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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

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

— 6sqft.

Plans for restorative New Lots Library are unveiled in Brooklyn

— Archinect

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

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

— Architect Magazine

Gun violence memorial filled with mementos of those lost

— PBS News Hour

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

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

Highlander Folk School Fights to Regain Land

— Tennesse Lookout

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

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

— WBUR

Gun Violence Victim Families Donate Objects for Boston Memorial

— WCVB TV Boston

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

PRX: Monumental

— PRX

Shaping Our Future: The Transformative Power of Public Memorials

— ARCHITECT Magazine

AIA Santa Fe: Honor Award

— AIA Santa Fe

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

— Berkeley College of Environmental Design

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

— Stirworld

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

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

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

— City of Boston

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

'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

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

— Architectural Digest

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

— The Boston Globe

AIA Santa Fe: Conceptual Work Innovation Award

— AIA Santa Fe

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

— Marfa Public Radio

City of Presidio approves architectural designs for Lipan Apache Cemetery

— The Big Bend Sentinel

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

— Wall Street Journal Magazine