Harleston Parker Medal

Inside the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Addition, winner of the 2015 Harleston Parker Medal. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Stantec

The Harleston Parker Medal was established in 1921 by J. Harleston Parker to recognize “such architects as shall have, in the opinion of the Boston Society of Architects for any private citizen, association, corporation, or public authority, the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument or structure within the limits of the City of Boston or of the Metropolitan Parks District”.

Interior of Boston City Hall, 1969 recipient of the Harleston Parker Medal. Designed by Kallmann McKinnell and Knowles in association with Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty and LeMessurier Associates
Design Research International, 1970 Harleston Parker Medal recipient, designed by Benjamin Thompson and Associates

Projects in the Greater Boston area built in the past 10 years by any architect anywhere in the world are eligible. This area includes Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Braintree, Brookline, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Dedham, Dover, Everett, Hingham, Hull, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Milton, Nahant, Needham, Newton, Quincy, Revere, Saugus, Somerville, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Weston, Weymouth, Winchester, Winthrop and Woburn.[1]

  1. ^ "Harleston Parker Medal". Boston Society of Architects AIA. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21.