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Davos Baukultur Alliance Holds Inaugural Event at 18th Venice Architecture Biennale

May 24, 2023

RECORD Editor in Chief Josephine Minutillo was on hand at the multinational initiative's kickoff gathering to lead a panel discussion on how to create a building culture that will achieve quality, affordability, and sustainability goals.

MASS Design Group and Hank Thomas Willis's 'The Embrace' Unveiled at the Boston Common

MASS Design Group and Hank Willis Thomas Unveil Boston Memorial to MLK and Coretta Scott King

Ilana Herzig

January 18, 2023

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The Embrace, a large-scale bronze sculpture conceived by the nonprofit architecture collective and the Brooklyn-based artist, is met with mixed reviews.

Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture.

MASS Design Group Establishes a Model for Regenerative Construction in Rwanda

The development is expected to be the world's first carbon-positive university

Katharine Logan

August 1, 2022

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The firm's Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture breaks new ground.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: MASS Design Group's Katie Swenson

April 27, 2022

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MASS Design Group's Katie Swenson talks to RECORD about the Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture and how MASS is redefining how architecture firms are organized.

MASS Design Group's Michael Murphy Remembers Dr. Paul Farmer

The MASS Design Group founding principal on how Farmer shaped his life and work

Michael Murphy

February 25, 2022

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The founding principal of MASS Design Group reflects on how Farmer, the firm's first client, shaped his life and work.

Tribute: Dr. Paul Farmer (1959-2022), MASS Design Group’s First Client

As a founder of Partners In Health, Farmer transformed public health facilities in impoverished communities

Cathleen McGuigan

February 24, 2022

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MASS Design Group worked with Dr. Farmer, a global public heath advocate and a founder of Partners In Health, in his fight for quality healthcare as a basic human right.

“Design and Healing" Exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Offers Creative Responses to Epidemics

Gideon Fink Shapiro

January 7, 2022

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Co-curated by Boston-based MASS Design Group, the exhibition highlights design interventions fueled by an indomitable spirit of care.

Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa Win 2022 AIA Gold Medal

The organization recognizes MASS Design Group with its annual Architecture Firm Award

Fred A. Bernstein

December 9, 2021

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The American Institute of Architects awarded the Los Angeles firm Brooks + Scarpa with its 2022 Gold Medal and Boston-based MASS Design Group its Architecture Firm Award.

African Leadership University by MASS Design Group

Kigali, Rwanda

Alex Klimoski

May 4, 2021

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In Rwanda, MASS Design Group tailors an ambitious building to train tomorrow’s leaders.

Four Health-Care Projects by MASS Design Group in Africa

Beth Broome

July 6, 2020

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Upcoming projects in Liberia, Rwanda, and Nigeria offer widely applicable best practices.

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