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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

Meet The Embrace: New Monument Honoring MLK Jr. & Coretta Scott King Now Open to Public

— NBC Boston

MASS Design Group's touching Hank Willis Thomas MLK memorial commission debuts in Boston

— Archinect

Unveiling “The Embrace,” Boston’s Tribute to the Legacy of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

— Boston Art Review

A new sculpture and plaza on the Boston Common honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy

— Architect's Newspaper

‘The Embrace’ sculpture celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy in Boston

— PBS News Hour

In Boston, 'The Embrace' Honors the Legacy and Love of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

— Architect Magazine

‘I see love and strength:’ King family delivers powerful speeches as Embrace memorial honoring MLK is unveiled

— Boston Herald

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

'Embrace' sculpture unveiled on Boston Common ahead of MLK Day

— WCVB Channel 5

‘The Embrace’ is a tribute to love, justice, and the unsung

— The Boston Globe

MASS: Seeking Abundance

— The Architectural League NY

Architecture firms MASS Design Group, AOS Architects merge Santa Fe offices

— Santa Fe New Mexican

MASS Design Group And Atkin Olshin Schade Architects Combine Offices In Strategic Partnership

— Press Release

“A sacred space”: Architects and tribal community share a plan to protect Presidio’s Lipan Apache cemetery

— Marfa Public Radio

City of Presidio approves architectural designs for Lipan Apache Cemetery

— The Big Bend Sentinel

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

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

— UT News

Principals at Six Top Firms Predict Where American Design Is Headed

— Metropolis

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

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

The Guggenheim and The World Around Present an Online Program Focused on Land

— Hyperallergic

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

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

— The Boston Globe

A Racial Equity Monument, From Hank Willis Thomas, Is Set for Boston

— The New York Times

Under new leader, King Boston embraces a bolder vision

— The Boston Globe

Memorial rules are not set in stone

— Financial Times

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

Improving Communities through Culturally-Responsive Design

— Obama Foundation

Op-ed: COVID-19's impact on the Native American community

— The Hill

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

— The Boston Globe

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

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

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

— Architectural Digest

MASS Design Group Brings Social Design to Boston

— Metropolis Magazine

What's New on the Business Scene for Feb. 2 Poughkeepsie

— Poughkeepsie Journal

Fuse Visual Arts Review: Design Biennial Boston

— The Arts Fuse

Four Boston design Firms Fill the Rose Kennedy Greenway with art at the intersection of Architecture

— The Architect's Newspaper

MASS Design Group Brings Social Design to Boston

— Metropolis