Vote for the 2025 Harleston Parker People's Choice Award

Cast your vote now for the most beautiful building or structure in Boston.

The Harleston Parker Medal—the highest honor awarded by the Boston Society For Architecture—recognizes “the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument or structure in the Metropolitan Boston area from the last ten years.” Our expert jury has narrowed its picks down to four finalists and now it’s your chance! Every year the BSA invites the public to choose its favorite from among the finalists, to be designated the Harleston Parker People's Choice honoree.

2025 Harleston Parker Finalists

See more images on our Harleston Parker People's Choice page, and vote below! Polls close February 1.

Boston Public Library - Roslindale Branch

01 Roslindale Branch Library Jane Messinger Tom Chung

Firm/Designer: Leers Weinzapfel Associates

Year completed: 2022

Client: Boston Public Facilities Department and Boston Public Library

Location: Roslindale, MA

Photo by Jane Messinger

Frances Appleton Pedestrian Bridge

Firm/Designer: Rosales+

Year completed: 2018

Client: Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Location: Boston, MA

Photo by Juan Navarro

Land’s Sake Farm

Firm/Designer: PAYETTE

Year completed: 2025

Client: Land's Sake Farm

Location: Weston, MA

Photo by Warren Jagger Photography

Tozzer Anthropology Building

01 Tozzer Anthropology KVA Carlo Hensch WEB

Firm/Designer: Kennedy & Violich Architecture, Ltd. (KVA)

Year completed: 2014

Client: Harvard University

Location: Cambridge, MA

Photo by KVA

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The winner of the People's Choice Award, as well as the winner of the Harleston Parker Medal, will be revealed at the annual BSA Awards gala on the evening of March 5, and announced to the public following the ceremony. This annual BSA/AIA chapter event celebrates people and projects that advance excellence in architecture and design in and around Boston. Learn more at architects.org/gala.