed.gsd.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
- ↑ "Hall at Tanglewood Named for Ozawa". The New York Times. April 14, 1994. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dyer, Richard (August 1, 2004). "Seiji Ozawa Hall is an integral part of Tanglewood". The Boston Globe.
- ↑ Clark, Robert S. “Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood.” The Hudson review 47.4 (1995): 636–640.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 RYBCZYNSKI, WITOLD (Nov 22, 2008). "When Buildings Try Too Hard". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Trescott, Jacqueline (May 19, 1999). "Strathmore Concert Hall Team Chosen". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Nelson, Susan (February 1995). "AIA Announces 1995 Architecture Honor Awards" (PDF). FOCUS. p. 7.
- ↑ "Design Guide". www.designguide.com. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "AIArchitect, January 12, 2004 - AIA, INSTITUTE HONOR AWARDS". info.aia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ↑ Livingston, Heather (January 12, 2007). "Seven Projects Receive 2007 Honor Awards for Regional & Urban Design" (PDF). AIArchitect. pp. 1–2.
- ↑ "Williams College's '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Wins Architectural Kudos". Office of Communications. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ↑ "Cambridge Public Library Receives National Honor Award in Architecture". www.cambridgema.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ↑ "Milton Academy Pritzker Science Center - AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ↑ "Tanglewood Linde Center for Music and Learning - AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania State University Recital Hall - AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ↑ "Duke University, Rubenstein Arts Center - AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
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