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 Center
“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
Award Winning Projects
Crocker Farm Elementary School
Laura Fitch as Project Architect for Margo Jones, Architects
- 2006 School Building Design Award from Massachusetts School Building Authority
Pathways Cohousing Community
- 2000 Quality Building Council Award
New Multifamily Residential Category
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
Sanderson Academy
Ashfield-Plainfield Elementary School
Laura Fitch as Project Architect for Margo Jones, Architects
Mary Kraus as materials consultant.
- Excellence in Design 1998
From Western Mass. A.I.A. - Northeast Green Building Award 2001
From the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association.
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.”