In the Name of Science: An architecture office and prep school underscore community and the excitement of science with a new building that puts the discipline on display.
“True Science thrives best in glass houses, where everyone can look in,” wrote Nobel Prize–winning molecular biologist Max Perutz. Boston-based William Rawn Associates, Architects (WRA) took this sentiment to heart in the design of their Pritzker Science Center at Milton Academy, which puts visibility, in every sense of the word, front and center.
Occupying the crest of a windblown bluff overlooking the Atlantic and nearby saltwater ponds, this four-bedroom, 6,850-square-foot summer house was intended to be reminiscent of the early camps in Martha’s Vineyard.
To First-time visitors to Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), it might appear that the fruits of its $345 million capital project are limited to the recently opened Arts of the Americas Wing at the building’s eastern end, designed by London-based Foster + Partners.
The Digital Images and Slide Collection at Harvard College’s Fine Arts Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts, houses more than 750,000 images in 35-millimeter-slide and digital formats.
Anyone who doubts the relevance of libraries in the age of e-readers, amazon.com, and the iPad should visit the new central branch of the Cambridge Public Library (CPL), in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In the world of architecture, it isn’t unusual for projects to fall victim to shifting priorities or changing financial circumstances and subsequently stall or be shelved indefinitely.
Project Specs MIT Media Lab Cambridge, Massachusetts Maki and Associates << Return to article the People Owner Massachusetts Institute of Technology Architect Maki and Associates 13-4 Hachiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku Tokyo, Japan 150-0035 Tel. ++81. 3. 3780-3880 Fax. ++81. 3. 3780-3881 Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Fumihiko Maki, Principal in Charge Gary Kamemoto, Director in Charge Design Team: Tatsutomo Hasegawa, Tomoya Sugiura, Michel van Ackere, Atsushi Tokushige, Jun Takahashi, Masaaki Kurihara, Jun Imaizumi, Naomi Maki Kobayashi, Ryuji Takaichi, Brendon Levitt, Benjamin Albertson, Masahiro Ikawa Architect of record Leers Weinzapfel Associates Andrea P. Leers, Principal in Charge Joe Pryse,