Leers Weinzapfel Associates Architects, Inc. is the first women-owned firm in history to win the

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to ...

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in 2007. Founded by Andrea Leers and

Jane Weinzapfel Jane Weinzapfel is an American educator and architect. Together with Andrea Leers, Weinzapfel created the Boston-based architecture firm Leers Weinzapfel Associates which was the first woman-owned firm to win the American Institute of Architects ...

in 1982, the work of Leers Weinzapfel Associates is known for its design innovation and excellence in the public realm.

Projects

* The Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital * Expansion of the Harvard Science Center, Harvard University * Harvard New College Theater/Farkas Hall (formerly Hasty Pudding) * University of Pennsylvania Chiller Plant
Zachs Hillel House
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (2002) *The

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Design Building at the

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(2017) *Adohi Hall at the

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in Fayetteville, Arkansas (2019)

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