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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

2026 GSD Alumni Council Award

— Harvard University Graduate School Of Design

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

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

Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS) Publishes Seeking Abundance: Design, Ecology and a Flourishing Planet

— Press Release

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

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

Innovation in Design Awards Receives Huge Response

— Zawya

Finding Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Building Materials

— Technology Network

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

Field Trips: A new approach to agritourism has architects working to more than just frame a scenic landscape

— 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

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

AIA Santa Fe: The 2024 Architectural Service Award

— AIA Santa Fe

Design is Human Awards

— Atlanta Design Festival

100 Best Architecture and Design Firms in the United States, Finalist

— Architizer

Arch30 Emerging Leaders

— Metropolis Magazine

PRX: Monumental

— PRX

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

Monocle Design Awards

— Monocle

Norrsken Kigali House / MASS Design Group

— ArchDaily

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

Kigali's Inspiring Skyline

— CNN: Inside Africa

Seeding A Wilder Future

— Landscape Architecture Magazine

Editorial: Building Resiliency

— Canadian Architect

Can Architecture Build Values, Too?

— The New York Times

Moving Windmills

— CNN: Inside Africa

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

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

— The Boston Globe

MASS Announces Promotions in 2022

— Press Release

MASS Design Group Wins 2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— Architect Magazine

2022 AIA Architecture Firm Award

— American Institute of Architects

2021's Most Innovative Architecture Companies

— Fast Company