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.[1]
| Year | Architect | Building | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Boston Lying-in Hospital | Boston | ||
| 1924 | Boston | |||
| 1925 | No award | |||
| 1926 | Maginnis & Walsh | Science Building, Boston College | Boston | |
| 1927 | Motor Mart Garage | Boston | ||
| 1928 | No award | |||
| 1929 | No award | |||
| 1930 | Immaculate Conception Convent | Malden | ||
| 1931 | No award | |||
| 1932 | No award | |||
| 1933 | No award | |||
| 1934 | Alice Longfellow Hall, Radcliffe | Cambridge | ||
| 1935 | No award | |||
| 1936 | Newton | |||
| 1937 | No award | |||
| 1938 | Lowell House, Harvard | Cambridge | ||
| 1939 | Cambridge | |||
| 1940 | No award | |||
| 1941 | Boston | |||
| 1942 | No award | |||
| 1943 | Houghton Library, Harvard University | Cambridge | ||
| 1944 | No award | |||
| 1945 | No award | |||
| 1946 | St. Clement's Church | West Somerville | ||
| 1947 | No award | |||
| 1948 | No award | |||
| 1949 | Southern Brookline Community Center, Temple Emeth | Brookline | ||
| 1950 | John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., Berkeley St. | Boston | ||
| 1951 | 100 Memorial Drive apartment building | Cambridge | ||
| 1952 | University Lutheran Church | Cambridge | ||
| 1953 | Allston Burr Lecture Hall, Harvard | Cambridge | ||
| 1954 | Nazareth Child Care Center | Boston | ||
| 1955 | Country School | Weston | ||
| 1956 | Corpus Christi Church | Auburndale | ||
| 1957 | Boston Manufacturers Mutual and Mutual Boiler Machinery Co. Office Building | Waltham | ||
| 1958 | Karl Taylor Compton Laboratories, MIT | Cambridge | ||
| 1959 | Sert Residence at 64 Francis Street | Cambridge | ||
| 1960 | Quincy House, Harvard | Cambridge | ||
| 1961 | 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 | Peabody Terrace, Harvard | Cambridge | ||
| 1967 | Holyoke Center, Harvard | Cambridge | ||
| 1968 | No award | |||
| 1969 | Boston | |||
| 1970 | Cambridge | |||
| 1971 | Edward Larrabee Barnes FAIA and Emery Roth and Sons, Associated Architects | New England Merchants National Bank Building | Boston | |
| 1972 | Children's Hospital Medical Center | Boston | ||
| 1973 | Monroe C. Gutman Library, Graduate School of Education, Harvard | Cambridge | ||
| 1974 | Boston Five Cents Savings Bank | Boston | ||
| 1975 | I.M. Pei & Partners, in association with Araldo Cossutta, Architect | Boston | ||
| 1976 | Cambridge | |||
| 1977 | Quincy Market Building, Faneuil Hall Marketplace | Boston | ||
| 1978 | Josiah Quincy Community School | Boston | ||
| 1979 | Cambridge | |||
| 1980 | I.M. Pei & Partners | Dreyfus Laboratory, MIT | Cambridge | |
| 1981 | Boston | |||
| 1982 | Cambridge | |||
| 1983 | I.M. Pei & Partners | Boston | ||
| 1984 | No award | |||
| 1985 | Graham Gund Architects | Church Court Condominiums | Boston | |
| 1986 | No award | |||
| 1987 | Wellesley College Science Center | Wellesley | ||
| 1988 | Codex World Headquarters | Canton | ||
| 1989 | Boston | |||
| 1990 | 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 | Rotch Library, MIT | Cambridge | ||
| 1994 | 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 | Boston | |||
| 1998 | No award | |||
| 1999 | Shared Award: Graham Gund Architects; TAMS/Gannet Fleming/URS/Wallace Floyd Design Group/Stull and Lee | Brookline; Boston | ||
| 2000 | Jose Rafael Moneo, Arquitecto and Payette Associates | Davis Art Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College | Wellesley | |
| 2001 | 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 | 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 | Wang Campus Center, Wellesley College | Wellesley | ||
| 2007 | Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Perry Dean Rogers Partners | 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 | ||
| 2011 | 10 Akron Street at Memorial Drive | Cambridge | ||
| 2012 | Maki and Associates with Leers Weinzapfel Associates | 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 | 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[2] | 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 |