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Architecture schools roll out fall 2026 lecture series

— The Architect's Newspaper

Builders Look to Nature for Alternatives to Brick, Steel and Concrete

— Bloomberg

Announcing the 2026 GSD Alumni Council Award Winners

— Harvard University Graduate School Of Design

Bringing Hope to One’s Homeland

— Boston College Law Magazine

Midwives break ground ceremonially for Boston’s first freestanding birth center in Roxbury

— The Boston Globe

Healthy Beginnings: MASS's Amie Shao on the Power of Birth Spaces and Conditions for Care — Madame Architect

— Madame Architect

Norrsken Kigali House / Model of Architecture Serving Society

— ArchDaily Español

Facades+ returns to Boston on July 23

— Architect's Newspaper

20 Summer Book Recommendations from the Architecture World

— Archinect

Making Progress—and Facing Reality—in Maternal and Newborn Health

— Helmsley Charitable Trust

MASS: A Non-Profit Model for Architecture in Service of Society

— ArchDaily

Maternal and newborn health investments’ most powerful asset is space

— Devex

The Neighborhood Birth Center is Eager to Bear Fruit

— Ujima Boston

Amie Shao: Designing Birth Spaces That Change Outcomes

— Apple Podcasts: Play with Matches

Alan Ricks & Sierra Bainbridge

— Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED Podcast

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

Garrett’s Space: Alumni break ground with a peer-focused perspective on mental health

— Michigan Today

Memorable Cultural Moments of 2025

— Boston Art Review

Zoning Board approves Roxbury birth center plan

— Bay State Banner

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

MASS Design Group commemorates 15 years of practice with Abundant Futures / Live

— The Architect's Newspaper

Noella Nibakuze Reshapes Rwanda’s Design Identity

— Hospitality Design

Christian Benimana: Designing Purpose, Not Just Skylines

— The Century of Cities Podcast

How the Lower Sioux Is Harnessing Hemp to Build Sustainable Homes on Its Own Terms

— Dwell

Rwanda Names Tech Policy Veteran Yves Iradukunda as New Minister of ICT and Innovation

— We Are Tech Africa

Christian Benimana: Designing Purpose, Not Just Skylines

— The Century of Cities

Garrett’s Space Offers A Bigger Space for Teens and Young Adults Navigating Mental Health Challenges

— Hour Detroit

"I Would Prefer Not To" Podcast: MASS Design Group

— The Architectural League of New York

Innovation in Design Awards Receives Huge Response

— Zawya

Rwandan architect redesigns urban development in Africa

— Deutsche Welle

Building Cancer Care from the Ground Up in Rwanda

— Harvard Medicine

Garrett’s Space Breaks Ground on Transformative Mental Health Campus for Young Adults

— The New Sun Times

‘This place will save lives’: New mental health campus breaks ground in Ann Arbor

— NBC WDIV TV

Ground broken on Garrett's Space expansion

— WEMU 89.1

Nonprofit to break ground on center for young adults facing mental health challenges

— Crain's Detroit Business

The U.S. can preserve its forests by building smartly with new and old techniques and technologies

— The Architect's Newspaper

Rooted in Tradition, Nature, and Community: Wellness and Healing Spaces from the North to the South Africa

— ArchDaily

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

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

Amid Zoning Debate, Advocates Press for Roxbury Birth Center

— The Boston Globe

Zoning Board Made Wrong Call in Rejecting Roxbury Birth Center

— The Boston Globe

This building is designed to help its residents live a longer, happier life

— Boston Globe

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

— Architect Magazine

Earthen walls for Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture by MASS Design Group

— Metalocus

Future suicide prevention center outside Ann Arbor secures $373K in county millage funding

— MLIVE

MASS Design Group’s senior housing redevelopment fosters resident connections in Boston

— Think Wood

Imagining Abundant Futures

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Shaping Communities through Architecture: Designing for Dignity in Childbirth

— ARCHITECT Magazine

PRX: Monumental

— PRX

The Power of Provenance

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Could creativity transform medicine? These artists think so

— NPR

Our work at MASS has taught us that building is more Verb than Noun

— Selamta

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

— Berkeley College of Environmental Design

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

Design for Health at the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023

— ArchDaily

In Venice, a Chorus of Voices From Africa

— The New York Times