Harvard GSD Faculty and Alumni Make Strong Showing at BSA Awards

Outdoor stairs in downtown setting with people sitting in sunshine.
Höweler+Yoon, Downtown Crossing Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts. Photo: John Horner.
Date
Mar. 12, 2026
Author
GSD News

Each year, the Boston Society for Architecture  (BSA)—a nonprofit membership organization  recognizes outstanding design through its Design Awards  program, honoring projects across Massachusetts, New England, and beyond. At this year’s ceremony on March 5, 2026, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) was well represented. Honored faculty and alumni include:

Faculty

Jenny French (MArch ’11) assistant professor in practice of architecture, of French 2D. In connection with Bay State Cohousing  in Malden, MA

Rendering of a modern apartment courtyard with people walking and sitting around a central raised garden, surrounded by three-story buildings and an open grassy area in the background.
French 2D, Bay State Cohousing, Malden, Massachusetts.

Eric Höweler, professor of architecture and director of the Master of Architecture I program, of Höweler + Yoon . In connection with the Coolidge Corner Theatre  in Brookline, MA; 212 Stuart Street , in Boston, MA; and Revitalize Boston / Downtown Crossing Plaza , in Boston, MA

gold fronted building with glass lobby
Höweler+Yoon, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, Massachusetts. Photo © Anton Grassl.

Dan Weissman (MDes ’12) of Lam Partners, lecturer in architecture, in connection with 325 Binney Street , Cambridge, Massachusetts; and the Williams College Davis Center in Williamstown, MA

Alumni

Hansy Better Barraza (MAUD ’00) of Studio Luz , in connection with the Dewitt Playground Public Art and Renovation Project  in Boston, MA

Ronald M. Druker  (Loeb Fellow ’76) of The Druker Company, Ltd., appointed Honorary BSA Member

Stephen Stimson (MLA ‘87) of STIMSON , appointed Honorary BSA Member

Sheila Kennedy (MCP ’74) of Kennedy & Violich Architecture , in connection with Honnen Arts Hub , Colorado Springs, CO

J. Meejin Yoon (MAUD ’97) of Höweler + Yoon , in connection with the Coolidge Corner Theatre  in Brookline, Massachusetts; 212 Stuart Street , in Boston, MA; and Revitalize Boston / Downtown Crossing Plaza , in Boston, MA