Boston – The Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) announced the winners of the 2019 BSA Design Awards.
The winners were announced at the BSA Awards Gala on Jan. 23, during a ceremony at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The ceremony was followed by a reception at BSA Space, attended by over 550 design and building professionals.
Accessible Design Awards
Five Honor Awards:
o Leers Weinzapfel Associates for Franklin County Justice Center, Greenfield, MA
o Maryann Thompson Architects for Walden Pond Visitor Center, Concord, MA
o Mills Whitaker Architects for Paul Revere House Education & Visitor Center, Boston
o Ruhl Studio Architects for Gap Cove House, Rockport, MA
o Utile for Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain, MA
Four Awards:
o Abacus Architects + Planners for Westwood Accessible Family Housing, New Bedford, MA
o CBT for Massachusetts State Senate Chamber, Boston
o Finegold Alexander Architects for Old Chapel Student & Event Center, Amherst, MA
o HDR with NBBJ and Halvorson Design Partnership for Government Center Station Reconstruction, Boston
Four Citations:
o Finegold Alexander Architects for Boston City Hall, Council Chamber Renovation, Boston
o Leers Weinzapfel Associates for Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Salem, MA
o Ryan Associates Landscape Architecture and Planning for The Court: A Garden within Reach, Boylston, MA
o Stegman+Associates:Architects with Caolo & Bieniek Associates for Westfield State University David Hall Additions & Renovations, Westfield, MA
Education Facilities Design Awards
Three Honor Awards:
o Flansburgh for New Environmental Science Center, Columbus, OH
o Flansburgh for New Middle School Building, Dover, MA
o William Rawn Associates, Architects for Rubenstein Arts Center, Durham, NH
Four Awards:
o William Rawn Associates, Architects for Noble and Greenough School Academic Inquiry Center, Putnam Library and Baker Science Building, Dedham, MA
o Ann Beha Architects for Center for the Arts, North Andover, MA
o Bruner/Cott for Lunder Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
o DiMella Shaffer for McMullen Museum and Conference Center, Chestnut Hill, MA
Six Citations:
o Flansburgh with Rachid Karam Architects for New Preschool and Middle School Complex, Beirut, Lebanon
o Hopkins Architects with Bruner/Cott for The Richard A. & Susan F. Smith Campus Center, Cambridge, MA
o Maryann Thompson Architects for Early Learning Center, East Hanover, NJ
o Perkins and Will for Pence Union Building Renovation, Cheney, WA
o Tsoi Kobus Design with DBVW Architects for South Street Landing, Providence, RI
o William Rawn Associates, Architects for The Weissman Foundry, Wellesley, MA
Jury’s Choice Award:
o MASS Design Group with The African Design Center for Ruhehe Primary School, Musanze District, Rwanda
Housing Design Awards
One Honor Award:
o ISA for XS House, Philadelphia
Four Awards:
o Desai Chia Architecture with Environment Architects for Michigan Lake House, Northport, MI
o ISA for Tiny Tower, Philadelphia
o ODA New York for The Rheingold, Brooklyn, NY
o Utile for 7 East Springfield, Boston
Five Citations:
o Abacus Architects + Planners for Jefferson Park Apartments, Cambridge, MA
o Dattner Architects for The Goldin at Essex Crossing, New York City
o Desai Chai Architecture for Montauk House, Montauk, NY
o RODE Architects for Glenville Townhomes, Boston
o Ruhl Studio Architects for Gap Cove House, Rockport, MA
Small Firms Design Awards
One Honor Award:
o Touloukian Touloukian for Lumen at Beacon Park, Detroit, MI
Three Awards:
o HANK for TOURISTS, North Adams, MA
o IKD for Common Threads, Boston
o Stern McCafferty for Red Coach Lane, Winchester, MA
Five Citations:
o Abacus Architects + Planners for Jefferson Park Apartments, Cambridge, MA
o GLD Architecture for Lost House, Boston
o Murdough Design for Shoreline Dwelling, Center Harbor, NH
o Supernormal for Dining with Strangers and Their Stories, Somerville, MA
o Supernormal for Redefining the Early Learning Environment, Somerville, MA
Unbuilt Architecture and Design
Two Honor Awards:
o María Gonzalez Aranguren for Lisbon Story, Lisbon, Portugal
o PCA for Cloud Catchers, Lima, Peru
Two Awards
o Agent Architecture for The Island the Day After, Havana, Cuba
o Lawrence Kim / A+U Lab for Visitor Center in the Forest, Jūrmala, Latvia
Three Citations:
o HKS for DR/EDGE, Dhaka, Bangladesh
o Ten to One for Beggar’s Wharf Arts Complex, Rockland, ME
o Touloukian Touloukain for Buffalo Outer Harbor Wayfinding Kiosk, Buffalo, NY
Honor Awards for Design Excellence
Four Honor Awards
o Flansburgh with Sangrad + AVP for New K-12 International School, Zagreb, Croatia
o MASS Design Group for The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, AL
o NBBJ for Nanjing Eco Hi-Tech Island Exhibition Center, Nanjing, China
o Payette for Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Science and Engineering, Boston
Six Awards:
o Behnisch Architekten with SRG Partnership for Karl Miller Center, Portland, OR
o designLAB architects for Worcester Visitors Center, Worcester, MA
o Elkus Manfredi Architects for Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and College of Fine Arts Production Center, Boston
o Jonathan Levi Architects for Dearborn STEM Middle-High School, Boston
o Leers Weinzapfel Associates for University of Massachusetts North Chiller Plant, Amherst, MA
o Sasaki for Deerfield Academy Athletics Complex, Deerfield, MA
Six Citations:
o Barkow Leibinger with Sasaki for ArtLab, Boston
o Höweler + Yoon Architecture for Downtown Crossing Amphitheater, Boston
o Merge Architects with Ibañez Kim for eSports Gaming Café, Boston
o Payette for Beyond Walls, Lynn, MA
o Perkins and Will for The Exchange at 100 Federal, Boston
o Perkins and Will for The Snyder Center, Andover, MA
Harleston Parker Medal: The Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center designed by Hopkins Architects with Bruner/Cott for Harvard University.
People’s Choice Award: The Exchange at 100 Federal designed by Perkins and Will for Boston Properties.
2019 BSA Award of Honor: Kyu Sung Woo FAIA
2019 BSA Commonwealth Award: YouthBuild Boston (YBB)
2019 BSA Honorary Membership: Robert Benson, architectural photographer
