News + Awards

Lake Sophia by Field Operations is the first new swimming facility at a New York State Park in nearly two decades

— The Architect's Newspaper

Lake Sophia at Sojourner Truth State Park

— Landezine

Boston architecture firm chosen to transform former Confederate monument into place of gathering

— Bay State Banner

Five Outstanding Examples of Industrial Adaptive Reuse

— Urban Land

Bronze from dismantled Robert E. Lee statue used in Charlottesville park pavilion by MASS and Dana King

— Archinect

Lake Sophia Swimming Area Opens at Sojourner Truth State Park in Kingston

— Chronogram

MASS wins competition to replace confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia

— The Architect's Newspaper

MASS chosen as winner of Swords into Plowshares project

— NPM News

Bronze from former Robert E. Lee statue to become new Charlottesville public art

— 29News

Boston firm tapped to turn Confederate statue into monument to racial diversity

— The Washington Post

Rebuilding America’s Memory

— Architect Magazine

Poughkeepsie Cistern

— Domus #1114

How Hudson Valley Parks Are Becoming More Accessible to All

— Chronogram

Abandoned Poughkeepsie cistern becomes haunting concert hall for one day

— Times Union

In Charlottesville, Hood Design Studio, MASS Design Group, and PUSH Studio propose what should rise from the melted bronze of a Robert E. Lee statue

— The Architect's Newspaper

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

— Times Union

MASS Design Group turns historic New York factory into community hub

— Dezeen

Scenic Hudson opens new 'Northside Hub' in Poughkeepsie

— WAMC

Historic 170-year-old Alabama hotel saved from demolition

— Advance Local Media

Scenic Hudson’s Northside Hub Transforms a Piece of Abandoned History into a Promising Future

— The River Journal

The Conservation Fund saves the Historic Edistone Hotel in Downtown Selma

— Bama Buzz

MASS Design Group transforms vacant manufacturing plant in Poughkeepsie, New York

— The Architect's Newspaper

Conservation Fund saves Selma’s historic Edistone Hotel from the wrecking ball

— Black Belt News Network

Scenic Hudson Opens Northside Hub in Poughkeepsie, Transforming Abandoned Factory into Net-Zero Headquarters and Community Space

— Chronogram

Historic Standard Gage factory repurposed into Scenic Hudson's Northside Hub

— Spectrum News

Standard Gage building revival complete. What's taken shape at Scenic Hudson's Northside Hub

— Poughkeepsie Journal

See inside Scenic Hudson's new headquarters, the Northside Hub

— Poughkeepsie Journal

AIA Housing Awards 2025: Specialized Housing

— American Institute of Architects

Jha D Amazi on Collective Memory

— Future of the American City Podcast

Return to Freedom: Martin Luther King III and Embrace Boston Revisit Iconic MLK March

— Ebony

MASS Design Group Transforms an Abandoned Hudson Valley Cistern Into an Underground Arts Venue

— Architectural Record

Poughkeepsie: Main Street Momentum

— Chronogram

Pro Bono Project: The Champion’s Walk at Corey Ingram Circle

— AIA NYS

2024 Oregon Architecture Awards: Merit Award

— AIA Oregon

The First Ever Mayors’ Institute on City Design, co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Hosts Special Session for Mayors and Tribal Leaders

— Press Release

2024 IES Illumination Awards: Merit Award

— Illuminating Engineering Society

Imagining Abundant Futures

— ARCHITECT Magazine

WLA Professional Awards 2024, Cultural Landscape Award, Finalist

— World Landscape Architecture

IAUD International Design Award 2023: Housing and Architecture

— International Association for Universal Design

Shaping Our Future: The Transformative Power of Public Memorials

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Building Responsibly

— AIA New York

Learning From Poughkeepsie

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Story in the Public Square

— PBS

ASLA Professional Award: Analysis and Planning

— American Society of Landscape Architects

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

— Poughkeepsie Journal

BSLA Honor Award in Analysis and Planning

— Boston Society of Landscape Architects

Norrsken Kigali House / MASS Design Group

— ArchDaily

Building a Better World

— Harvard Magazine

Jeffrey Yasuo Mansfield: Advocating for Disability Justice in Design

— Architect Magazine

Norrsken Kigali House

— Archinect

Norrsken Kigali House

— Architect 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

MASS Design Group adapts a former school in Rwanda into an entrepreneurial hub for a Swedish nonprofit

— The Architects Newspaper

Will the public embrace "The Embrace"?

— CBS News

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

Mayor Wu and Embrace Boston Announce Unveiling of "The Embrace"

— City of Boston

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