Parke MacDowell Receives BSA Earl R. Flansburgh Young Designer Award

Congratulations to Parke MacDowell, AIA, for being selected for the 2021 BSA Earl R. Flansburgh Young Designers Award. Named for Earl R. Flansburgh, FAIA—a distinguished Boston architect who generously supported emerging professionals—the award recognizes design excellence by an architect under 40.

Since joining PAYETTE in 2015, Parke’s unique expertise in computational design and digital fabrication has facilitated our ability to create prototypes of our designs, enhancing our process.

Photo Credit Robert Benson Photography

He established the firm’s FabLab, where we can quickly iterate large-scale project mock-ups that are useful both as internal design tools and as a powerful means of communicating complex design intent to clients and builders. Under Parke’s leadership, fabrication is now key to the personality of our firm.

Photo Credit: Warren Jagger Photography

Parke has been an integral part of design teams on a broad range of projects including the award-winning Northeastern University PedX, the Fifth Xiangya Hospital and the Hengqin Innovation Center, where his inquiries into both design and fabrication were implemented on a massive scale with optimal effect.

Parke led PAYETTE’s pro bono work for Beyond Walls in Lynn, combining civic activism, management skill and superb design. These inspiring projects—Underpass Lighting, WaSH and FoLD—had a direct effect on Lynn’s citizens and were widely recognized with multiple design awards. Parke has written articles, delivered lectures, organized exhibitions, appeared as a design critic and won individual professional awards. He also co-founded the BSA Learning Community MKR|MGR .