K-12 Education Facilities Design Awards

The call for 2022 submissions is now closed.

Description: Well-designed education facilities motivate students to think creatively, inspiring them to help build a better world.

Eligibility: Projects of all sizes may be new construction or rehabilitation; private or public; pre-K, elementary, and secondary education facilities.

Project submissions criteria include a robust approach to sustainability and equity, as well as addressing environmental, social, and economic factors. Projects that contain attributes which successfully reduced the carbon footprint of the architecture, construction, or usage, should make every attempt to highlight those aspects within their entry submission.

Submission fees: All submission fees are non-refundable

  • Massachusetts AIA firm members pay $150 for their first submission
    • $100 for subsequent submissions per category.
  • Nonmembers pay $250 for their first submission
    • $200 for subsequent submissions per category

2020 Winning Projects

Jacobs pillow

Jacob’s Pillow | Perles Family Studio, designed by Flansburgh

Image courtesy of Robert Benson

Billerica2

Billerica Memorial High School, designed by Perkins&Will

Image courtesy of Chuck Choi

PJM STEM

PJM STEM+ Center, designed by ARC/ Architectural Resources Cambridge

Image courtesy of Jeff Goldberg/Esto; Eagle Hill School; ARC/ Architectural Resources Cambridge

Hastings Center

Hastings Center, designed by Perkins&Will

Image courtesy of Chuck Choi

Belmont day school

The Barn at Belmont Day School, designed by Utile, Inc.

Image courtesy of John Horner

View more past Campus Planning and Urban Design Awards winning projects on the Design Awards website.

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