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
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.
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. 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. 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. the Cambridge Public Library, and the MIT Ashdown Graduate Student Residence Hall.
Awards & Significant Works
* 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
* 1995 National AIA Architecture Honor Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood
* 1996 National AIA Urban Design Honor West Main Street Urban Design Plan at the University of Virginia
* 2004 National AIA Architecture Honor West Campus Phase One at Northeastern University
* 2005 National AIA Regional and Urban Design Honor West Campus Residence Halls at Northeastern University
* 2008 National AIA Interior Architecture Honor '62 Center for Theatre & Dance at Williams College
* 2015 National AIA Architecture Honor Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, MA
* 2016 National AIA Interior Architecture Honor Pritzker Science Center at Milton Academy
* 2021 National AIA Interior Architecture Honor Linde Center for Music and Learning at Tanglewood
* 2022 National AIA Interior Architecture Award Honor Pennsylvania State University Recital Hall
* 2022 National AIA Interior Architecture Award Honor Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University

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