2025

Back to School!
We are thrilled to celebrate the active use of the recently transformed teaching labs, classrooms, and public spaces at the Harvard Science Center.

“This entire project was transformative in ways I never imagined… Glass produced an easy way to see your colleagues… pick their brain on some new idea… or even spontaneously leave as a big group to go get ice cream. The students are always here… on weekends, during the day, and late at night. This space is always in use… It really does feel like we are in a different building and I have been working in the Science Center for 35 years!” (Gregory Tucci, Senior Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology)”

As a continuation to Leers Weinzapfel Associates’ interventions at Harvard Science Center over a period of 20 years, this project has two distinct goals: 1) to create an inviting, comfortable, and engaging entry and public experience of the building and 2) to reflect current pedagogy in flexible lab design and student life, emphasizing the social nature of learning with diverse individual and group spaces outside of classrooms and labs. The 44,600 SF renovation peels away the original solid walls and celebrates science on display with newly configurated labs, offices, and classrooms. It transforms the original corridors of the modern landmark building designed by Josep Luis Sert in 1973 from passageways to welcoming places with new lounges, study nodes, and touch-down meeting areas.

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Two Leers Weinzapfel Associates Projects Shortlisted for The PLAN Award 2025!

We are pleased to announce that Williams College Davis Center and Auburn University Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building have been shortlisted for The Plan Award 2025 in the Education category!

“THE PLAN Award is an annual international prize that recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, and urban planning. With twenty different categories and over a thousand submissions every year, THE PLAN Award is an important opportunity for architects, designers, urban planners, and planners to participate in an international community and contribute to the discussion of the key issues affecting the industry today.” – The PLAN Award

 

The Path of Knowledge: a classroom in the forest to learn from nature

The Davis Center: memory, inclusion and sustainability in the heart of Williams College

 

Two Leers Weinzapfel Associates Projects Recognized in the 2025 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Awards!

We are pleased to announce that Williams College Davis Center has won a 2025 Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award in the Schools and Universities Category and Auburn University Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building has received Honorable Mention in the Schools and Universities category!

“Now in its 20th year, The International Architectural Awards are the oldest and most prestigious distinguished global building awards program that honors new and cutting-edge design worldwide. This annual program, organized by both our institutions, also promotes international architecture and design to our world- wide public audience and supported by the new online magazine Global Design News.” – The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies The Chicago Athenaeum

Learn more about the winning features of the Davis Center Here

Learn more about the winning features of Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building Here

Two Leers Weinzapfel Associates Projects Selected as Finalists for The World Architecture Festival 2025 Awards

We are excited to announce that Davis Center, Williams College has been selected as a Finalist for the World Architecture Festival in the WAF Completed Buildings: Higher Education and Research, and Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building, Auburn University has been selected as a Finalist for the World Architecture Festival in the WAF Completed Buildings: School category!

Davis Center

Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building

Two Leers Weinzapfel Associates Projects Receive DNA Paris Design 2025 Awards

We are excited to announce that two of our projects have been recognized for the DNA Paris Design 2025 Awards! Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building is a Winner in the Architecture/Educational & Sports category and National Museum of Forest Service History Conservation Legacy Center has received Honorable Mention in the Architecture-Cultural Architecture category.

National Museum of Forest Service History Conservation Legacy Center Award

Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building Award

Davis Center, Williams College Finalist of 2025 World Architecture News Americas (WAN) Awards – Institutions

We are excited to announce that Davis Center, Williams College has been selected as a Finalist for the 2025 WAN Awards in the Institutions category!

The reimagined 25,800 sf Davis Center is a unified complex with a major new addition nestled between the existing, beloved Rice and Jenness Houses.  Pursuing Living Building Challenge Petal Certification, the Davis Center is a bold and vivid expression of Williams’ commitment to cultivating a community that is socially just, culturally rich, and ecologically restorative.

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Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building Winner of 2025 World Architecture News Americas (WAN) Awards – Institutions

We are excited to announce that Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building has been selected the Winner for the 2025 WAN Awards in the Institutions category!

“[Kreher Preserve & Nature Center Environmental Education Building] blends architecture with nature to promote environmental learning. Designed with sustainable, biophilic principles, it features local wood, passive ventilation and preserved trees. Its “learning trail” layout, natural light and rainwater management embody ecological stewardship, serving as a hands-on teaching tool for all ages.” – World Architecture News

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WiD ‘Women in Architecture’ Movie Screening & Panel Discussion

Andrea Leers, FAIA led a wonderful panel discussion along with Jane Weinzapfel and Emma Dessouroux, at the WiD Women in Architecture’ movie screening this past Wednesday. The documentary, featuring LWA Principals and Co-Founders Andrea Leers, FAIA and Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA, focused on “Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement 1918-2018.”