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Get Lectured: Yale University, Fall '26

— Architect

Lake Sophia by Field Operations is the first new swimming facility at a New York State Park in nearly two decades

— The Architect's Newspaper

Architecture schools roll out fall 2026 lecture series

— The Architect's Newspaper

Lake Sophia at Sojourner Truth State Park

— Landezine

‘Race against time’ to rescue Alabama Civil Rights landmark

— The Art Newspaper

Boston architecture firm chosen to transform former Confederate monument into place of gathering

— Bay State Banner

Builders Look to Nature for Alternatives to Brick, Steel and Concrete

— Bloomberg

ROOTED in Charlottesville Public Art Project, Virginia

— e-architect

Announcing the 2026 GSD Alumni Council Award Winners

— Harvard University Graduate School Of Design

Five Outstanding Examples of Industrial Adaptive Reuse

— Urban Land

Bringing Hope to One’s Homeland

— Boston College Law Magazine

Kimball Art Center narrows architect for new arts center

— KPCW

Bronze from dismantled Robert E. Lee statue used in Charlottesville park pavilion by MASS and Dana King

— Archinect

Midwives break ground ceremonially for Boston’s first freestanding birth center in Roxbury

— The Boston Globe

Lake Sophia Swimming Area Opens at Sojourner Truth State Park in Kingston

— Chronogram

MASS wins competition to replace confederate statue in Charlottesville, Virginia

— The Architect's Newspaper

MASS chosen as winner of Swords into Plowshares project

— NPM News

Bronze from former Robert E. Lee statue to become new Charlottesville public art

— 29News

Boston firm tapped to turn Confederate statue into monument to racial diversity

— The Washington Post

Rebuilding America’s Memory

— Architect Magazine

Healthy Beginnings: MASS's Amie Shao on the Power of Birth Spaces and Conditions for Care — Madame Architect

— Madame Architect

Poughkeepsie Cistern

— Domus #1114

Norrsken Kigali House / Model of Architecture Serving Society

— ArchDaily Español

Facades+ returns to Boston on July 23

— Architect's Newspaper

How Hudson Valley Parks Are Becoming More Accessible to All

— Chronogram

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

Making Progress—and Facing Reality—in Maternal and Newborn Health

— Helmsley Charitable Trust

Embrace Boston acquires buildings for a ‘vibrant social and cultural hub’ in Downtown Crossing

— The Boston Globe

How artists want to use a melted Robert E. Lee statue to heal a wounded city

— The Washington Post

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

— ArchDaily

Maternal and newborn health investments’ most powerful asset is space

— Devex

Abandoned Poughkeepsie cistern becomes haunting concert hall for one day

— Times Union

Avanzando: Border thinking and the future of architecture at AIA26

— AIArchitect

Bio-Based Materials Collective advocates for a shift in materials specification

— The Architect's Newspaper

A 1920s Poughkeepsie cistern sees new life as art venue

— Planetizen

Outdoor rec grants awarded to Santa Fe Children's Museum, Reunity Resources

— Santa Fe New Mexican

Inside the Poughkeepsie Cistern: From Water Infrastructure to Underground Performance Space

— Chronogram

The Neighborhood Birth Center is Eager to Bear Fruit

— Ujima Boston

Amie Shao: Designing Birth Spaces That Change Outcomes

— Apple Podcasts: Play with Matches

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

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

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

— Press Release

“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