AIA FIRM AWARD
SUSTAINABILITY
ARCHITECT 50
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
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AIA ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AWARD
Every year, the AIA recognizes one firm whose passion and practice has produced notable architecture for at least a decade. It’s their highest honor.
Leers Weinzpafel Associates was honored with the AIA National Firm Award in 2007, the first women-led firm to be so recognized.
” Leers Weinzapfel Associates’ work reveals a commitment to the clarity of form and the active engagement in social discourse that modernism offers, while also exploring innovative response to changing physical and cultural contexts. Avoiding the cliche that creativity in design can only emerge with compete freedom from everyday constraints, the work achieves resonance through its situation with the social, political, circumstantial, technological,and economic frameworks that define each project. Through the act of design, the architects seek to construct new identities for each situation, inventively engaging with the sites and programs they transform.”
– Marion Weiss
AIA COTE Top Ten Award
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2020
AIA New York Design Award – Sustainable Design
Harvard University Library Services Building | 2008
Architect 50
#42 in Sustainability | 2019
#18 in Sustainability | 2018
#26 in Sustainability | 2017
#26 in Sustainability | 2015
#26 in Sustainability | 2014
BSA Sustainability Award
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Chicago Athenaeum – Green Good Design Award
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Connecticut Green Building Council – Alexion Award of Excellence
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
Connecticut Green Building Council – Honor Award
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
The Plan Awards
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Housing & Bold Demonstration of Sustainability – Shortlist
WoodWorks Wood Design Awards
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2019
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018 – Jury’s Choice for Wood Innovation
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Honor for Multi-family Wood Design
World Architecture News – Sustainable Building Award
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
ARCHITECT 50
The ARCHITECT 50 is a nationwide ranking of architecture firms published by ARCHITECT magazine.
2019
#14 Overall
#36 in Business
#42 in Sustainability
#20 in Design
2018
#35 Overall
#80 in Business
#18 in Sustainability
#72 in Design
2017
#26 Overall
#80 in Business
#26 in Sustainability
#26 in Design
2016
#26 in Business
#43 in Design
2015
#99 in Business
#26 in Sustainability
#18 in Design
2014
#45 Overall
#26 in Sustainability
#43 in Design
Chicago Athenaeum – American Architecture Award
Honors the best, new significant building, landscape and planning projects designed and/or built in the United States and abroad | Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant | 2015
Massachusetts General Hospital Museum of Medical History & Innovation | 2014
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
Harvard University Library Services Building | 2009
U.S. District Courthouse | 2008
Harvard University Science Center Expansion | 2006
University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex | 2001
Mugar Center for the Performing Arts | 2001
Chicago Athenaeum – Green Good Design Award
Bestows international recognition to those outstanding individuals, companies, organizations, governments, and institutions that have forwarded exceptional thinking and inspired greater progress toward a more healthier and more sustainable universe | Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
DNA Paris Design Awards
Honors the best designers worldwide in the disciplines of Architecture, Interior design, Landscape Design, Graphic Design and Product Design | Jury-based selection
Tufts University Central Energy Plant | 2020 – Winner, Infrastructure & Transportation
West End Boys and Girls Club | 2020 – Honorable Mention
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Honorable Mention
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2019 – Honorable Mention
Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2019 – Honorable Mention
Massachusetts General Hospital Museum of Medical History & Innovation | 2019 – Honorable Mention
Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2019 – Honorable Mention
Ohio State University East Regional Chilled Water Plant | 2019 – Honorable Mention
International Design Awards
Jury-based selection
Harvard University Science Center Expansion | 2007 – Institutional
International Association of Lighting Designers Award
Recognizes architectural lighting design excellence, the top honor in the lighting design industry | Jury-based selection
University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex | 2001
The Plan Awards
Jury-based selection
Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2020 – Shortlist
University of Massachusetts Amherst North Chiller Plant | 2020 – Shortlist
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Housing & Bold Demonstration of Sustainability – Shortlist
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2020 – Shortlist
Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2019 – Honorable Mention
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019 – Shortlist
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
The Golden Pin Award
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Shortlist
Wood Design & Building Awards
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2019
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
World Architecture News – Sustainable Building Award
Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Shortlist
World Architects – Building of the Year
AIA Honor Award
Jury-based selection
University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex | 2001
AIA Honor Award for Interiors
Jury-based selection
MIT School of Architecture & Planning | 1998
AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Awards
Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2020
AIA Justice Facilities Review Award
Jury-based selection
Franklin County Justice Center | 2019 – Citation
Dudley Square Neighborhood Police Station | 2014
Taunton Trial Court | 2012
U.S. District Courthouse | 2008
AIA Education Facilities Design Award
Jury-based selection
The Ohio State University World Media and Culture Center | 2007
Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards
UMass Amherst North Chiller Plant | 2019
Business Week / Architectural Record – Good Design is Good Business Award
Honor architects and clients who recognize the value of good design…. exemplary projects that put business goals first | Jury-based selection
University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex | 2001
Copper in Architecture
Massachusetts General Hospital Museum of Medical History & Innovation | 2015
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2015
Retrofit Magazine’s – Metamorphosis Award
Jury-based selection
Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2020 – First Place Adaptive Reuse
SCUP Excellence Awards
The Society for College and University Planning | Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018 – Excellence in Landscape Architecture
Wall Street Journal Best Architecture
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2017
WoodWorks Wood Design Awards
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2019
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018 – Jury’s Choice for Wood Innovation
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Honor for Multi-family Wood Design
AGC MA Build New England Award
Associated General Contractors | Jury-based
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019
AIA Arkansas Award
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Honor
AIA Connecticut Award
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2013
AIA Florida Top 100 Buildings
Jury-based selection
United States District Courthouse | 2012
AIA Gulf States Region Award
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020
AIA New England Design Awards
Jury-based selection
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2019
Franklin County Justice Center | 2019
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2016
Taunton Trial Court | 2016
Massachusetts General Hospital Museum of Medical History and Innovation | 2013
Boston Police District B-2 Roxbury | 2012
Harvard University Library Services Building | 2007
Harvard University Science Center Expansion | 2004
AIA New England Emerging Professional Friendly Firm
2020
2019
2018
AIA New York Design Award
Jury-based selection
Harvard University Library Services Building | 2008 – Sustainable Design
AIA Orlando Award of Excellence
Jury-based selection
United States District Courthouse | 2008
AIA St. Louis Design Award
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2019 – Unbuilt Category: Distinguished Award
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Honor
Boston Society of Architects Award of Honor
Awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to architecture and the profession | Jury-based selection
Andrea Leers | 2009
Jane Weinzapfel | 2009
Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Medal
Seeks to recognize “the single most beautiful building or other structure” built in the metropolitan Boston area in the past 10 years | Jury-based selection
MIT Media Lab | 2012
Blue Hill Avenue Youth Development Center | 1996
Boston Society of Architects Honor Awards for Design Excellence
Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst North Chiller Plant | 2019
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2017
Ohio State University East Regional Chilled Water Plant | 2015 – Citation
Boston Police District B-2 Roxbury | 2012 – Citation
Taunton Trial Court | 2011 – Citation
Harvard University Farkas Hall New College Theater | 2010 – Merit Award
Harvard University Library Services Building | 2008
University of Cincinnati University Pavilion | 2007
Princeton University Chilled Water Plant Addition | 2006
Harvard University Science Center Expansion | 2004
Mugar Center for the Performing Arts | 2003
University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex | 2000
Boston Society of Architects Accessible Design Award
Jury-based selection
Franklin County Justice Center | 2019
Salem State University Sophia Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts | 2019
Boston Society of Architects Education Facilities Design Award
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2013 – Hobson Honor Award for Design Excellence
Boston Society of Architects Interior Architecture and Design Award
Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Boston Society of Architects Sustainable Design Award
Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Boston Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2013
Connecticut Green Building Council – Alexion Award of Excellence
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
Connecticut Green Building Council – Honor Award
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
ENR New England’s Best Projects – Award of Merit Higher Education/Research & Excellence in Safety Best Project
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019
IFMA Boston Award of Excellence – Best Practices
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019