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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

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

— ICT Newscast

Caddo Nation prepares for opening of new childcare center

— ICT News

20 Summer Book Recommendations from the Architecture World

— Archinect

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

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

— Santa Fe New Mexican

Alan Ricks & Sierra Bainbridge

— Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED Podcast

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

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

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

Snow Country Prison Memorial Ground Blessing in North Dakota

— Rafu Shimpo

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

— Newsbreak

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

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

— Archinect

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

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

Barelas Community Kitchen opens, offers hub for food entrepreneurs

— Albuquerque Business Journal

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

Design with Artisans: Weaving Connections in Rwanda: Opening Exhibition

— Pratt

How can we amplify Indigenous Design?

— Metropolis Magazine

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

— Architect Magazine

Home Building: Q+A with AIA President Shawn Evans

— Santa Fe New Mexican

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

In Indian Country, Advancing Resilience Through Holistic Design

— Enterprise Community Partners

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

— World Economic Forum

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

— Mellon Foundation

The world’s first climate-positive university

— Construction Management

New architecture chapter gets start in New Mexico

— Albuquerque Journal

Imagining Abundant Futures

— ARCHITECT Magazine

How Architecture Can Learn from Native America

— ARCHITECT Magazine