News + Awards

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

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

— AIA NYS

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

AIA Santa Fe 2024 Design Awards: Citation Award

— AIA Santa Fe

Sustainable Building of the Year 2024

— Dezeen

Sustainable Project of the Year 2024

— Dezeen

Education Project of the Year 2024

— Dezeen

2024 Planet Positive Awards: Best Overall Decarbonization

— Metropolis Magazine

Istructe Structural Awards 2024

— Istructe

Global Model of Smart Green Building, Finalist

— Global Forum on Human Settlements

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

— World Economic Forum

Autodesk Design & Make: Best Building Award

— Autodesk Foundation

The world’s first climate-positive university

— Construction Management

COTE Top 10

— COTE

Imagining Abundant Futures

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Commonwealth Association of Architects: Environmental Impact Award

— Commonwealth Association of Architects

WLA Professional Awards 2024, Cultural Landscape Award, Finalist

— World Landscape Architecture

WLA Professional Awards 2024, Built Large Landscape Design, Finalist

— World Landscape Architecture

CONSTRUMAT Sustainability Awards 2024, Shortlist

— CONSTRUMAT

CONSTRUMAT Awards 2024, Finalist

— CONSTRUMAT

Shaping Our Future: The Transformative Power of Public Memorials

— 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

ASLA Professional Award: Analysis and Planning

— American Society of Landscape Architects

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

— Berkeley College of Environmental Design

Berkeley Rupp Prize

— UC 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

Landezine International Landscape Award

— Landezine

Thinking Through Material Flows

— The Architects Newspaper

BSLA Honor Award in Analysis and Planning

— Boston Society of Landscape Architects

BSLA Excellence Award in General Design

— Boston Society of Landscape Architects

Monocle Design Awards

— Monocle

Building a Better World

— Harvard Magazine

CarbonPositive: Can We Halve Carbon in the Built Environment?

— 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

From Rwanda to Boston Common: the humanitarian mission of MASS

— The Boston Globe

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

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

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

— WCVB Channel 5

MASS Design Group — the firm behind ‘The Embrace’ — has made a name for itself with these social justice-driven projects

— The Boston Globe

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

— Boston Herald