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Landback, boarding school healing, a tribal micro grid and more

— ICT Newscast

Caddo Nation prepares for opening of new childcare center

— ICT News

Avanzando: Border thinking and the future of architecture at AIA26

— AIArchitect

Outdoor rec grants awarded to Santa Fe Children's Museum, Reunity Resources

— Santa Fe New Mexican

MASS is renovating an education cluster by Ricardo Legorreta for a Santa Fe arts nonprofit

— The Architect's Newspaper

Wood Helps a Domestic Violence Shelter Become a Beacon for Safety

— Think Wood

AN looks back on the biggest housing stories of 2025

— Architect's Newspaper

How the Lower Sioux Is Harnessing Hemp to Build Sustainable Homes on Its Own Terms

— Dwell

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

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

— North Dakota Monitor

Tomás Rivera, Executive Director of Chainbreaker Collective, and Joseph Kunkel, Principle at MASS Design Group, discuss recently launched Midtown District-Hopewell Mann Neighborhood Stabilization Plan.

— KSFR Santa Fe

Development without displacement': City partners with nonprofits to protect Hopewell Mann from midtown project gentrification

— Santa Fe New Mexican

City study reveals housing crisis for Albuquerque’s Native American residents

— Newsbreak

Snow Country Prison Memorial Ground Blessing in North Dakota

— Rafu Shimpo

Having the resources to age: Local seniors find affordable housing with medical services on site

— Boston 25 News

To Be Done's Eastern Shoshone Cultural Hub project highlights the vitality of community design input

— Archinect

Barelas Community Kitchen opens, offers hub for food entrepreneurs

— Albuquerque Business Journal

How can we amplify Indigenous Design?

— Metropolis Magazine

This building is designed to help its residents live a longer, happier life

— Boston Globe

Plan for new Mattapan complex aims to foster connection among children and senior adults

— WBUR

Home Building: Q+A with AIA President Shawn Evans

— Santa Fe New Mexican

MASS Design Group and The Architectural Team to design combined housing and library project in Boston’s West End

— The Architect's Newspaper

MASS Design Group’s senior housing redevelopment fosters resident connections in Boston

— Think Wood

In Indian Country, Advancing Resilience Through Holistic Design

— Enterprise Community Partners

Well-Designed Low-Income Housing Is Possible

— Dwell

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

— Mellon Foundation

New architecture chapter gets start in New Mexico

— Albuquerque Journal

Shaping Communities through Architecture: Designing for Dignity in Childbirth

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Housing Justice, by Design

— ARCHITECT Magazine

New Brighton seniors’ facility adds dozens of units to let residents age ‘with dignity’

— WGBH, March 18, 2024

How Architecture Can Learn from Native America

— ARCHITECT Magazine

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

— Urbanland

MASS Design Group, Mikyoung Kim, Shigeru Ban Architects, and others throw their names in the hat to design a new library in Boston’s West End

— The Architect's Newspaper

12,000 architects came to S.F. This is what they said about the housing crisis

— San Francisco Chronicle

From Rwanda to Boston Common: the humanitarian mission of MASS

— The Boston Globe

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

See Affordable Housing at the National Building Museum

— Architects and Artisans

Critical Mass: MASS Design Group’s International Humanitarian Architecture Starts with Immersion in the Local

— Southwest Contemporary

Principals at Six Top Firms Predict Where American Design Is Headed

— Metropolis

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award: MASS Design Group

— 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

— Press Release

MASS Design Group Wins 2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Architect Magazine

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

— Hyperallergic

2021 Award for Excellence in Public Architecture: Katie Swenson

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Katie Swenson and Jennifer Sage Named Winners of the 2021 AIA Award for Excellence in Public Architecture

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Haven's new shelter represents a new beginning

— The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Haven finalizes plans for new shelter, nearly quadrupling capacity

— The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Architecture Can Heal: MASS Design Group's Katie Swenson on Building Equity Together

— ArchDaily

Justice is Beauty

— Home & Design Magazine

How Recycling Existing Buildings Could Solve the Urban Housing Crisis

— Metropolis Magazine

MASS Design Group – Architecture Innovator of the Year

— e-architect

Katie Swenson Is Helping To Revolutionize Affordable Housing

— Forbes

Improving Communities through Culturally-Responsive Design

— Obama Foundation

MASS Design Group publishes COVID-19 guide for retrofitting senior housing

— Archinect

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

— KT Press

Op-ed: COVID-19's impact on the Native American community

— The Hill