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‘Race against time’ to rescue Alabama Civil Rights landmark

— The Art Newspaper

Boston architecture firm chosen to transform former Confederate monument into place of gathering

— Bay State Banner

ROOTED in Charlottesville Public Art Project, Virginia

— e-architect

Bronze from dismantled Robert E. Lee statue used in Charlottesville park pavilion by MASS and Dana King

— Archinect

Midwives break ground ceremonially for Boston’s first freestanding birth center in Roxbury

— The Boston Globe

MASS wins competition to replace confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia

— The Architect's Newspaper

MASS chosen as winner of Swords into Plowshares project

— NPM News

Bronze from former Robert E. Lee statue to become new Charlottesville public art

— 29News

Boston firm tapped to turn Confederate statue into monument to racial diversity

— The Washington Post

Rebuilding America’s Memory

— Architect Magazine

Healthy Beginnings: MASS's Amie Shao on the Power of Birth Spaces and Conditions for Care — Madame Architect

— Madame Architect

Making Progress—and Facing Reality—in Maternal and Newborn Health

— Helmsley Charitable Trust

Embrace Boston acquires buildings for a ‘vibrant social and cultural hub’ in Downtown Crossing

— The Boston Globe

How artists want to use a melted Robert E. Lee statue to heal a wounded city

— The Washington Post

MASS: A Non-Profit Model for Architecture in Service of Society

— ArchDaily

Maternal and newborn health investments’ most powerful asset is space

— Devex

The Neighborhood Birth Center is Eager to Bear Fruit

— Ujima Boston

Amie Shao: Designing Birth Spaces That Change Outcomes

— Apple Podcasts: Play with Matches

Wood Helps a Domestic Violence Shelter Become a Beacon for Safety

— Think Wood

We Don’t Need Another Hero

— PRINT Magazine

In Charlottesville, Hood Design Studio, MASS Design Group, and PUSH Studio propose what should rise from the melted bronze of a Robert E. Lee statue

— The Architect's Newspaper

Jefferson School announces Swords into Plowshares finalists

— VPM News

Designs unveiled for pieces of Robert E Lee Statue

— 29News

The Best of the New New York Architecture

— Curbed

Garrett’s Space: Alumni break ground with a peer-focused perspective on mental health

— Michigan Today

Texas quietly funds memorials for 3 more mass murders — a tour nobody wants to take

— Houston Chronicle

Memorable Cultural Moments of 2025

— Boston Art Review

Zoning Board approves Roxbury birth center plan

— Bay State Banner

AIA Santa Fe Awards 2025: Honor Award

— AIA Santa Fe

BE+ Green Building Showcase Awards: Site and Landscape

— Built Environment Plus

Noella Nibakuze Reshapes Rwanda’s Design Identity

— Hospitality Design

Good Trouble Podcast: Belonging by Design | Jha D Amazi of MASS Design Group

— NBC10 Boston

Phius Passive Projects Design Competition: Best Project by a Young Professional 2025

— Phius

Phius Passive Projects Design Competition: High Rise Multifamily 2025

— Phius

Centuries-old church on the Freedom Trail unveils memorial to people enslaved by past ministers, parishioners

— Boston.com

Boston’s King’s Chapel Unveils Huge Statue of Black Woman to Honor Enslaved People Once Held by Congregation Members

— Shine My Crown

King’s Chapel monument reveals, honors enslaved individuals connected to church’s past

— Bay State Banner

King's Chapel Unveils Statue Honoring Enslaved People From Its History

— WBZ News

Boston church honors enslaved people held by members of the congregation

— NPR

King’s Chapel In Boston Unveils First Statue To Recognize City’s Place In Slavery

— Black Enterprise

September 15, 2025 - Recapping the Emmy Awards, Unbound at King's Chapel, and Jane Eaglen

— GBH: The Culture Show Podcast

MASS Design Group completes Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial in North Dakota

— The Architect's Newspaper

New Freedom Trail statue memorializes all the people enslaved by ministers and parishoners at King's Chapel

— Universal Hub

To acknowledge past wrongs, a new sculpture at historic King’s Chapel

— The Boston Globe

Historic 170-year-old Alabama hotel saved from demolition

— Advance Local Media

King’s Chapel unveiling first-of-its-kind statue to honor people enslaved by its forebears

— WGBH

The Conservation Fund saves the Historic Edistone Hotel in Downtown Selma

— Bama Buzz

Conservation Fund saves Selma’s historic Edistone Hotel from the wrecking ball

— Black Belt News Network

A New Memorial Rises in Bismarck, North Dakota

— Concentrational Resonance

"Snow Country Prison” Memorial Dedicated at UTTC to Honor Japanese American Incarceration at Fort Lincoln

— Native News Online

Memorial honors Japanese Americans incarcerated in ND

— AsAm News

‘Act of dissidence’: Memorial dedicated to honor Japanese Americans incarcerated in ND

— North Dakota Monitor

New memorial at UTTC honors those incarcerated during WWII

— KFYR TV

It happened here.' Japanese detained in ND during World War II to receive memorial

— Inforum

New monument honors Japanese Americans incarcerated in North Dakota during World War II

— States Newsroom

New monument honors Japanese Americans incarcerated in North Dakota during World War II

— North Dakota Monitor

Snow Country Prison Memorial Ground Blessing in North Dakota

— Rafu Shimpo

Who Gets Remembered? MASS demands we rethink the answer

— ARCHITECT Magazine

“The Gun Violence Memorial Project” Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

— The New Art Examiner

Garrett’s Space Offers A Bigger Space for Teens and Young Adults Navigating Mental Health Challenges

— Hour Detroit