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. . . completed the erection 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

* 2007: Diller Scofidio + Renfro - Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
* 2006: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects - Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, Wellesley College
* 2005: William Rawn Associates - Northeastern University Building H, College of Computer and Information Sciences and Residence Hall
* 2004: Steven Holl Architects and Perry Dean Rogers Partners - Simmons Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* 2003: Machado and Silvetti Associates - Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library, Allston, Massachusetts
* 2002: Office dA - Northeastern University Multi-Faith Center
* 2001: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott - Boston Public Library renovation
* 2000: Rafael Moneo and Payette Associates - Davis Art Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College
* 1999: two awards:* Graham Gund Architects - Lincoln School:* TAMS, Stull and Lee, Wallace Floyd Associates, URS, Gannett Fleming - Vent Building #7
* 1998: no award
* 1997: Stanley Saitowitz - The New England Holocaust Memorial
* 1996: Leers Weinzapfel Associates with Chisholm Washington Architects - George Robert White Youth Development Center
* 1995: no award
* 1994: Kallmann McKinnell & Wood - Harvard Law School's Hauser Building
* 1993: Schwartz/Silver Architects - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rotch Library
* 1991: Frank O. Gehry Associates with Schwartz/Silver Architects - 360 Newbury Street
* 1982: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners - John Hancock Tower
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* 1980: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners - Camille Edouard Dreyfus Chemistry Building, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* 1977: BTA Architects - Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall Marketplace
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* 1960: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott - Quincy House at Harvard University
* 1953: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott - Allston-Burr Lecture Hall at Harvard
* 1950: Cram and Ferguson (John Thomas Doran) - John Hancock Building
* 1938: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott - Lowell House at Harvard
* 1923: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott - Boston Lying-In Hospital