Boston Society of Architects Sustainable Design Awards 2009
- Citation for “Social Sustainability” to Jamaica Plain Cohousing Community
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission Smart Growth Awards 2007
Category: Traditional Neighborhood Development
- Award of Excellence to Pioneer Valley Cohousing Community
- Certificate of Merit to Pomeroy Commons
- Certificate of Merit to Pathways Cohousing Community
The 2006 BAC Distinguished Alumni Award in Practice
To Laura Fitch, Class of 1991, from the Boston Architectural College
“Architect, Facilitator, Visionary. You have been an essential force in forming dynamic, new communities. Your exceptional skill as a mediator has earned you the respect and admiration of your clients and colleagues. Because of you, Laura, many people have found more neighborly and sustainable ways to live. Through your work, our world is a better place.”
2005 “Top 10 Green Architects” from Natural Home and Garden magazine
Massachusetts School Building Authority, School Building Design Award, 2006
- Crocker Farm Elementary School
Laura Fitch as Project Architect for Margo Jones, Architects
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
- Quality Building Council Award 2000, to Pathways Cohousing Community for New Multifamily Residential Category
- Northeast Green Building Award 2001, to Sanderson Academy, Ashfield-Plainfield Elementary School, Laura Fitch as Project Architect for Margo Jones, Architects
Mary Kraus as materials consultant.
Judges’ Comments: “A successful, healthy building. It includes a remarkable collection of green attributes given the budget realities of small-town public school financing. The building teaches its inhabitants about the region and history through its form and materials.”
Western Massachusetts AIA, Excellence in Design 1998
- Sanderson Academy, Ashfield-Plainfield Elementary School