BSA Earl R. Flansburgh Young Designers Award

2025 Recipient

Danniely Staback Rodríguez, AIA NCARB

Senior Architect and Academic
STUDIO ENÉE

Danniely Staback Rodríguez (AIA) is an architect and academic with independent collaborations and built work in Boston, Mexico and Puerto Rico. She is licensed in the state of Massachusetts, and a Senior Architect at STUDIO ENÉE, where she has led award-winning cultural and institutional projects for nearly five years. The most notable project to date is IBA’s La CASA, a new multipurpose event space and affordable housing developer headquarters, slated to be the largest Latinx cultural hub in New England.

Danniely’s approach to design and practice has been an inconformity with traditional architectural practice. This attitude is fueled by an urge to expand the reach of architecture, to achieve tangible impact, and to bring design wherever it is needed. She believes designers are in a unique position to seize the opportunity of improving the lives of everyday people for years to come and thus, no project is too small or utilitarian for good design.

In parallel with her work as an architect, Danniely is dedicated to academia and taught design studios and seminars in institutions such as MIT, Columbia University GSAPP, the Cooper Union, the University of Illinois, the Boston Architectural College and the Rhode Island School of the Design. Following hurricane María and the 2020 earthquakes, she co-led various reconstruction and education efforts in collaboration with Puerto Rican professionals in the Island and the diaspora.

Staback Rodríguez obtained her Bachelor’s in Environmental Design from the University of Puerto Rico (Summa Cum Laude), and her Masters in Architecture from MIT, where she received the Alpha Rho Chi medal. She was recently awarded a RISD Professional Development Fund grant to conduct research on the interface between mixed reality, collaboration and the design-making process.

Architecture is a collective and culturally powerful endeavor. It is people that make it happen, and who endow it with depth and meaning. For the majority, the chance to build a home, strengthen a roof, create a community center, or redevelop a neighborhood lot only comes once in a lifetime. As designers, we are in the unique position to seize that opportunity to improve the lives of everyday people for years to come. No project is too small or utilitarian for good design. That, to me, is the hallmark of excellence.

Danniely Staback Rodríguez, AIA NCARB, 2025 Award Recipient

About the Earl R. Flansburgh Young Designers Award

This award is named for Earl R. Flansburgh FAIA, a distinguished Boston architect and founder of Flansburgh Associates, who completed more than 200 diverse educational facilities projects during a career spanning more than 45 years. Flansburgh, the 1981 BSA president and 1999 BSA Award of Honor winner, generously supported emerging professionals and advocated for women architects. The firm he founded has been guided by the philosophy that a well-designed building improves the quality of our lives. This award is co-sponsored by the Flansburgh family.

The 2025 Flansburgh Young Designers Award is juried by the BSA Honors and Awards Committee each fall. The prize includes an online exhibition of the winner’s work hosted through the BSA website, a lecture, and a one-year membership to the Boston Society for Architecture. The winner is recognized at the subsequent annual BSA Awards Gala.

Eligibility, Submission Requirements, and Deadline

Applications for the Flansburgh Award are currently closed. When the application period opens, a call for entries will appear on this page, with a link to detailed information on eligibility, submission requirements, and deadlines.