In 2007, the American Institute of Architects honored us with its Firm Award, the highest distinction it bestows on an architecture firm, and the first women-led firm to be so honored.  Since 2014, our firm has been included in the ARCHITECT Top 50 national firm rankings.  Our practice and our work have been recognized with over 100 national and regional awards.

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

Adohi Hall | 2021 – Award

UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018

Chicago Athenaeum – Green Good Design Award

Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2023

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2022

Anonymous Hall | 2022

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

Metropolis Planet Positive Award

Harvard University District Energy Facility, Finalist in “Civic Cultural” | 2021

Anonymous Hall, Finalist in “Educational” | 2021

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’s Newspaper Best of Practice

The Architect’s Newspaper | Jury-based selection

Leers Weinzapfel Associates | 2022 – Best of Practice Architect (Large Firm) Northeast Award

“With a clear focus on the cultural and historical context of each project, LWA’s body of work demonstrates that a project’s unique location should result in a building that is responsive. Not defined by style, but more so by a building’s performance, the work seems particularly adept at navigating various typologies.” – Trey Trahan

 

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

ACD Rethinking The Future Architecture Award

Program aims to bring exceptional works in the field of Architecture the prestige they deserve | Jury-based selection

Harvard District Energy Facility | 2022, Runner-Up, Institutional (Built)

Architizer A+

Honors the world’s best Architecture and Spaces | Jury-based selection

Harvard District Energy Facility | 2023 Factories + Warehouses Finalist

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2022 Architecture + Collaboration Finalist

Harvard District Energy Facility | 2022 Factories + Warehouses Finalist, Architecture + Photography & Video Finalist

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

Roslindale Branch Library | 2023, Honorable Mention

UMass Amherst North Chiller Plant | 2023

Harvard District Energy Facility | 2022

Anonymous Hall | 2022, Honorable Mention

Adohi Hall | 2021

Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences | 2021

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

Harvard District Energy Facility | 2023

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2022

Anonymous Hall | 2022

UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018

Chicago Athenaeum & Global Design News – Future House International Residential Award

Jury-based selection

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2023

Dezeen Awards

Identifies the world’s best architecture, interiors and design, as well as the studios and the individual architects and designers producing the most outstanding work | Jury-based selection

Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2022, Longlist, Architectural Lighting

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

Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2023, Winner, ARCHITECTURE/Infrastructures & Transportation

East Boston Police Station | 2023 Honorable Mention

Ohio University Chilled Water Plant #3 | 2022, Winner, Infrastructures & Transportation

Roslindale Library | 2022, Honorable Mention, Refurbishment

Anonymous Hall | 2021, Winner, Architecture/Educational & Sports

Jumping Fish Exological Energy Park, Hsinta Ecological Power Plant | 2021, Winner, Architecture/Infrastructures & Transportation

Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2021 – Winner, Architecture/Educational & Sports

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

Fast Company Innovation By Design

Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards celebrate design in all these iterations. We honor thoughtful, striking design that has the potential to transform people, businesses, industries, and society writ large.

Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2023, Honorable Mention, Urban Design

Anonymous Hall | 2022, Honorable Mention, Sustainability

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

Roslindale Branch Library | 2023 – Finalist, Libraries

Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2022 – Finalist, Education

Anonymous Hall | 2022, Finalist, Education

Ohio University Chilled Water Plant #3 | 2022 – Shortlist, Production

West End House | 2022 – Shortlist, Education

Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2022 – Finalist – Production

Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2021 – Finalist, Education

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2021, Finalist, Housing

Anonymous Hall | 2021, Finalist, Education

Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2021 – Finalist, Renovation

Franklin County Justice Center | 2020 – Finalist, Renovation

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 Festival

Jury-based selection

Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2022 – Highly Commended – Best Use of Colour

Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2022 – Shortlist – Production, Energy & Recycling

Jumping Fish Exological Energy Park, Hsinta Ecological Power Plant | 2022 – Future Projects, Infrastructure

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2021 – Shortlist – Housing

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2021 – Shortlist – Best Use of Certified Timber

World Architecture News

Jury-based selection

National Museum of Forest Service History | 2023 – Bronze – Education

Harvard University District Energy Facility | 2022 – Finalist – Urban Landscape

Auburn University, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Woodland Wonders Nature Preschool | 2022 – Gold – Future Education

Anonymous Hall | 2021 – Finalist, Glass in Architecture

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Wood In Architecture, Gold Winner

World Architecture News – Sustainable Building Award

Jury-based selection

UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018

World Architects – Building of the Year

Anonymous Hall | 2021 – Finalist

UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2017

AIA Honor Award

Jury-based selection

UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2023

University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex | 2001

AIA Housing Award

Jury-based selection

Adohi Hall | 2021

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

John W Olver Design Building | 2022

The Ohio State University World Media and Culture Center | 2007

AIA St. Louis Unbuilt Design Award

Jury-based selection

Adohi Hall | 2019

Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards

Jury-based selection

Roslindale Branch Library | 2023 – Editor’s Pick, Libraries Category

Harvard District Energy Facility | 2021 – Winner, Infrastructure

Innovation Center | 2021 – Winner, Unbuilt Commercial

Innovation Center | 2020 – Honorable Mention – Interiors

Adohi Hall | 2020 – Winner

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

Anonymous Hall | First Place in “Addition”, 2021

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

Wood Design & Building Honor Award

Jury-based selection

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Multi-family Wood Design, Wood in Schools, Green Building with Wood, Beauty of Wood

WoodWorks Multi-Family Wood Design Award

Jury-based selection

University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Wood in Schools, Green Building with Wood, Beauty of Wood

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

Harvard District Energy Facility | 2023

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

Roslindale Branch Library | 2023

Auburn University, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Woodland Wonders Nature Preschool | 2023 -Merit Award

Eliot Church Affordable Hosuing | 2023

National Museum of Forest Service History | 2023

Davis Center, Williams College | 2023

Harvard District Energy Facility | 2021

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

Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2021 – Award

Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2021 – Citation

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 Housing Design Award

Jury-based selection

Adohi Hall | 2021 – Citation

Boston Society of Architects Sustainable Design Award

Jury-based selection

Adohi Hall | 2021 – Award

UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018

Boston Society of Architects Campus Planning and Urban Design

Jury-based selection

Jumping Fish Ecological Power Plant | 2020 – Honor Award

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

AGCMA Build New England Awards Program

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

Preservation Massachusetts – Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Award

Roslindale Branch Boston Public Library | 2022

Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2021