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

2026 I-SEED Award, Honorable Mention

— I-SEED Network

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

— Bay State Banner

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

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

— ICT Newscast

Caddo Nation prepares for opening of new childcare center

— ICT News

Abandoned Poughkeepsie cistern becomes haunting concert hall for one day

— Times Union

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

— Santa Fe New Mexican

MASS is renovating an education cluster by Ricardo Legorreta for a Santa Fe arts nonprofit

— The Architect's Newspaper

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

AIA Santa Fe Awards 2025: Merit Award

— AIA Santa Fe

AIA Santa Fe Awards 2025: Honor Award

— AIA Santa Fe

AIA Santa Fe Awards 2025: Citation Award

— AIA Santa Fe

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

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

— Archinect

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

AIA Elevate Awards 2025: Unbuilt Architecture, Merit Award

— AIA New Mexico

AIA Elevate Awards 2025: Architecture Design, Citation Award

— AIA New Mexico

Barelas Community Kitchen opens, offers hub for food entrepreneurs

— Albuquerque Business Journal

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

— Architectural Record

How can we amplify Indigenous Design?

— Metropolis Magazine

Home Building: Q+A with AIA President Shawn Evans

— Santa Fe New Mexican

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

— AIA NYS

In Indian Country, Advancing Resilience Through Holistic Design

— Enterprise Community Partners

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

— Mellon Foundation

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

New architecture chapter gets start in New Mexico

— Albuquerque Journal

Imagining Abundant Futures

— ARCHITECT Magazine

WLA Professional Awards 2024, Cultural Landscape Award, Finalist

— World Landscape Architecture

AIA New Mexico: Emerging Professional Friendly Award

— AIA New Mexico

AIA New Mexico: Distinguished Architecture Award of Merit

— AIA New Mexico

How Architecture Can Learn from Native America

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Shaping Our Future: The Transformative Power of Public Memorials

— ARCHITECT Magazine

AIA Santa Fe: Honor Award

— AIA Santa Fe

AIA Santa Fe: Concept Innovation Award

— AIA Santa Fe

Learning From Poughkeepsie

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Story in the Public Square

— PBS

ASLA Professional Award: Analysis and Planning

— American Society of Landscape Architects

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

— Urbanland

BSLA Honor Award in Analysis and Planning

— Boston Society of Landscape Architects

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