CambridgeSeven

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Boston Children's Museum with its 2007 addition

Cambridge 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.

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The company was founded in 1962. [1] The original seven partners were Lou Bakanowsky, Ivan Chermayeff, Peter Chermayeff, Alden Christie, Paul Dietrich, Tom Geismar, and Terry Rankine. [2]

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." [3]

In 2016, the company's revenue was $26 million. [4]

Notable projects

Academic

Aquariums

Civic

Hospitality

Museums

Notes

  1. "Paul Dietrich, 75, Innovative Architect Of Civic Projects". The New York Times. 2001-06-08. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  2. Chan, Carson (2017-12-05). "The CHERMAYEFF Century / 032c". 032c.com. Retrieved 2025-07-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Jack, Michael (July–August 1993). "1993 Architecture Firm Award: Cambridge Seven Associates". Memo: The Review of People, Information, and Ideas. AIA. pp. 8–9.
  4. Tulacz, Gary (22 Sep 2017). "2016 Top 300 Architecture Firms". Architectural Record. BNP Media.
  5. "New England Aquarium". greatbuildings.com. GreatBuildings.com. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  6. "The Hotel: History". libertyhotel.com. Liberty Hotel. Archived from the original on 2011-02-24. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

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