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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

Five Outstanding Examples of Industrial Adaptive Reuse

— Urban Land

Bringing Hope to One’s Homeland

— Boston College Law Magazine

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

Alan Ricks & Sierra Bainbridge

— Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED Podcast

Hanif Kara’s essay from MASS’s book Seeking Abundance articulates how and why architectural practice must change

— The Architect's Newspaper

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

Scenic Hudson unveils $43.7M Northside Hub as model for greener urban redevelopment

— Times Union

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

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

MASS Design Group turns historic New York factory into community hub

— Dezeen

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

— We Are Tech Africa

Scenic Hudson opens new 'Northside Hub' in Poughkeepsie

— WAMC

Historic 170-year-old Alabama hotel saved from demolition

— Advance Local Media

Scenic Hudson’s Northside Hub Transforms a Piece of Abandoned History into a Promising Future

— The River Journal

The Conservation Fund saves the Historic Edistone Hotel in Downtown Selma

— Bama Buzz

See inside Scenic Hudson's new headquarters, the Northside Hub

— Poughkeepsie Journal

MASS Design Group transforms vacant manufacturing plant in Poughkeepsie, New York

— The Architect's Newspaper

Conservation Fund saves Selma’s historic Edistone Hotel from the wrecking ball

— Black Belt News Network

Christian Benimana: Designing Purpose, Not Just Skylines

— The Century of Cities

Scenic Hudson Opens Northside Hub in Poughkeepsie, Transforming Abandoned Factory into Net-Zero Headquarters and Community Space

— Chronogram

Historic Standard Gage factory repurposed into Scenic Hudson's Northside Hub

— Spectrum News

Standard Gage building revival complete. What's taken shape at Scenic Hudson's Northside Hub

— Poughkeepsie Journal

Innovation in Design Awards Receives Huge Response

— Zawya

Rwandan architect redesigns urban development in Africa

— Deutsche Welle

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

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

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

— Architectural Record

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

— Architect Magazine

Poughkeepsie: Main Street Momentum

— Chronogram

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

— Metalocus

Imagining Abundant Futures

— ARCHITECT Magazine

PRX: Monumental

— PRX

The Power of Provenance

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Building Responsibly

— AIA New York

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

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

In Venice, a Chorus of Voices From Africa

— The New York Times

Thinking Through Material Flows

— The Architects Newspaper

Dutchess County youth center to cost about $70M to build

— Poughkeepsie Journal

Norrsken Kigali House / MASS Design Group

— ArchDaily

Building a Better World

— Harvard Magazine

Norrsken Kigali House

— Archinect

Norrsken Kigali House

— Architect 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

MASS Design Group adapts a former school in Rwanda into an entrepreneurial hub for a Swedish nonprofit

— The Architects Newspaper

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

— Madame Architect

Kigali is building its way to becoming ‘the Silicon Valley of Africa’

— CNN