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Two Striking New Libraries, Inviting in Different Ways

— Curbed

National exhibit honoring gun violence victims on display in Detroit

— CBS News Detroit

New art exhibit at Detroit museum honors victims of gun violence

— ABC Detroit TV

Jha D Amazi on Collective Memory

— Future of the American City Podcast

Gun Violence Memorial Project opens Friday at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

— NBC Detroit TV

The Metro: New MOCAD installation tells the human story behind gun violence statistics

— WDET 101.9 FM

Return to Freedom: Martin Luther King III and Embrace Boston Revisit Iconic MLK March

— Ebony

Detroit Art Institutions Resist Political Challenges to Diversity

— The New York Times

AIA Elevate Awards 2025: Architecture Design, Citation Award

— AIA New Mexico

AIA Elevate Awards 2025: Unbuilt Architecture, Merit Award

— AIA New Mexico

In Detroit, MOCAD Is Putting Community at the Core of Contemporary Art

— Observer

Barelas Community Kitchen opens, offers hub for food entrepreneurs

— Albuquerque Business Journal

How can we amplify Indigenous Design?

— Metropolis Magazine

Home Building: Q+A with AIA President Shawn Evans

— Santa Fe New Mexican

In Dorchester, peace trail poles offer connection points for grief survivors

— WBUR

MASS Design Group, Marble Fairbanks Architects Unveil Brooklyn Public Library’s New Lots Branch

— AIA New York

Boston gun violence memorial reveals people behind statistics

— Public News Service

Podcast: We We Wrote This - ‘A deeper sense’: In one interview, he found the story at the heart of a story

— Christian Science Monitor

Gun violence took their sons. Now these moms help others navigate grief.

— The Christian Science Monitor

In Tennessee, famed civil rights center Highlander to regain control of original land

— The Tennesse Lookout

Modern Building Honoring African Burial Ground to Transform New Lots Library

— Brownstoner

MASS Design Group and Marble Fairbanks Architects to redesign library in Brooklyn on site of African American burial ground

— The Architect's Newspaper

Plans for restorative New Lots Library are unveiled in Brooklyn

— Archinect

New Lots Library redesign will recognize site’s legacy as an African Burial Ground

— 6sqft.

MASS Design Group and Marble Fairbanks Architects Design a Library That Honors African Burial Ground

— Architect Magazine

Brooklyn Public Library Gets Major Overhaul

— Pix11 NY TV

MASS Design Group and Marble Fairbanks Architects Share The Designs for the Brooklyn Public Library New Lots Branch, Honoring the Community’s African Burial Ground History

— Press Release

New Lots Library Redesign Honors African Burial Ground, Community Legacy

— Brooklyn Reader

Gun violence memorial filled with mementos of those lost

— PBS News Hour

In Indian Country, Advancing Resilience Through Holistic Design

— Enterprise Community Partners

The Gun Violence Memorial Project turns art into action by showcasing remembrance objects families keep for loved ones they lost to gun violence.

— WHDH Boston TV

Memorial honoring lives lost to gun violence brings somber reflection to Boston

— The Suffolk Journal

In Far West Texas, a Sacred Burial Site is Reclaimed Through Partnership and Perseverance

— Mellon Foundation

The First Ever Mayors’ Institute on City Design, co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Hosts Special Session for Mayors and Tribal Leaders

— Press Release

New architecture chapter gets start in New Mexico

— Albuquerque Journal

Highlander Folk School Fights to Regain Land

— Tennesse Lookout

MASS Design’s traveling gun violence memorial is now on view in Boston. It’s asking you to imagine the lives of victims.

— The Boston Globe

September 16, 2024 - Zadie Smith, the Boston Film Festival, and the Gun Violence Memorial Project

— The Culture Show Podcast

Contemporary Memorials: Spaces of Engagement, Calls to Action

— Harvard GSD

MASS Design Group debuts Gun Violence Memorial project at three sites around Boston

— Archinect

AI-assisted campaign against gun violence that uses voices of deceased rallies in Boston

— GBH

Down the Rabbit Hole on Highlander and Tennessee Preservation Trust

— Nashville Scene

Gun Violence Memorial Project coming to Boston

— Bay State Banner

Who Owns the Story of the Highlander Center?

— Nashville Banner

MASS Design Group is creating a memorial for Japanese-Americans imprisoned in concentration camps during World War II

— The Architect's Newspaper

Gun Violence Victim Families Donate Objects for Boston Memorial

— WCVB TV Boston

Memorial to gun violence victims, made of keepsakes, coming to Boston

— WBUR

Murder victims' families invited to contribute to creation of Boston memorials

— WCVB

GBH News Instagram: The Gun Violence Memorial Project

— GBH News

The Gun Violence Memorial Project, a citywide exhibition and living memorial to victims of gun violence, opens in Boston Aug. 29

— Press Release

AIA New Mexico: Distinguished Architecture Award of Merit

— AIA New Mexico

AIA New Mexico: Emerging Professional Friendly Award

— AIA New Mexico

PRX: Monumental

— PRX

How Architecture Can Learn from Native America

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Shaping Our Future: The Transformative Power of Public Memorials

— ARCHITECT Magazine

AIA Santa Fe: Honor Award

— AIA Santa Fe

AIA Santa Fe: Concept Innovation Award

— AIA Santa Fe

Berkeley Rupp Prize awarded to Sierra Bainbridge, co-founder of MASS Design Group

— Berkeley College of Environmental Design

Indigenous Environmental and Climate Justice Series: Sustainable Native Communities Design Lab, MASS Design Group

— Urbanland

Pondering if architecture hurts or heals, with Christian Benimana of MASS Design Group

— Stirworld