US firm William Rawn Associates has created a series of buildings for a performing arts campus in western Massachusetts, where retractable glass walls allow music to spill outdoors.

The Linde Center for Music and Learning is located on the northern edge of the 524-acre (212-hectare) campus in the Berkshires town of Lenox.
Established in the 1930s, Tanglewood houses several music schools and serves as the summer home for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A range of concerts are held on the campus, from classical music to jazz and pop.

Designed by Boston studio William Rawn Associates, the new centre ? Tanglewood's first building project in 25 years ? consists of four, single-level buildings arrayed along a serpentine walkway.
Perched on a small ridge, the complex overlooks the verdant campus and the Berkshire Hills.
The centre's built area encompasses 24,000 square feet (2,230 square metres). Designed to be used year-round, the complex serves a range of functions, from hosting performances to housing the newly established Tanglewood Learning Institute. The centre will also be used by cultural and educational organisations within the region.
Rather than create a single building, the architects produced "a series of pavilion studios that engage the landscape, including a century-old red oak tree".

Three of the four buildings ? Studio E, the Gordon Family Studio and the Volpe Family Studio ? are dedicated for rehearsals and performances, with the largest able to ac...