BSA NewsJan 07, 2021 Share ↗ 2020 BSA Design Award winners announced BSA Awards Gala 2020Photo: Kit CastagneEvery year, the BSA Design Awards program recognizes excellent work. Though 2020 was a year of change, the quality of the work submitted to the Design Awards program remained as remarkable as ever. The BSA is pleased to announce the winners for the 2020 BSA Design Awards.Each of these projects will be celebrated at the BSA Awards Gala on Thursday, January 21, 2021. Special thanks to this year's Gala sponsors: Gold Sponsor Huber; Silver Sponsors Copley Wolff Design Group, Crown Point Cabinetry, DiCicco Gulman & Company, EPIC Metals, Hanover Architectural Products, Lam Partners, and Robert Benson Photography; and Bronze Sponsors Acentech, Best Tile of New England, Dimeo, Glenview Doors, Microsol Resources, NorthLight IT, and Shepley Bulfinch.The BSA Design Awards are an opportunity to take stock of the architectural accomplishments of our community, including excellent design work, collaboration across disciplines, and investment from committed clients. This year's juries reviewed a competitive pool of submissions in each category, and made difficult decisions. The projects they chose to award exemplify all the potential that architecture has to innovate design and systems, foster community, build sustainably, and move toward greater equity and inclusion on our built environment.Please join the BSA in congratulating the teams behind these winning projects, and learn more about them at the Gala.The 2020 BSA Design Award winners are:Campus Planning and Urban Design winnersAgnes Scott College Comprehensive Master Plan – SasakiBoston Tactical Public Realm Guidelines – Utile, Inc.Denver International Airport Strategic Development Plan – SasakiJumping Fish Ecological Power Plant Park – Leers Weinzapfel AssociatesResilient Planning at Multiple Scales, Puerto Rico – Perkins&WillHealthcare Facilities Design winnersAdelaide of Newton Center – Bechtel Frank Erickson ArchitectsBeverly Clinic – Merge ArchitectsCholera Treatment Center – MASS Design GroupD.S. Chen Health and Wellness Center – ARC/ Architectural Resources CambridgeNew Patient Tower and Renovations – Shepley BulfinchHonor Awards for Design Excellence winners, juried by AIA AtlantaLinde Center for Music and Learning at Tanglewood – William Rawn Associates, ArchitectsDartmouth College House Center Pilots – SasakiKing Open/Cambridge Street Upper Schools and Community Complex – William Rawn Associates, Architects with ArrowstreetGlobal Flora Conservatory – Kennedy & Violich ArchitecturePennsylvania State University Recital Hall – William Rawn Associates, ArchitectsMIT.nano – HGANew Science Center – PayettePedestrian Crossing (PedX) – PayetteMount Auburn Cemetery Bigelow Chapel and New Crematory – William Rawn Associates, ArchitectsRockwell Integrated Sciences Center – PayetteWoburn Public Library – CBTInterior Architecture and Design winners401 Park Repositioning – Elkus Manfredi ArchitectsBeverly Clinic – Merge ArchitectsBillerica Memorial High School – Perkins&WillEmerald Necklace Conservancy Renovation – BOS|UAKendall Square Workplace – Utile, Inc. and Merge ArchitectsMASS MoCA Building 6 – Bruner/CottMore Than Words – Peter Rose + PartnersRyovan – Andrew Wade Keating AIAK-12 Education Facilities Design winnersBillerica Memorial High School – Perkins&WillHastings Center – Perkins&WillPJM STEM+ Center – ARC/ Architectural Resources CambridgeThe Barn at Belmont Day School – Utile, Inc.Jacob's Pillow Dance | Perles Family Studio - Flansburgh ArchitectsResidential Design winners, juried in partnership with AIA New YorkBare Hill Residence – Peter Rose + PartnersBoulder House – aterlierjunCourtyard House – Anmahian Winton ArchitectsMount Mauwee House - Paul Schulhof AIANet Zero Farmhouse and Barn – Catherine Truman ArchitectsRudolph House – Ruhl Studio ArchitectsVilla Varoise – NADAAA with Bidard & RaissiSustainable Design winnersDaniels Building – NADAAA with Adamson Associates ArchitectsKing Open/Cambridge Street Upper Schools and Community Complex – William Rawn Associates, Architects with ArrowstreetHead Start – Maryann Thompson ArchitectsNew Science Center – PayetteRockwell Integrated Sciences Center – PayetteUnbuilt Architecture and Design winnersAquiAqui – Matter DesignFlyleaf Portable Reading Room – SMRT Architects and EngineersMill River Park, Whittingham Discovery Park – JCJ ArchitectureShanghai Hongkou Stadium – SasakiSlice – DUALSuspended Boxes – Massoud AbedimoghadamHarleston Parker Medal finalistsBoston Harbor Islands Pavilion - Utile, Inc.Collier Memorial - Howeler + Yoon ArchitectureDearborn STEM Middle-High School - Jonathan Levi ArchitectsMount Auburn Cemetery Bigelow Chapel and New Crematory - William Rawn Associates, ArchitectsTozzer Anthropology Building - Kennedy & Violich ArchitectureIn addition recognizing excellent projects, the BSA Awards Gala will celebrate a group of remarkable people for their contributions to the BSA community and the building and design professions.2020 individual awardeesBSA Award of Honor recipient Jonathan Levi FAIA, Jonathan Levi ArchitectsBSA Commonwealth Award recipient David Carlson AIA, Atelier CarlsonBSA Earl R. Flansburgh Young Designers Award recipient Patricia Gruits, MASS Design GroupBSA Honorary Membership recipient Peter Cheever Hon. BSA, LeMessurierBSA Honorary Membership recipient Malia Lazu Hon. BSA, The Urban LabsLearn more about these outstanding projects and people at the BSA Awards Gala on January 21. For more details visit, architects.org/gala.Topic Advancing Architecture
BSA urges the Governor to sign the Climate BillThe BSA strongly urges Governor Baker to sign An Act Creating a Next Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy (Bill S. 2995). As representatives of 750 businesses in the Commonwealth, the BSA supports the climate bill, including interim emissions reduction targets, accelerated renewable energy production, environmental justice standards, natural gas utility safety, increased funding for the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, and many other important provisions.Jan 07, 2021