News + Awards

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

Norrsken Kigali House / Model of Architecture Serving Society

— ArchDaily Español

Facades+ returns to Boston on July 23

— Architect's Newspaper

Landback, boarding school healing, a tribal micro grid and more

— ICT Newscast

Caddo Nation prepares for opening of new childcare center

— ICT News

20 Summer Book Recommendations from the Architecture World

— Archinect

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

— ArchDaily

Alan Ricks & Sierra Bainbridge

— Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED Podcast

MASS is renovating an education cluster by Ricardo Legorreta for a Santa Fe arts nonprofit

— The Architect's Newspaper

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

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Architectural Record Awards

— Architectural Record

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

Rwanda’s Institute for Conservation Agriculture wins Harvard’s top design prize

— Nile Post

MASS Wins Green Prize for Rwanda Ag Campus

— ARCHITECT Magazine

MASS Awarded Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design

— Harvard Graduate School of Design

Is “the vernacular” having a moment in Venice?

— Architect's Newspaper

AIA reveals winners of 2025 Architecture Awards

— Dezeen

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

— The Architectural League of New York

Bioregional design: What is it and what will it mean for climate and planet?

— World Economic Forum

Innovation in Design Awards Receives Huge Response

— Zawya

Harvard Graduate School of Design Community Makes a Strong Showing at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

— Harvard Graduate School of Design

Winning a Dezeen Award Adds Credibility

— Dezeen

Rwandan architect redesigns urban development in Africa

— Deutsche Welle

Two Striking New Libraries, Inviting in Different Ways

— Curbed

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

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

MASS Design Group, Marble Fairbanks Architects Unveil Brooklyn Public Library’s New Lots Branch

— AIA New York

Building a sustainable campus for the world’s first climate-positive university

— Autodesk

Modern Building Honoring African Burial Ground to Transform New Lots Library

— Brownstoner

MASS Design Group and Marble Fairbanks Architects to redesign library in Brooklyn on site of African American burial ground

— The Architect's Newspaper

Plans for restorative New Lots Library are unveiled in Brooklyn

— Archinect

New Lots Library redesign will recognize site’s legacy as an African Burial Ground

— 6sqft.

New Lots Library Redesign Honors African Burial Ground, Community Legacy

— Brooklyn Reader

MASS Design Group and Marble Fairbanks Architects Design a Library That Honors African Burial Ground

— Architect Magazine

The world’s first climate-positive university

— Construction Management

Imagining Abundant Futures

— ARCHITECT Magazine

PRX: Monumental

— PRX

How Architecture Can Learn from Native America

— ARCHITECT Magazine

The Power of Provenance

— ARCHITECT Magazine

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

Norrsken Kigali House / MASS Design Group

— ArchDaily

Five key projects by Dezeen Awards judge and MASS Design Group's Kelly Alvarez Doran

— Dezeen