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.
In memory of Boston architect J. Harleston Parker, the Harleston Parker Medal was established in 1921 and first awarded in 1923. It is the BSA’s highest honor. The winner is decided by a jury of professionals to recognize “the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument, or structure built in the metropolitan Boston area in the past 10 years.” Recognizing the public’s appreciation of beauty in architecture may vary from the jury’s decision, each year the BSA also seeks the general public’s input by voting on the same selected finalists to anoint a People’s Choice Award winner.
Thank you for voting! The winner of the Harleston Parker People's Choice Award was announced at the BSA Awards gala on March 5, 2026.
Firm/Designer: Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Year completed: 2022
Client: Boston Public Facilities Department and Boston Public Library
Location: Roslindale, MA
Photo by Jane Messinger
Firm/Designer: Rosales+
Year completed: 2018
Client: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Location: Boston, MA
Photo by Juan Navarro
Photo by Ian MacLellan
Photo by Alan Karchmer
Firm/Designer: PAYETTE
Year completed: 2025
Client: Land's Sake Farm
Location: Weston, MA
Photo by Warren Jagger Photography
Firm/Designer: Kennedy & Violich Architecture, Ltd. (KVA)
Year completed: 2014
Client: Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, MA
Photo by KVA
Photo by John Horner
The winner of the People's Choice Award, as well as the winner of the Harleston Parker Medal, were revealed at the annual BSA Awards gala and announced to the public on the evening of March 5, 2026.
View the winners at designawards.architects.org.
Past Winners
(2024) Harvard University District Energy Facility, by Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects
(2023) Center for Computing & Data Sciences at BU, by KPMB Architects
(2022) Cambridge's King Open/Cambridge Street Upper School and Community Complex, by William Rawn Associates with Arrowstreet Inc.
(2021) Jefferson Park Apartments, by Abacus Architects + Planners
(2020) Dearborn STEM Middle-High School, by Jonathan Levi Architects.
(2019) The Exchange at 100 Federal, by Perkins and Will for Boston Properties.
(2018) As If It Were Already Here, by Janet Echelman
(2017) Boston Public Library, East Boston Branch, by William Rawn Associates
(2016) Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, by Mecanoo Architecten with Sasaski
(2015) Boston Public Library, East Boston Branch, by William Rawn Associates
(2014) Boston Public Library, East Boston Branch, by William Rawn Associates
(2013) Macallen Building, by Office dA with Stantec (formerly Burt Hill)
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