News + Awards

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

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

— Architect Magazine

Well-Designed Low-Income Housing Is Possible

— Dwell

2024 SHN Architecture & Design Awards: Affordable Housing

— Senior Housing News

Contemporary Memorials: Spaces of Engagement, Calls to Action

— Harvard GSD

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

Shaping Our Future: The Transformative Power of Public Memorials

— ARCHITECT Magazine

AIA Santa Fe: Concept Innovation Award

— AIA Santa Fe

Learning From Poughkeepsie

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Story in the Public Square

— PBS

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

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

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

— San Francisco Chronicle

Dutchess County youth center to cost about $70M to build

— Poughkeepsie Journal

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

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

'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

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

— The Boston Globe

AIA Santa Fe: Conceptual Work Innovation Award

— AIA Santa Fe

MASS: Seeking Abundance

— The Architectural League NY

“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

See Affordable Housing at the National Building Museum

— Architects and Artisans

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

Principals at Six Top Firms Predict Where American Design Is Headed

— Metropolis

One of the Most Significant Memorials on the Planet

— Architect Magazine

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Announces MCHAP Outstanding Projects

— ArchDaily

‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings

— The Boston Globe

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award: MASS Design Group

— Architect Magazine

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

What would a Covid memorial look like? Designers share ideas for 'unprecedented' tribute

— NBC News

RIBA Names 16 Winners of Its 2021 International Awards for Excellence

— Architectural Record

2021 Award for Excellence in Public Architecture: Katie Swenson

— ARCHITECT Magazine

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

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

— ARCHITECT Magazine