Harleston Parker People's Choice Award
Every year, a jury convened by the Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA/AIA) is asked to award the Harleston Parker Medal, which recognizes “the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument, or structure built in the metropolitan Boston area in the past 10 years.”
Over the past month, the BSA opened up the polls for anyone interested to help select the People’s Choice Award winner. The winner was narrowed down from the 2022 Harleston Parker Medal finalists (below). When the polls closed on January 17, 2023, the people had chosen their winner.
The 2022 People's Choice Award winner is the King Open / Cambridge Street Upper School and Community Complex designed by William Rawn Associates with Arrowstreet Inc.
2022 Harleston Parker finalists
As If It Were Already Here
Designed by Studio Echelman
Client: The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Photos: Bruce Petschek; Melissa Henry




Four51 Marlborough
Designed by Hacin + Associates
Client: The Holland Companies
Photos: Bob O’Connor; Trent Bell




Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex
Designed by Behnisch Architekten
Client: The President and Fellows of Harvard College
Photos: Brad Feinknopf




King Open / Cambridge Street Upper School and Community Complex
Designed by William Rawn Associates with Arrowstreet Inc.
Client: City of Cambridge
Photos: Robert Benson; Sophia Panova; Anthony Crisafulli




Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library
Designed by Utile, Inc.
Client: City of Boston Public Facilities Department and Boston Public Library
Photos: Anton Grassl



