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City of Presidio approves architectural designs for Lipan Apache Cemetery

— The Big Bend Sentinel

“A sacred space”: Architects and tribal community share a plan to protect Presidio’s Lipan Apache cemetery

— Marfa Public Radio

Hank Willis Thomas Sees His Art as a Call to “Loving Action”

— Wall Street Journal Magazine

Critical Mass: MASS Design Group’s International Humanitarian Architecture Starts with Immersion in the Local

— Southwest Contemporary

Reimagining UT’s East Mall — New campus initiative to honor the Precursors

— UT News

One of the Most Significant Memorials on the Planet

— Architect Magazine

July 2022 Editor's Letter: Memorializing the Victims of Gun Violence

— Architectural Record

A ‘Sad Kinship’ as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings

— New York Times

Circle of Champions Walk unveiled in Poughkeepsie

— Mid Hudson News

Poughkeepsie's Champions: Memorial to celebrate city's civic leaders, see what's planned

— Poughkeepsie Journal

‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings

— The Boston Globe

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Announces MCHAP Outstanding Projects

— ArchDaily

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award: MASS Design Group

— Architect Magazine

Should the U.S. Create a National Memorial for Gun Violence?

— Surface Magazine

At gun violence memorial, visitors reflect on two weeks of mass death

— The Washington Post

We need a national memorial to gun violence. Now.

— The Washington Post

Officials break ground on monument honoring Martin Luther King

— The Boston Globe

‘Freedom Libraries’ aim to transform prisons, 500 books at a time

— The Washington Post

‘The Embrace,’ Boston’s long-awaited tribute to the Kings, will be unveiled on MLK Day 2023

— The Boston Globe

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Press Release

MASS Design Group Wins 2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Architect Magazine

Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa Win 2022 AIA Gold Medal, The organization recognizes MASS Design Group with its annual Architecture Firm Award

— Architectural Record

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— American Institute of Architects

US gun violence memorial to include Albuquerque families

— Associated Press

What would a Covid memorial look like? Designers share ideas for 'unprecedented' tribute

— NBC News

A tribute to lives lost by US gun violence - Gun Violence Memorial Project

— BBC America

RIBA Names 16 Winners of Its 2021 International Awards for Excellence

— Architectural Record

RIBA International Awards for Excellence 2021

— The Royal Institute of British Architects

‘We’re about to see our boys again’: Two Philly mothers visit the Gun Violence Memorial Project | Helen Ubiñas

— The Philadelphia Inquirer

Boston's MLK memorial cleared by city Landmarks Commission

— The Washington Post

‘A monument to love’: MLK memorial clears final hurdle for construction

— The Boston Globe

How a McKinney clinic merges lessons from Texas — and Rwanda

— The Dallas Morning News (Premium)

Bank of America pledges $1 million to King Boston efforts, the biggest corporate gift so far

— The Boston Globe

As museums spring back to life, here are the exhibitions to check out

— Architect's Newspaper

Boasting New Exhibitions and a Renovation, the National Building Museum Reopens Today

— Metropolis Magazine

Gun violence memorial created by Hank Willis Thomas and Mass Design Group in Washington

— Wallpaper

National Building Museum Presents the Gun Violence Memorial Project

— Press Release

What should a coronavirus memorial look like? This powerful statement on gun violence offers a model.

— The Washington Post

National Building Museum Announces Two Important and Timely New Exhibitions on April 9

— Press Release

We were here: Why a memorial for Covid-19 victims can help us process our grief, and our anger, too

— Vox

Jha D. Williams Talks Design and Activism on DesignBiz

— Interior Design

Mellon Foundation Announces Five New Proposals Funded through the Monuments Project

— Mellon Foundation

Gun Violence Memorial Project Features Victims' Mementos -- and the Stories They Leave Behind

— People.com

Where MLK and Coretta met and studied, a memorial will rise

— The Washington Post

A Racial Equity Monument, From Hank Willis Thomas, Is Set for Boston

— The New York Times

Justice is Beauty

— Home & Design Magazine

Under new leader, King Boston embraces a bolder vision

— The Boston Globe

Travel guide with 2021 twist: Writers laud American places

— The Washington Post

A New Book Explorers the Architectural Power of Memorials

— Architectural Digest

Memorial rules are not set in stone

— Financial Times

Parents of Chicago teen killed in shooting share their grief and advocacy work on Lisa Ling’s CNN show

— Chicago Tribune

As Confederate statues fall and protests arise, civil rights museums are key to explaining why

— USA Today

2020 Dezeen Awards: Exhibition Design

— Dezeen

Dezeen Awards 2020 design project winners revealed

— Dezeen

MASS Design Group – Architecture Innovator of the Year

— e-architect

MASS Design Group Named WSJ Magazine’s Architecture Innovator of the Year

— Archinect

MASS Design Group Is Reimagining the Spaces of Everyday Life

— The Wall Street Journal

WSJ. Magazine Celebrates a Decade of Innovation

— Associated Press

The WSJ Magazine 2020 Innovator Awards

— WSJ Magazine

WSJ Magazine Sets Virtual Innovator Awards With BTS, Jennifer Lopez, Michaela Coel, Phoebe Waller-Bridge

— Hollywood Reporter