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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

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

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

— The Philadelphia Inquirer

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

— The Boston Globe

Boston's MLK memorial cleared by city Landmarks Commission

— The Washington Post

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

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

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

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

— Hollywood Reporter

King Boston seeks corporate donors to make memorial and economic justice center a reality

— The Boston Globe

A COVID-19 Memorial Could Capture the Passions Coursing Through American Society

— ArchDaily

6 essential memorials that tell America’s story

— National Geographic

MASS: Meet The Men, Women Who Have Changed The Face Of Architecture In Rwanda And Beyond

— KT Press

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

— Artillery Magazine

Designing to Survive

— The Washington Post

King memorial nearly ready for Boston Common as backer begins second effort to honor civil rights leader

— The Boston Globe

Social Impact: Architecture Building Space for Empathy

— ArchDaily

Nearly 700 People In The U.S. Die From Gun Violence Each Week; A Memorial Honors Them

— NPR

The decade in architecture: The good, the bad, and the capitalism

— Curbed

Best in architecture in 2019: Notre Dame saved, Wright honored, Old Post Office revived

— The Chicago Tribune

How 5 A+D Professionals Are Giving Back Around the World

— Interior Design

Cities around the world are erupting in protest — an architecture biennial examines why

— The LA Times

How new memorials reckon with gun violence in America

— Curbed

‘The Writing on the Wall’: Voices of the Incarcerated

— The New York Times

‘Public art is propaganda, frankly’: Hank Willis Thomas discusses gun violence and the urgent need for alternative memorials

— The Art Newspaper

A new national memorial to victims of gun violence makes its debut

— Fast Company

Lynching memorial honors thousands victimized by hate

— The San Diego Union-Tribune