Community NewsNov 11, 2025 Share ↗ Women in Design Names 2025 Award of Excellence Winners Congratulations to the 2025 winners: Yanel de Angel Salas, FAIA; Sindu Meier, AIA; and Diana Nicklaus, FAIA!For over 25 years, WiD has annually honored women in the design community to recognize “a person who has built one’s own life around design, whose work exemplifies the best of process and product, and who uses a position of achievement to give back to the world of design and to the community at large.”Meet this year's honorees: Yanel de Angel Salas, FAIAPrincipal & Managing Director, Perkins&WillWith influence spanning global, civic and professional communities, Yanel de Angel’s leadership brings simplicity to complexity while unifying and motivating community leaders, clients and policy makers to reimagine and enact new social and environmental archetypes. Sindu Meier, AIAAssociate Principal, William Rawn AssociatesSindu Meier’s firm leadership and project management achieves architectural excellence for programmatically complex buildings. She engages communities, translating many voices into a cherished civic resource. Sindu advances the next generation through education, mentorship, and advocacy. Diana Nicklaus, FAIAPresident & CEO, saam architectureDiana Nicklaus disrupted well-established tenets of practice by founding Saam Architecture with radical flexibility for all staff.Her prescient practice model, widely shared, has expanded the thinking of peers and clients through demonstrated design excellence.
BSA Launches Inaugural Volunteer Awards at 2025 Annual MeetingThe BSA’s 2025 Annual Meeting in December celebrated the power of design and honored the inaugural Volunteer Awards recipients—leaders, advocates, and partners whose service has strengthened the organization and the Greater Boston design community.Community NewsFeb 12, 2026