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Builders Look to Nature for Alternatives to Brick, Steel and Concrete

— Bloomberg

Five Outstanding Examples of Industrial Adaptive Reuse

— Urban Land

20 Summer Book Recommendations from the Architecture World

— Archinect

Bio-Based Materials Collective advocates for a shift in materials specification

— The Architect's Newspaper

Alan Ricks & Sierra Bainbridge

— Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED Podcast

Wood Helps a Domestic Violence Shelter Become a Beacon for Safety

— Think Wood

Hanif Kara’s essay from MASS’s book Seeking Abundance articulates how and why architectural practice must change

— The Architect's Newspaper

Ken Burns, Francisco Noya and Amanda Shea, and Alan Ricks on "Seeking Abundance"

— GBH: The Culture Show Podcast

Campus Ellen DeGeneres: diseño para proteger al gorila en Ruanda

— Capitel

Undeterred by Obstacles, Architects Continue to Emphasize Environment, Sustainability, and People

— The Energy Pioneer

Evaluation of Characteristic Strength and Stiffness Properties of Regionally Sourced Pinus Patula Sawn Timber for Structural Application in East Africa

— East African Journal of Engineering

Scenic Hudson unveils $43.7M Northside Hub as model for greener urban redevelopment

— Times Union

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Architectural Record Awards

— Architectural Record

Noella Nibakuze Reshapes Rwanda’s Design Identity

— Hospitality Design

Rwanda’s Institute for Conservation Agriculture wins Harvard’s top design prize

— Nile Post

MASS Wins Green Prize for Rwanda Ag Campus

— ARCHITECT Magazine

MASS Awarded Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design

— Harvard Graduate School of Design

Forget Tearing Down the House. Regenerative Design Is on the Rise

— Robb Report

Is “the vernacular” having a moment in Venice?

— Architect's Newspaper

AIA reveals winners of 2025 Architecture Awards

— Dezeen

13th Annual A+Awards Winners Announced: Global Accolades, Local Stories

— Architizer Blog

Ten projects named best in contemporary architecture at the 2025 AIA Architecture Awards

— Archinect

"I Would Prefer Not To" Podcast: MASS Design Group

— The Architectural League of New York

Bioregional design: What is it and what will it mean for climate and planet?

— World Economic Forum

Harvard Graduate School of Design Community Makes a Strong Showing at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

— Harvard Graduate School of Design

Winning a Dezeen Award Adds Credibility

— Dezeen

Rwandan architect redesigns urban development in Africa

— Deutsche Welle

The U.S. can preserve its forests by building smartly with new and old techniques and technologies

— The Architect's Newspaper

The Plural Forms of African Landscape Architecture

— Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Grace Farms Holds Fourth Design for Freedom Summit

— Architectural Record

Instead of waiting for acceptance and appreciation, women in the AEC community are creating their own safer, more satisfying job sites

— The Architect's Newspaper

Field Trips: A new approach to agritourism has architects working to more than just frame a scenic landscape

— The Architect's Newspaper

Design with Artisans: Weaving Connections in Rwanda: Opening Exhibition

— Pratt

Designing with Purpose: How Storytelling Empowers Architects to Lead Transformative Change

— Architect Magazine

From a desert to an oasis: Penn engages in ambitious greening effort in the Sahel

— Penn Today

Earthen walls for Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture by MASS Design Group

— Metalocus

7 ways the AECO industry can advance climate-positive design for a greener future

— Autodesk

Building a sustainable campus for the world’s first climate-positive university

— Autodesk

How sustainable tourism helps protect mountain gorillas in Rwanda and strengthens communities

— World Economic Forum

The world’s first climate-positive university

— Construction Management

Imagining Abundant Futures

— ARCHITECT Magazine

The Power of Provenance

— ARCHITECT Magazine

The Architect’s Philanthropist

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Sustainability Shapes Rwandan Conservation Project

— RIBA Journal

Learning From Poughkeepsie

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Story in the Public Square

— PBS

Our work at MASS has taught us that building is more Verb than Noun

— Selamta

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

— Berkeley College of Environmental Design

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

— Urbanland

Sustainability Shapes Rwanda’s Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

— Redshift by Autodesk

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

— Stirworld

The future of architecture and building with Kelly Alvarez Doran

— the bentway

A Guide to Rewilding

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Thinking Through Material Flows

— The Architects Newspaper

Building a Better World

— Harvard Magazine

CarbonPositive: Can We Halve Carbon in the Built Environment?

— Architect Magazine

Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield: Advocating for Disability Justice in Design

— Architect Magazine

Five key projects by Dezeen Awards judge and MASS Design Group's Kelly Alvarez Doran

— Dezeen

Love in Design: MASS Design Group's Senior Principal Katie Swenson on Home Making, Community Architects, and Feeling Others' Joy

— Madame Architect

The 2023 WoW List

— Architectural Digest