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King’s Chapel in Boston reckons with complicated roots as it honors more than 200 enslaved connected to congregation

— The Boston Globe

On Boston's Freedom Trail, King's Chapel plans a dramatic facelift to recognize its ties to slavery

— GBH News

Unbuilt Architecture Award - Citation

— AIA New Mexico

Building a Better World

— Harvard Magazine

Love in Design: MASS Design Group's Senior Principal Katie Swenson on Home Making, Community Architects, and Feeling Others' Joy

— Madame Architect

From Rwanda to Boston Common: the humanitarian mission of MASS

— The Boston Globe

Will the public embrace "The Embrace"?

— CBS News

Mayor Wu and Embrace Boston Announce Unveiling of "The Embrace"

— City of Boston

Meet The Embrace: New Monument Honoring MLK Jr. & Coretta Scott King Now Open to Public

— NBC Boston

MASS Design Group and Hank Willis Thomas Unveil Boston Memorial to MLK and Coretta Scott King

— Architectural Record

Unveiling “The Embrace,” Boston’s Tribute to the Legacy of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

— Boston Art Review

MASS Design Group's touching Hank Willis Thomas MLK memorial commission debuts in Boston

— Archinect

A new sculpture and plaza on the Boston Common honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy

— Architect's Newspaper

‘The Embrace’ sculpture celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy in Boston

— PBS News Hour

In Boston, 'The Embrace' Honors the Legacy and Love of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

— Architect Magazine

A Striking New Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Captures the Feeling of Love

— Architectural Digest

'Embrace' sculpture unveiled on Boston Common ahead of MLK Day

— WCVB Channel 5

‘I see love and strength:’ King family delivers powerful speeches as Embrace memorial honoring MLK is unveiled

— Boston Herald

MASS Design Group — the firm behind ‘The Embrace’ — has made a name for itself with these social justice-driven projects

— The Boston Globe

‘The Embrace’ is a tribute to love, justice, and the unsung

— The Boston Globe

AIA Santa Fe: Conceptual Work Innovation Award

— AIA Santa Fe

Architecture firms MASS Design Group, AOS Architects merge Santa Fe offices

— Santa Fe New Mexican

MASS Design Group And Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Combine Offices In Strategic Partnership

— Press Release

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

Principals at Six Top Firms Predict Where American Design Is Headed

— Metropolis

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

‘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

The Guggenheim and The World Around Present an Online Program Focused on Land

— Hyperallergic

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