# Harleston Parker Medal

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”.
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.

## List of medal recipients

| Year | Architect | Building | Location |
| 1923 | Coolidge and Shattuck | Boston Lying-in Hospital | Boston |
| 1924 | Parker, Thomas and Rice | John Hancock Building | Boston |
| 1925 | No award | | |
| 1926 | Maginnis & Walsh | Science Building, Boston College | Boston |
| 1927 | Ralph Harrington Doane | Motor Mart Garage | Boston |
| 1928 | No award | | |
| 1929 | No award | | |
| 1930 | Richard J. Shaw | Immaculate Conception Convent | Malden |
| 1931 | No award | | |
| 1932 | No award | | |
| 1933 | No award | | |
| 1934 | Perry, Shaw & Hepburn | Alice Longfellow Hall, Radcliffe | Cambridge |
| 1935 | No award | | |
| 1936 | Allen, Collens & Willis | Newton City Hall | Newton |
| 1937 | No award | | |
| 1938 | Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott | Lowell House, Harvard | Cambridge |
| 1939 | Cram & Ferguson | Conventual Church of St. Mary and St. John | Cambridge |
| 1940 | No award | | |
| 1941 | Richard J. Shaw | Edward Hatch Memorial Music Shell | Boston |
| 1942 | No award | | |
| 1943 | Perry, Shaw & Hepburn | Houghton Library, Harvard University | Cambridge |
| 1944 | No award | | |
| 1945 | No award | | |
| 1946 | Richard J. Shaw | St. Clement's Church | West Somerville |
| 1947 | No award | | |
| 1948 | No award | | |
| 1949 | Richmond & Goldberg | Southern Brookline Community Center, Temple Emeth | Brookline |
| 1950 | Cram & Ferguson | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., Berkeley St. | Boston |
| 1951 | Brown, DeMars, Kennedy, Koch & Rapson | 100 Memorial Drive apartment building | Cambridge |
| 1952 | Arland A. Dirlam | University Lutheran Church | Cambridge |
| 1953 | Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott | Allston Burr Lecture Hall, Harvard | Cambridge |
| 1954 | Maginnis & Walsh & Kennedy | Nazareth Child Care Center | Boston |
| 1955 | Hugh Stubbins & Associates | Country School | Weston |
| 1956 | Richard J. Shaw | Corpus Christi Church | Auburndale |
| 1957 | Anderson Beckwith & Haible | Boston Manufacturers Mutual and Mutual Boiler Machinery Co. Office Building | Waltham |
| 1958 | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | Karl Taylor Compton Laboratories, MIT | Cambridge |
| 1959 | José Luis Sert | Sert Residence at 64 Francis Street | Cambridge |
| 1960 | Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott | Quincy House, Harvard | Cambridge |
| 1961 | The Architects Collaborative | Academic Quadrangle, Brandeis | Waltham |
| 1962 | No award | | |
| 1963 | No award | | |
| 1964 | Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) in association with Sert, Jackson & Gourley | Carpenter Visual Arts Center, Harvard | Cambridge |
| 1965 | I.M. Pei & Associates | The Earth Sciences Building (The Green Center for Earth Sciences), MIT | Cambridge |
| 1966 | Sert, Jackson & Gourley | Peabody Terrace, Harvard | Cambridge |
| 1967 | Sert Jackson and Associates | Holyoke Center, Harvard | Cambridge |
| 1968 | No award | | |
| 1969 | Kallmann McKinnell and Knowles in association with Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty and LeMessurier Associates | Boston City Hall | Boston |
| 1970 | Benjamin Thompson and Associates | Design Research International | Cambridge |
| 1971 | Edward Larrabee Barnes FAIA and Emery Roth and Sons, Associated Architects | New England Merchants National Bank Building | Boston |
| 1972 | The Architects Collaborative | Children's Hospital Medical Center | Boston |
| 1973 | Benjamin Thompson and Associates | Monroe C. Gutman Library, Graduate School of Education, Harvard | Cambridge |
| 1974 | Kallmann and McKinnell | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | Boston |
| 1975 | I.M. Pei & Partners, in association with Araldo Cossutta, Architect | Christian Science Center, Boston | Boston |
| 1976 | Sert Jackson and Associates | Harvard University Science Center | Cambridge |
| 1977 | Benjamin Thompson and Associates | Quincy Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace | Boston |
| 1978 | The Architects Collaborative | Josiah Quincy Community School | Boston |
| 1979 | Charles G. Hilgenhurst Associates | East Cambridge Savings Bank | Cambridge |
| 1980 | I.M. Pei & Partners | Dreyfus Laboratory, MIT | Cambridge |
| 1981 | The Stubbins Associates | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | Boston |
| 1982 | Kallmann McKinnell & Wood | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Cambridge |
| 1983 | I.M. Pei & Partners | John Hancock Tower | Boston |
| 1984 | No award | | |
| 1985 | Graham Gund Architects | Church Court Condominiums | Boston |
| 1986 | No award | | |
| 1987 | Perry Dean Rogers & Partners | Wellesley College Science Center | Wellesley |
| 1988 | Koetter, Kim & Associates | Codex World Headquarters | Canton |
| 1989 | Kallmann McKinnell & Wood | Hynes Convention Center | Boston |
| 1990 | Kallmann McKinnell & Wood | Shad Hall, Harvard Business School | Allston |
| 1991 | Frank O. Gehry & Associates with Schwartz/Silver Architects | 360 Newbury Street | Boston |
| 1992 | SOM, Parsons Brinkerhoff Quade & Douglas, The Halvorson Company, Ellenzweig Associates, and LeMessurier Consultants | The Park and Garage at Post Office Square | Boston |
| 1993 | Schwartz/Silver Architects | Rotch Library, MIT | Cambridge |
| 1994 | Kallmann McKinnell & Wood | Hauser Hall, Harvard Law School | Cambridge |
| 1995 | No award | | |
| 1996 | Leers Weinzapfel Associates in association with Chisholm Washington Architects | George Robert White Youth Development Center | Boston |
| 1997 | Stanley Saitowitz | New England Holocaust Memorial | Boston |
| 1998 | No award | | |
| 1999 | Shared Award: Graham Gund Architects; TAMS/Gannet Fleming/URS/Wallace Floyd Design Group/Stull and Lee | The Lincoln School, Brookline; Vent Building #7 at Logan Airport | Brookline; Boston |
| 2000 | Jose Rafael Moneo, Arquitecto and Payette Associates | Davis Art Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College | Wellesley |
| 2001 | Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott | Boston Public Library renovation of the original McKim Mead & White building | Boston |
| 2002 | Office dA in association with SmartArchitecture | Northeastern University Multi-Faith Spiritual Center | Boston |
| 2003 | Machado and Silvetti Associates | Honan-Allston Branch Library | Allston |
| 2004 | Steven Holl Architects with Perry Dean Rogers Partners | Simmons Hall, MIT | Cambridge |
| 2005 | William Rawn Associates | Northeastern University's College of Computer and Information Science & Residence | Boston |
| 2006 | Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects | Wang Campus Center, Wellesley College | Wellesley |
| 2007 | Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Perry Dean Rogers Partners | Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston | Boston |
| 2008 | Behnisch, Behnisch + Partner with Next Phase Studio | Genzyme Center | Cambridge |
| 2009 | Anmahian Winton Architects | Community Rowing, Inc. | Brighton |
| 2010 | William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. with Ann Beha Architects | Cambridge Public Library | Cambridge |
| 2011 | Kyu Sung Woo Architects | 10 Akron Street at Memorial Drive | Cambridge |
| 2012 | Fumihiko Maki | Maki and Associates with Leers Weinzapfel Associates | MIT Media Lab | Cambridge |
| 2013 | Jonathan Levi Architects, Lead Design Architect/Architect of Record with Burt Hill Architects (now Stantec), Associated Architect | Roger E. Wellington Elementary School | Belmont |
| 2014 | Foster + Partners with CBT Architects | The Art of the Americas Wing - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Boston |
| 2015 | Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Stantec | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Addition | Boston |
| 2016 | Mecanoo Architecten with Sasaki | Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building | Boston |
| 2017 | William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. | Boston Public Library, Johnson Building Transformation | Boston |
| 2018 | Payette | Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex | Boston |
| 2019 | Hopkins Architects with Bruner/Cott | The Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center, Harvard University | Cambridge |
| 2020 | Jonathan Levi Architects | Dearborn STEM Academy | Boston |
| 2021 | Renzo Piano Building Workshop with Payette | Harvard Art Museums Renovation and Expansion, Harvard University | Cambridge, Mass. |
| 2022 | Studio Echelman | As If It Were Already Here | Boston |