2025 BSA Design Awards

The BSA Design Awards program celebrates exemplary innovation in the built environment, investment from committed clients, 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.

Architecture is ever evolving. Architects play important roles in leveraging the power of design to create innovative processes and new design ideas that create positive social and environmental impact.

The 2025 BSA Design Awards program invites visions of various scales and resources that challenge practice, lead sustainability progress, and broaden conversations about resilience in design.

You can begin submitting here.

Check out the 2024 Design Awards winning projects and firms, featured here.

2025 categories and deadlines

The BSA Design Awards program no longer runs on cycles, so you may submit projects of any type for consideration.

We have structured the Design Awards program into THREE main categories – to recognize the diversity of our members and to create a system for jury reviews of both metrics and design based on typology. Divisions include:

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.

NEW IN 2025* 
* Small Firms + Built Design: Firms with 10 or fewer employees may submit the same project to both categories through the Small Firms + Built Design option, receiving a 50% discount on the Built Design fee. Simply select this category during submission—no separate entry required.

Want to learn more about the BSA Design Awards? Find Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) here, or contact the BSA at awards@architects.org or 617-391-4019.

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