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.
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2020
Harvard University Library Services Building | 2008
#42 in Sustainability | 2019
#18 in Sustainability | 2018
#26 in Sustainability | 2017
#26 in Sustainability | 2015
#26 in Sustainability | 2014
Adohi Hall | 2021 – Award
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2022
Anonymous Hall | 2022
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
Harvard University District Energy Facility, Finalist in “Civic Cultural” | 2021
Anonymous Hall, Finalist in “Educational” | 2021
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Housing & Bold Demonstration of Sustainability – Shortlist
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
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
The ARCHITECT 50 is a nationwide ranking of architecture firms published by ARCHITECT magazine.
#14 Overall
#36 in Business
#42 in Sustainability
#20 in Design
#35 Overall
#80 in Business
#18 in Sustainability
#72 in Design
#26 Overall
#80 in Business
#26 in Sustainability
#26 in Design
#26 in Business
#43 in Design
#99 in Business
#26 in Sustainability
#18 in Design
#45 Overall
#26 in Sustainability
#43 in Design
Honors the world’s best Architecture and Spaces | Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2022 Architecture + Collaboration Finalist
Harvard District Energy Facility | 2022 Factories + Warehouses Finalist, Architecture + Photography & Video Finalist
Honors the best, new significant building, landscape and planning projects designed and/or built in the United States and abroad | Jury-based selection
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
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
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2022
Anonymous Hall | 2022
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Honors the best designers worldwide in the disciplines of Architecture, Interior design, Landscape Design, Graphic Design and Product Design | Jury-based selection
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
Jury-based selection
Harvard University Science Center Expansion | 2007 – Institutional
Recognizes architectural lighting design excellence, the top honor in the lighting design industry | Jury-based selection
University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex | 2001
Jury-based selection
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
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Shortlist
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2019
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2021 – Shortlist – Housing
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2021 – Shortlist – Best Use of Certified Timber
Jury-based selection
Anonymous Hall | 2021 – Finalist, Glass in Architecture
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Wood In Architecture, Gold Winner
Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Anonymous Hall | 2021 – Finalist
Jury-based selection
University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex | 2001
Jury-based selection
Adohi Hall | 2021
Jury-based selection
MIT School of Architecture & Planning | 1998
Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2020
Jury-based selection
Franklin County Justice Center | 2019 – Citation
Dudley Square Neighborhood Police Station | 2014
Taunton Trial Court | 2012
U.S. District Courthouse | 2008
Jury-based selection
John W Olver Design Building | 2022
The Ohio State University World Media and Culture Center | 2007
Jury-based selection
Adohi Hall | 2019
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
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
Massachusetts General Hospital Museum of Medical History & Innovation | 2015
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2015
Jury-based selection
Anonymous Hall | First Place in “Addition”, 2021
Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2020 – First Place Adaptive Reuse
The Society for College and University Planning | Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018 – Excellence in Landscape Architecture
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2017
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Multi-family Wood Design, Wood in Schools, Green Building with Wood, Beauty of Wood
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Wood in Schools, Green Building with Wood, Beauty of Wood
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
Associated General Contractors | Jury-based
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Honor
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2013
Jury-based selection
United States District Courthouse | 2012
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020
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
2020
2019
2018
Jury-based selection
Harvard University Library Services Building | 2008 – Sustainable Design
Jury-based selection
United States District Courthouse | 2008
Jury-based selection
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2019 – Unbuilt Category: Distinguished Award
University of Arkansas Adohi Hall | 2020 – Honor
Awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to architecture and the profession | Jury-based selection
Andrea Leers | 2009
Jane Weinzapfel | 2009
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
Jury-based selection
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
Jury-based selection
Franklin County Justice Center | 2019
Salem State University Sophia Gordon Center for Creative & Performing Arts | 2019
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
Jury-based selection
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Jury-based selection
Adohi Hall | 2021 – Citation
Jury-based selection
Adohi Hall | 2021 – Award
UMass Amherst John W. Olver Design Building | 2018
Jury-based selection
Jumping Fish Ecological Power Plant | 2020 – Honor Award
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2013
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
Jury-based selection
University of Connecticut Oak & Laurel Halls | 2012
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019
Wentworth Institute of Technology Center for Engineering, Innovation & Sciences | 2019
Roslindale Branch Boston Public Library | 2022
Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center | 2021