William Rawn, FAIA, and his Boston firm, William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc., formed in 1983, is committed to buildings that actively participate in the civic life of the public realm -- buildings of the city, of the campus, or in memorable public landscapes. Through the rigorous and inventive interpretation of the civic, Rawn's architecture fosters the values of diversity, meritocracy, and participation that are fundamental to American democracy.

Winner of 51 national, state, and local design awards, the firm has been selected as architect by some of the most notable national patrons of design, including DreamWorks SKG; the Walt Disney Company at Celebration; the Edison Project; Columbus, Indiana; Lincoln Center; and the University of Virginia.

A graduate of Yale College, Harvard Law School, and the MIT School of Architecture, William Rawn has served twice as Visiting Professor of Urban Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He was represented by Pace Gallery in New York City for his limited edition serigraphs in the 1970s and 1980s. Long active in Boston's civic life, he has been a mayoral appointee of the Boston Civic Design Commission for ten years. Representing the design leadership of the firm, Douglas Johnston as Principal and Clifford Gayley as Associate Principal have worked with William Rawn for well over 12 years.

William Rawn is the subject of William Rawn: Architecture for the Public Realm, Edizioni Press 2002. The book covers 15 projects including Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, Loew's Boston hotel, the Rochester Riverfront Redevelopment projects, and the Superblock Housing Competition at the University of Pennsylvania. It also includes an introduction by Raul A. Barreneche and three essays by William Rawn.