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Seeding A Wilder Future

— Landscape Architecture Magazine

Editorial: Building Resiliency

— Canadian Architect

Can Architecture Build Values, Too?

— The New York Times

Hank Willis Thomas Sees His Art as a Call to “Loving Action”

— Wall Street Journal Magazine

One of the Most Significant Memorials on the Planet

— Architect Magazine

Moving Windmills

— CNN: Inside Africa

‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings

— The Boston Globe

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Announces MCHAP Outstanding Projects

— ArchDaily

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award: MASS Design Group

— Architect Magazine

Technical: Mass Timber Through a Life Cycle Lens

— Canadian Architect

Climate Change and the Crisis of Inequity

— Architectural Record

We need a national memorial to gun violence. Now.

— The Washington Post

Officials break ground on monument honoring Martin Luther King

— The Boston Globe

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

— The Boston Globe

MASS Announces Promotions in 2022

— Press Release

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

— The Boston Globe

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Press Release

MASS Design Group Wins 2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Architect Magazine

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

— Architectural Record

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— American Institute of Architects

What would a Covid memorial look like? Designers share ideas for 'unprecedented' tribute

— NBC News

RIBA Names 16 Winners of Its 2021 International Awards for Excellence

— Architectural Record

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

National Building Museum Announces Two Important and Timely New Exhibitions on April 9

— Press Release

We were here: Why a memorial for Covid-19 victims can help us process our grief, and our anger, too

— Vox

2021's Most Innovative Architecture Companies

— Fast Company

The 10 most innovative architecture companies of 2021

— Fast Company

Architizer A+ Firm Awards: Humanitarian Architecture

— Architizer

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

— The New York Times

Justice is Beauty

— Home & Design Magazine

Under new leader, King Boston embraces a bolder vision

— The Boston Globe

Travel guide with 2021 twist: Writers laud American places

— The Washington Post

A New Book Explorers the Architectural Power of Memorials

— Architectural Digest

Memorial rules are not set in stone

— Financial Times

2021 AD100

— The Architectural Digest

As Confederate statues fall and protests arise, civil rights museums are key to explaining why

— USA Today

MASS Design Group – Architecture Innovator of the Year

— e-architect

MASS Design Group Named WSJ Magazine’s Architecture Innovator of the Year

— Archinect

MASS Design Group Is Reimagining the Spaces of Everyday Life

— The Wall Street Journal

WSJ. Magazine Celebrates a Decade of Innovation

— Associated Press

The WSJ Magazine 2020 Innovator Awards

— WSJ Magazine

WSJ Magazine Sets Virtual Innovator Awards With BTS, Jennifer Lopez, Michaela Coel, Phoebe Waller-Bridge

— Hollywood Reporter

King Boston seeks corporate donors to make memorial and economic justice center a reality

— The Boston Globe

BTS and Jennifer Lopez: How to Watch WSJ. Magazine’s 2020 Innovator Awards

— WSJ Magazine

MASS Design Group Head On Achieving Justice And Beauty In Our Cities

— 90.9 WBUR

Domus 1050 is on newsstands: “Will technology save us?”

— Domus

Building Industry Gets Serious About Its Embodied Carbon Problem

— Greentech Media

6 essential memorials that tell America’s story

— National Geographic

MASS: Meet The Men, Women Who Have Changed The Face Of Architecture In Rwanda And Beyond

— KT Press

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

— Artillery Magazine

Historic Standard Gage buildings in city to be renovated by Scenic Hudson

— The Poughkeepsie Journal

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

— The Boston Globe

Social Impact: Architecture Building Space for Empathy

— ArchDaily

To reopen, restaurants will need to completely reinvent themselves

— The Boston Globe

Book Review: Justice is Beauty

— A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MASS MD Christian Benimana on key role infrastructure plays in Rwanda’s growth

— CNBC Africa

MASS Design Group: “L’architettura deve essere il luogo della ricostruzione della comunità stessa”

— Domus Web

The decade in architecture: The good, the bad, and the capitalism

— Curbed