News + Awards

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

MASS: Seeking Abundance

— The Architectural League NY

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

Reimagining UT’s East Mall — New campus initiative to honor the Precursors

— UT News

Circle of Champions Walk unveiled in Poughkeepsie

— Mid Hudson News

Poughkeepsie's Champions: Memorial to celebrate city's civic leaders, see what's planned

— Poughkeepsie Journal

‘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

Officials break ground on monument honoring Martin Luther King

— The Boston Globe

New Green Spaces Don’t Have to Lead to Gentrification

— ArchDaily

‘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

— American Institute of Architects

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

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

Bank of America pledges $1 million to King Boston efforts, the biggest corporate gift so far

— The Boston Globe

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

BSA Earl Flansburgh Young Designers Award

— Boston Society of Architects

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

Memorial rules are not set in stone

— Financial Times

How Recycling Existing Buildings Could Solve the Urban Housing Crisis

— Metropolis Magazine

MASS Design Group – Architecture Innovator of the Year

— e-architect

MASS Design Group Named WSJ Magazine’s Architecture Innovator of the Year

— Archinect

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

— The Boston Globe

Katie Swenson Is Helping To Revolutionize Affordable Housing

— Forbes

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

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

— The Boston Globe

Op-ed: Lead with a mission-first design process to provide affordable housing

— Architect's Newspaper

How Architects and Designers Can Respond to COVID-19

— Common Edge

Love in the Public Square

— Architecture Boston

Do We Deserve to Heal?

— Architecture Boston

Can Groundbreaking Architecture Spur Social Change?

— Departures

New Shaker Square Design Integrates Central Public Space With Neighborhoods

— WKSU

Walsh announces master plan effort to improve Franklin Park

— The Boston Globe

Boston's new MLK memorial is a gleaming bronze embrace

— CNN Style

A Stunning New Boston Memorial Will Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

— Architectural Digest

King memorial design combines mystery, appeal

— The Boston Globe

Winning design announced for monument to Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King

— The Boston Globe

Finalists present bold visions for the future of Detroit’s museum district

— The Architect's Newspaper

$10M Poughkeepsie development to bring fresh food mart, food hall, brewery to city

— Poughkeepsie Journal

The good earth: New Exhibit Columbus Miller Prize installations lean heavily to landscape architecture

— The Republic

How Should We Memorialize Victims of Mass Violence?

— The Aspen Institute

See the finalists for the MLK memorial on the Boston Common

— The Boston Globe

Designs for Holocaust Memorial Go on Display at the V&A

— Financial Times

2017 Architizer A+ Awards: Architecture + Humanitarianism

— Architizer A+ Awards

Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind, and David Adjaye Among Finalists for U.K.'s Holocaust Memorial

— Architectural Digest