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Design Awards

Design Awards 2026

The Hobson Trophy and Harleston Parker Medal, 2025 Awards. 

Image courtesy of Paige McWhorter Photography.

Submissions for the 2026 BSA Design Awards are now OPEN!

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The BSA Design Awards program celebrates exemplary innovation in the built environment, collaboration, experimentation and the unique power of architecture to design buildings and spaces that transform communities and shape the way we live. The BSA honors projects that embody the values of the BSA’s vision of building a just and sustainable Boston, together.


Categories

BUILT DESIGN – Recognizing design excellence in completed projects through clear demonstration of performance, innovation, and impact.

SMALL FIRMS – Recognizing design excellence through performance narratives in all completed projects. Eligible for firms of 10 or fewer employees.

UNBUILT PLANNING & DESIGN – Recognizing the promise of design excellence in the broadest possible range of research, conceptual exploration and innovation in design thinking for initiated (completed or incomplete project, where a significant portion has been completed, implemented, or adopted by a local jurisdiction, authority, institution, or private client) and theoretical projects.

Past Winners

To see galleries of the past award-winning projects, visit designawards.architects.org.


Fees

Entry Type

 BSA Firm Members

 Non-BSA Members

 Assoc. AIA or Student

Built Design

  $280

  $560

  Not eligible

Small Firms

  $180

  $360

  Not eligible

Small Firms + Built Design Add-On*

  $180+$100 add-on

  $360+$100 add-on

  Not eligible

Unbuilt Planning & Design

  $150

  $300

  $85 Assoc AIA

  $50 Student (with ID)