New England Aquarium
Name of Building
New England Aquarium
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date the building was designed and/or first built
Opened (June 20th, 1969)
Begins Marine Mammal stranding response program (1977)
Opening of marine animal health care center (1985)
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
David B. Stone (Founder)
Peter Chermayeff (Architect)
Geo-Location
42.359443197230114, -71.04908962460057
Architectural Type
Public
Building Description
The external form of the aquarium is irregular in shape, being made up of a series of straight edges, curves, and points. One the most notable features is a pointed metallic roof that points slightly upward at the sky. Attached to it is a tall glass skylight. There is also a smaller pointed roof below the white and blue simplified fish logo above the entrance. The main colors of the building are white and warm grey with the glass looking blue due to the lighting.
Upon entering the building vistors are met with a small intermediary room dividing the outside from the rest of the interior to the left are the ray and shark touch tanke exhbit and Science of Sharks exhbit. Going straight would lead the visitor to the rest of the aqaurium. The lowest of the four levels contains a penguin enclousure and tropical gallery. In the center is a large ocean tank that extends through all the way from the bottom floor all the way to the top floor. Floor two focusses on temprate water species. Floor three has more of a focus on Northern waters and freshatwater species. Finally level 4 houses the Yawkey Coral Reef Center.
Upon entering the building vistors are met with a small intermediary room dividing the outside from the rest of the interior to the left are the ray and shark touch tanke exhbit and Science of Sharks exhbit. Going straight would lead the visitor to the rest of the aqaurium. The lowest of the four levels contains a penguin enclousure and tropical gallery. In the center is a large ocean tank that extends through all the way from the bottom floor all the way to the top floor. Floor two focusses on temprate water species. Floor three has more of a focus on Northern waters and freshatwater species. Finally level 4 houses the Yawkey Coral Reef Center.
Image source
Image 1: 2017_New_England_Aquarium_from_southwest (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/2017_New_England_Aquarium_from_southwest.jpg)
Image 2: Map-web (https://www.neaq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Map-web.pdf)
Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license
Image 2: Fair Use
Student First and Last Name
Jayce Johnson
Bibliographic references for the item
1. https://www.neaq.org/about-us/our-history/
2. https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/about-us/people/obituary/david-stone/
3.https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/879
4. https://www.neaq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Map-web.pdf
2. https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/about-us/people/obituary/david-stone/
3.https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/879
4. https://www.neaq.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Map-web.pdf
Citation
David B. Stone (Founder) and Peter Chermayeff (Architect), “New England Aquarium,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://www.worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/147.
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