Williams College Davis Center has receives a 2025 BSA Design Awards Commendation in the Built Design, Educational Facility. The Davis Center manifests the enduring impact of student advocacy for social justice and inclusive community at Williams College. The reimagined 25,800 sf Center is unified by a major new addition nestled between the existing and beloved Rice and Jenness Houses. A central plaza unites the three buildings, which house affinity group spaces, a multipurpose event space, a community kitchen, space for religious practice and meditation, study spaces, and staff offices.

Jury Comment: “Historic, connector, and contemporary—solidly really good work. Williams College commons building navigates a difficult site with an interesting bridge connection to the Rice House. High sustainability metrics add to a strong, thoughtful project.”

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We are pleased to announce that Cornell University Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science has received a 2026 Chicago Athenaeum American Green Good Design Award in the Green Architecture Category!

Bringing together the departments of Computer Science, Information Science, and Statistics and Data Science for the first time, the  Cornell Bowers College of Computing and Information Science creates both a precinct and a destination for the university’s rapidly growing computing and information science programs.

The Green Good Design Awards aims to bring appreciation to projects  design upon sustainable ideals. “This new design approach centers on the idea of repairing our worldwide environments with sustainability and for total ecological restoration.” – The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies The Chicago Athenaeum

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Principal Tom S. Chung FAIA, LEED AP BD+C is heading to New Zealand this June for the Teulo Talks: Live, which he will talk about Leers Weinzapfel Associates recent mass timber projects such as the University of Massachusetts John W. Olver Design Building and the Adohi Hall at University of Arkansas. In preparation of this event please check Tom Chung previous podcast talk with Daniel Gudsell from Abodo Wood Ltd about Mass Timber here

Check out Think Wood’s feature on Auburn University The Kreher Preserve and Nature Center Environmental Education Building highlighting the sustainable use of locally sourced mass timber, “bringing nature to play”.

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On February 17, Principal Andrea P. Leers, FAIA, founding Principal of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, and prominent architecture photographer Peter Vanderwarker presented on the Romaldo Giurgola’s South End Branch Library in Boston’s South End (1968-1971) which is slated for demolition and rebuilding in the near future. The talk “Requiem for a building: Romaldo Giurgola’s South End Library”, was hosted by Docomomo New England.

We are excited to announce that Davis Center, Williams College is officially ILFI Petal Certified, Leers Weinzapfel Associates first Living Building Challenge certified building! 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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We are excited to announce that Principal Tom S. Chung FAIA, LEED AP BD+C has been appointed as the Inaugural Virginia Stephens March Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair at Auburn University. This appointment honors Virginia Stephens March’s legacy of leadership, excellence and advocacy in architecture—values reflected in Chung’s distinguished career and commitment to advancing the discipline. Tom has been a Professor of Practice in Architecture at Auburn University since 2022 and was Principal-in-Charge for Auburn University’s KPNC Environmental Education Center. We are proud of this outstanding honor and achievement for Tom.

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“In granting the honor, the Pride of Ownership award selection committee, which includes local developers, architects, and realtors, cited the building’s strategic placement on Hoy Road: together with Gates Hall, the complex creates a welcoming and beautiful green space on the campus’s east side.  We were also struck by the quiet yet complex simplicity of the facade standing up well to the more provocative design of the Gates building,” the selection committee said. “The two buildings work well together to frame the quad.”

– Cornell University

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We are honored to be a finalist for the 2025 Harleston Parker Medal. The Boston Public Library – Roslindale Branch, completed in 2022, is one of four projects selected, recognized by the BSA for its meaningful contribution to the built environment.

A complete renovation of Boston’s Roslindale Branch Library transforms a 1960s building into a neighborhood hub for the digital age with community learning and gathering. Following the geometry of the original building, the open reading space for adults, teens, and children is welcoming, accessible, and “Free To All.” While much of the exterior of the original building remains, a new entry highlighted by a canopy and colorful terracotta baguettes, symbolic of Roslindale’s diverse community, provides universal access. An intimate reading garden is a place of respite in the busy urban setting.

People’s choice voting is open until February 1st. The People’s Choice award is an annual event where the BSA invites the public to vote on the most beautiful piece of architecture in Boston. We appreciate your support of the Boston Public Library – Roslindale Branch

There’s a buzz building around the SPHHS’ brand-new Hub! We are excited to share a Walkthrough of the UMass Amherst School of Public Health & Health Sciences HUB, set to open Spring 2026. Follow along as Dean Anna Maria Siega-Riz steps into the site to see what it takes to make such a transformative project a reality: Here 

The HUB creates a unified gathering place for the dispersed School of Public Health & Health Sciences (SPHHS) – a new core where students can learn, collaborate, access support and advising services, and foster a stronger sense of community.

One of the most important and growing schools at the University of Massachusetts, SPHHS is a national leader in finding ways to improve public health and quality of life for all, with a focus on reducing inequities. The 26,800 sf Hub will house team-based learning classrooms, seminar rooms, collaboration spaces, advising offices and at its core, a school-wide Commons space that overlooks and engages with the exterior entry plaza.

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