Awards

Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) Award of Excellence 2024

Portland Commons and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success - The University of Southern Maine’s Portland Commons Residence Hall and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success are transformative additions to USM. The two new buildings have replaced a parking lot with 580 new residential beds, a green quad, a dining common, and spaces for career services, student affairs, and the university store. As the […]

ENR New England – Excellence in Sustainability Award of Merit

Portland Commons and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success - For the sustainability award, ENR New England’s expert judged the projects based on their sustainability information, which includes the project’s overall sustainability strategy, choice of materials, energy savings, etc., as described in an essay question. While major green designations like LEED and WELL are preferable, they are not absolutely critical. The judge also considered how […]

Student Housing Business Innovator Award – Best New Development by a University 2024

Portland Commons and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success - The P3 project was selected among 120 student housing developments submitted for a total of 29 award categories. The awards were judged on multiple criteria including: the unique need the project solved for the university; why the P3 structure was advantageous for the school, its residents, and the developer; building architecture; the design fit within […]

Student Housing Business Innovator Award – Best Public Private Partnership Development 2024

Portland Commons and McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success - The P3 project was selected among 120 student housing developments submitted for a total of 29 award categories. The awards were judged on multiple criteria including: the unique need the project solved for the university; why the P3 structure was advantageous for the school, its residents, and the developer; building architecture; the design fit within […]

Green GOOD DESIGN Sustainability Awards – Green Architecture 2023

Fusion on First - Green GOOD DESIGN Sustainability Awards goal is to bestow international recognition to those outstanding individuals, companies, organizations, governments, and institutions – together with their products, services, programs, ideas, and concepts-that have forwarded exceptional thinking and inspired greater progress toward a more healthier and more sustainable universe. Emblematic of abioclimatic approach, the 283,000-square-foot building was designed […]

Student Housing Business Innovator Awards – Best Use of Sustainable Design/Construction 2021

Lantana Hall - The project was selected among 140 student housing developments submitted for a total of 25 award categories. Entrants into the category were judged on multiple criteria including: how the use of green and sustainable construction and development served the mission of the university as a forward-thinking institution; how the use of green and sustainable construction […]

Student Housing Business Innovator Awards – Best Public Private Partnership Development 2021

Woodlawn Residential and Dining Commons - The P3 project was selected among 140 student housing developments submitted for a total of 25 award categories. The awards were judged on multiple criteria including: the unique need the project solved for the university; why the P3 structure was advantageous for the school, its residents, and the developer; building architecture; the design fit within […]

Student Housing Business Innovator Awards – Best Public Private Partnership Development 2020

VI HILBERT HALL & ENROLLMENT SERVICES, SEATTLE UNIVERSITY - The project was selected among 120 student housing developments submitted for a total of 22 award categories. The project was judged on multiple criteria including: how it solved a unique need for the university; served as a win-win-win for the school, its residents in the project and the developer; building architecture; design into the campus […]

Multifamily Executive Project of the Year: Student – GRAND Award 2019

New Residence and Dining Hall, University of Massachusetts Boston - Multifamily Executive Magazine received over 300 entries across 14 categories for the 2019 MFE awards competition. This year, MFE judges looked for award entries that stood out from the rest of the pack for their outstanding design, remarkable architecture, creativity, and inventiveness. In the student category, the UMass Boston Residence and Dining Hall was bestowed […]

Student Housing Business Innovator Awards – Best Public Private Partnership Development 2019

New Residence and Dining Hall, University of Massachusetts Boston - This category of the Innovator Award in Best Public Private Partnership is awarded to the best submission that proves best to how it solved a unique need for the university/college; how the project served as a win-win-win for the school, residents in the project and the developer; architecture/design; how it fits into the campus fabric; […]