written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message peter chermayeff llc industry architecture headquarters united states website www.peterchermayeff.com lisbon oceanarium peter chermayeff llc is a massachusetts based architectural firm which specializes in aquarium architecture and exhibit design from conceptual planning to the details of final realization . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 external links 4 references history edit the two principals peter chermayeff faia and bobby c. poole aia have collaborated on the design of public aquariums since 1975 . their long collaboration with focus on the design of public aquariums began in 1975 when bobby poole joined cambridge seven associates where peter chermayeff was a founding principal together with paul dietrich terry rankine louis bakanowsky alden christie ivan chermayeff and tom geismar . the first project for the seven founding principals was the new england aquarium of which peter chermayeff was the principal in charge . it opened in 1969 . the design work at cambridge seven associates in much of which peter chermayeff played a leading role included the modernization of the boston transportation the mbta now known as the t the united states pavilion and exhibition expo 67 the national aquarium in baltimore the san antonio museum of art charles square a hotel retail housing and office complex in cambridge ma where s boston a mixed media celebration and portrait of boston for the us bicentennial the osaka aquarium the tennessee aquarium in chattanooga and the aquarium of genoa led to c7a receiving the architecture firm of the year award in 1993 from the aia . bobby poole joined c7a in 1976 to work with peter chermayeff on the national aquarium in baltimore . poole became the aquarium s project architect . he led the preparation of final design documents the on site overview of construction and installation became a principal in 1986 . he further developed his interest in aquariums working with peter chermayeff on the osaka aquarium the tennessee aquarium the aquarium of genoa the lisbon oceanarium and the alaska sealife center in seward alaska . they also collaborated on unbuilt aquariums and rainforest pavilions proposed by chermayeff while at c7a for moscow hamburg bremerhaven and oberhausen germany and for tsuruhama osaka japan . peter chermayeff and bobby poole continue their close collaboration until 2009 under the firm name chermayeff & poole inc. and currently as peter chermayeff llc . recent completed projects have included the museo nivola in orani sardinia expansion of the national aquarium in baltimore and the expansion of the tennessee aquarium in chattanooga both opened in 2005 . other current and recent projects include a proposed aquarium and environmental center for alexandria egypt the new songdo ecotarium in incheon near seoul korea and the remodeling and expansion of the virginia aquarium at virginia beach . see also edit osaka aquarium kaiyukan lisbon oceanarium tennessee aquarium aquarium of genoa national aquarium in baltimore new england aquarium serge chermayeff chermayeff & geismar external links edit peter chermayeff llc official website idea international design for the environment associates official website cambridge seven associates website references edit time magazine the age of aquariums by daniel s. levy june 1 1998 re oceanarium of lisbon harvard magazine ocean in1 .5 million gallons or less by jonathan shaw jan feb 1999 video interview with sic noticias tv channel in lisbon portugal may 2009 new york times underwater theater for briny stars by marlise simons 1998 re lisbon oceanarium the baltimore sun a cube of glass and water by edward gunts august 12 2001 re national aquarium in baltimore expansion design for a fair the 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