News + Awards

Building a Better World

— Harvard 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

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

A Striking New Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Captures the Feeling of Love

— Architectural Digest

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

— The Boston Globe

MASS: Seeking Abundance

— The Architectural League NY

Changing Narratives: MASS Design Group’s Noella Nibakuze on Pioneering Paths and Shaping a Rwandan Architecture

— Madame Architect

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

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

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award: MASS Design Group

— Architect Magazine

Officials break ground on monument honoring Martin Luther King

— The Boston Globe

Paul Farmer, Our Greatest Architect

— Press Release

What Paul Farmer taught me about ‘dignity construction’ in health care

— The Boston Globe

New Green Spaces Don’t Have to Lead to Gentrification

— ArchDaily

Newly Published, From Afro-Atlantic Histories to GameStop

— The New York Times

‘The Embrace,’ Boston’s long-awaited tribute to the Kings, will be unveiled on MLK Day 2023

— The Boston Globe

“Design and Healing" Exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Offers Creative Responses to Epidemics

— Architectural Record

When you think of hospitals, you think of hallways. Here’s why we designed a hospital without them.

— Fast Company

How Architecture Has Responded to Health Emergencies

— Common Edge

A Timely Cooper Hewitt Museum Exhibit Prompts Designers To Overcome The Disinformation Of Anti-Vaxxers

— Forbes

A history of design innovations emerging from health crises

— Quartz

Favorite Architecture Books of 2021

— ArchiECHO

Epidemics: A Force for Life-Changing Innovation

— The New York Times

Can Architecture and Design Facilitate Healing?

— Metropolis

The secret to hospital design was solved 150 years ago. Why did we ignore it?

— Fast Company

Books for Your Holiday Gift List

— Architectural Record

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— American Institute of Architects

MASS Design Group Wins 2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Architect Magazine

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Press Release

Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa Win 2022 AIA Gold Medal, The organization recognizes MASS Design Group with its annual Architecture Firm Award

— Architectural Record

Designing for a Pandemic

— Wall Street Journal

Community Health Care

— Texas Architect Magazine

The MASS model of community-focused architecture

— CBS 60 Minutes

Why a Nonprofit Architecture Firm is Staffing-Up with Filmmakers

— CBS 60 Minutes Overtime

13 Architecture and Design Books to Add to Your Reading List

— Metropolis Magazine

Sisters of Charity Foundation picks MASS Design to build new health campus

— Cleveland Jewish News

2021 AIA Collaborative Achievement Award: MASS Design Group

— ARCHITECT Magazine

2021 Award for Excellence in Public Architecture: Katie Swenson

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Sisters of Charity plan health campus around St. Vincent hospital in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood

— Cleveland.com

‘A monument to love’: MLK memorial clears final hurdle for construction

— The Boston Globe

Boston's MLK memorial cleared by city Landmarks Commission

— The Washington Post

MASS: Redefining Standards in Health Design

— design233

Katie Swenson and Jennifer Sage Named Winners of the 2021 AIA Award for Excellence in Public Architecture

— ARCHITECT Magazine