News + Awards

Commonwealth Association of Architects: Environmental Impact Award

— Commonwealth Association of Architects

WLA Professional Awards 2024, Cultural Landscape Award, Finalist

— World Landscape Architecture

CONSTRUMAT Sustainability Awards 2024, Shortlist

— CONSTRUMAT

CONSTRUMAT Awards 2024, Finalist

— CONSTRUMAT

How Architecture Can Learn from Native America

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Shaping Our Future: The Transformative Power of Public Memorials

— ARCHITECT Magazine

The Power of Provenance

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Learning From Poughkeepsie

— ARCHITECT Magazine

Story in the Public Square

— PBS

ASLA Professional Award: Analysis and Planning

— American Society of Landscape Architects

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

Landezine International Landscape Award

— Landezine

Thinking Through Material Flows

— The Architects Newspaper

BSLA Honor Award in Analysis and Planning

— Boston Society of Landscape Architects

BSLA Excellence Award in General Design

— Boston Society of Landscape Architects

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

MASS Design Group — the firm behind ‘The Embrace’ — has made a name for itself with these social justice-driven projects

— The Boston Globe

'Embrace' sculpture unveiled on Boston Common ahead of MLK Day

— WCVB Channel 5

‘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

Seeding A Wilder Future

— Landscape Architecture Magazine

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

Reimagining UT’s East Mall — New campus initiative to honor the Precursors

— UT News

MASS Establishes a Model for Regenerative Construction in Rwanda

— Architectural Record

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

Minneapolis College of Art & Design launches itself toward a 'campus of the future'

— Star Tribune

Ellen DeGeneres Gorilla Conservation Campus Now Open

— KT Press

Ellen DeGeneres' Gorilla Conservation Campus Is Officially Open in Rwanda: 'the Honor of a Lifetime'

— PEOPLE

New Green Spaces Don’t Have to Lead to Gentrification

— ArchDaily

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

— The Boston Globe

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

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Press Release

African Leadership University Opens Flagship Campus Designed by MASS Design Group

— Press Release

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

African Leadership University by MASS Design Group

— Architectural Record

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