{{Short description|American architecture firm}} {{For|the Cambridge Seven missionaries|Cambridge Seven}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2018}} [[Image:Boston Childrens Museum.jpg|thumb|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.
The company was founded in 1962.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-06-08 |title=Paul Dietrich, 75, Innovative Architect Of Civic Projects |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/08/arts/paul-dietrich-75-innovative-architect-of-civic-projects.html |access-date=2025-06-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The original seven partners were Lou Bakanowsky, Ivan Chermayeff, Peter Chermayeff, Alden Christie, Paul Dietrich, Tom Geismar, and Terry Rankine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Carson |date=2017-12-05 |title=The CHERMAYEFF Century / 032c |url=https://032c.com/magazine/the-chermayeff-century |access-date=2025-07-19 |website=032c.com |language=en}}</ref>
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."<ref name="jack"/>
In 2016, the company's revenue was $26 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.architecturalrecord.com/top300/2016-Top-300-Architecture-Firms-3|title=2016 Top 300 Architecture Firms|last=Tulacz|first=Gary|date=22 Sep 2017|website=Architectural Record|publisher=BNP Media}}</ref>
==Notable projects== {{Prose|date=February 2018}}
===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, Maryland<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1981-08-08 |title=BALTIMORE'S AQUARIUM: INNOVATIVE INSIDE AND OUT; An Appraisal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/08/us/baltimore-s-aquarium-innovative-inside-and-out-an-appraisal.html |access-date=2026-02-21 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * National Aquarium of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia * New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts, United States,<ref name="greatbuildings1"/> the firm's first major commission ** New England Giant Ocean Tank, New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts * North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island, Manteo, North Carolina * Lisbon Oceanarium, Lisbon, Portugal * Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Osaka, Japan * Roundhouse Aquarium, Manhattan Beach, California * Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee * The Scientific Center of Kuwait, Salmiya, Kuwait * Virginia 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, Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite news |last=Byrnes |first=Mark |date=2018-09-17 |title=The Minds Behind Boston's 'T' |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-17/the-designers-behind-boston-s-iconic-transit-visuals |access-date=2026-02-21 |work=Bloomberg.com |language=en}}</ref> <!--* MBTA Red-Line Ashmont Station, Dorchester, Massachusetts * MBTA Red-Line Fields Corner Station, Dorchester, Massachusetts * MBTA Orange-Line Forest Hills Station, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts * MBTA Red-Line Porter Square Station, Cambridge, Massachusetts * MBTA Red-Line Shawmut Station, Dorchester, Massachusetts * MBTA Blue-Line Government Center Station, Boston, Massachusetts --> * WBUR 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<ref name="liberty_hotel_history"/> * Williams Inn, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
===Museums=== * Boston Children's Museum, Boston, Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-03-19 |title=Local obituary: Louis Bakanowsky Jr., 94, architect behind New England Aquarium, Boston Children's Museum |url=https://www.boston.com/news/massachusetts-obituaries/2025/03/18/local-obituary-louis-bakanowsky-jr-94-architect-behind-new-england-aquarium-boston-childrens-museum/ |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=Boston.com |language=en-US}}</ref> * 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== {{Reflist |refs= <!-- <ref name="beaver">{{Cite journal|last=Beaver|first=Robyn|date=December 2006|title=Contemporary Architecture, Vol. 1|publisher=Images Publishing Dist A/C|page=242}}</ref> -->
<ref name="jack"> {{Cite news|last=Jack|first=Michael|date=July–August 1993|title=1993 Architecture Firm Award: Cambridge Seven Associates|periodical=Memo: The Review of People, Information, and Ideas|publisher=AIA|pages=8–9}}</ref>
<ref name="greatbuildings1"> {{Cite web |url=http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/New_England_Aquarium.html |title=New England Aquarium |work=greatbuildings.com |access-date=19 February 2011 }}</ref>
<ref name="liberty_hotel_history">{{Cite web |url = http://www.libertyhotel.com/the_hotel/history.html |title = The Hotel: History |work = libertyhotel.com |publisher = Liberty Hotel |access-date = 19 February 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110224172211/http://www.libertyhotel.com/the_hotel/history.html |archive-date = 2011-02-24 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
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==References== *[https://www.high-profile.com/cambridge-seven-names-johnson-president/ 'Cambridge Seven Names Johnson President,' High Profile.com Article on New President of Cambridge Seven, January 2017] *[http://archive.boston.com/business/articles/2007/08/02/the_peoples_architect/ 'The People's Architect,' Boston Globe article on Peter Kuttner, President of CambridgeSeven]
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.cambridgeseven.com}}
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