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MASS Design Group
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I Went to the Venice Biennale and Saw the Future
Curated by Lesley Lokko, Venice’s Biennale Architettura 2023 challenges dominant narratives of architectural production, shifting focus toward decolonization and decarbonization.
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Profiles
MASS Design Principal Katie Swenson on the Scarab
The architect and author explains the personal significance the scarab beetle bears for her and her family.
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Can Architecture and Design Facilitate Healing?
Through a new book and exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, MASS Design Group explores the history of hospital architecture and the design of healing.
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Boasting New Exhibitions and a Renovation, the National Building Museum Reopens Today
New displays include a showcase of MASS Design Group's socially-oriented work and the Gun Violence Memorial Project.
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Commentary: What “Back to School” Should Mean in America
MASS Design Group's founding principal and chief design officer Alan Ricks, says that before the pandemic, the sad state of public school buildings made them unhealthy and unjust. Let's use this moment to invest in fixin
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At the Chicago Architecture Biennial, MASS Design Group Proposes a Memorial to Victims of Gun Violence
On Saturday, senior associate Jha D. Williams talked through the project's themes at the Chicago Architecture Center.
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Projects
National Memorial for Peace and Justice Opens in Montgomery, Alabama
The memorial features a large structure—designed with the assistance of MASS Design Group—dedicated to victims of lynchings in the American South.
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Events
Cooper Hewitt Honors National Design Award Winners at Gala
Deborah Berke, MASS Design Group, and Metropolis’s own Susan Szenasy took home awards at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards Ceremony.
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The Unmet Promise of “Never Forget”: Michael Murphy on Memorials in the 21st Century
In the wake of recent waves of intolerance and anti-semitism around the world, MASS Design Group's Michael Murphy meditates on the ways memorials of the past have failed us—and how we can move forward.
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MASS Design Group Brings Social Design to Boston
The nonprofit architecture firm directs its focus stateside with a new installation at the 2015 Design Biennial Boston.
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Autodesk Donates Software to U.S. Nonprofits
Tech giant extends helping hand to those who really need it
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How MASS Design Group Applies Developing-World Lessons to U.S. Hospitals
MASS Design Group takes the health-care lessons learned in the developing world to regulation-bound U.S. hospitals.
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Projects
What I Learned While Building a House in Rwanda
Working with MASS Design Group in Rwanda Michelle Benoit learns about more than just architecture.