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Wood Helps a Domestic Violence Shelter Become a Beacon for Safety

— Think Wood

We Don’t Need Another Hero

— PRINT Magazine

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

The First Pan-African Biennale Establishes a Platform for a Decolonized, African-Led Architectural Future

— Archdaily

In Charlottesville, Hood Design Studio, MASS Design Group, and PUSH Studio propose what should rise from the melted bronze of a Robert E. Lee statue

— The Architect's Newspaper

Ken Burns, Francisco Noya and Amanda Shea, and Alan Ricks on "Seeking Abundance"

— GBH: The Culture Show Podcast

Jefferson School announces Swords into Plowshares finalists

— VPM News

Designs unveiled for pieces of Robert E Lee Statue

— 29News

“The Architecture of Decarceration”

— Carceral Architecture, Princeton University Press

The Best of the New New York Architecture

— Curbed

Garrett’s Space: Alumni break ground with a peer-focused perspective on mental health

— Michigan Today

Campus Ellen DeGeneres: diseño para proteger al gorila en Ruanda

— Capitel

Texas quietly funds memorials for 3 more mass murders — a tour nobody wants to take

— Houston Chronicle

Memorable Cultural Moments of 2025

— Boston Art Review

Zoning Board approves Roxbury birth center plan

— Bay State Banner

AN looks back on the biggest housing stories of 2025

— 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

The Architecture of Decarceration

— Carceral Architecture: From Within and Beyond the Prison Walls

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

Good Trouble Podcast: Belonging by Design | Jha D Amazi of MASS Design Group

— NBC10 Boston

Centuries-old church on the Freedom Trail unveils memorial to people enslaved by past ministers, parishioners

— Boston.com

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

Boston’s King’s Chapel Unveils Huge Statue of Black Woman to Honor Enslaved People Once Held by Congregation Members

— Shine My Crown

King’s Chapel monument reveals, honors enslaved individuals connected to church’s past

— Bay State Banner

King’s Chapel In Boston Unveils First Statue To Recognize City’s Place In Slavery

— Black Enterprise

Boston church honors enslaved people held by members of the congregation

— NPR

King's Chapel Unveils Statue Honoring Enslaved People From Its History

— WBZ News

MASS Design Group completes Snow Country Prison Japanese American Internment Memorial in North Dakota

— The Architect's Newspaper

September 15, 2025 - Recapping the Emmy Awards, Unbound at King's Chapel, and Jane Eaglen

— GBH: The Culture Show Podcast

To acknowledge past wrongs, a new sculpture at historic King’s Chapel

— The Boston Globe

New Freedom Trail statue memorializes all the people enslaved by ministers and parishoners at King's Chapel

— Universal Hub

King’s Chapel unveiling first-of-its-kind statue to honor people enslaved by its forebears

— WGBH

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

Scenic Hudson opens new 'Northside Hub' in Poughkeepsie

— WAMC

The Conservation Fund saves the Historic Edistone Hotel in Downtown Selma

— Bama Buzz

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

— The Architect's Newspaper

Christian Benimana: Designing Purpose, Not Just Skylines

— The Century of Cities

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

— Black Belt News Network

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

— Poughkeepsie Journal

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

— Poughkeepsie Journal

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

— Spectrum News

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

— Chronogram

"Snow Country Prison” Memorial Dedicated at UTTC to Honor Japanese American Incarceration at Fort Lincoln

— Native News Online

Memorial honors Japanese Americans incarcerated in ND

— AsAm News

New memorial at UTTC honors those incarcerated during WWII

— KFYR TV

‘Act of dissidence’: Memorial dedicated to honor Japanese Americans incarcerated in ND

— North Dakota Monitor

It happened here.' Japanese detained in ND during World War II to receive memorial

— Inforum

New monument honors Japanese Americans incarcerated in North Dakota during World War II

— North Dakota Monitor

New monument honors Japanese Americans incarcerated in North Dakota during World War II

— States Newsroom

Tomás Rivera, Executive Director of Chainbreaker Collective, and Joseph Kunkel, Principle at MASS Design Group, discuss recently launched Midtown District-Hopewell Mann Neighborhood Stabilization Plan.

— KSFR Santa Fe

Development without displacement': City partners with nonprofits to protect Hopewell Mann from midtown project gentrification

— Santa Fe New Mexican

City study reveals housing crisis for Albuquerque’s Native American residents

— Newsbreak

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