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Mass Design Group

  • The Gun Violence Memorial Project
    This memorial honours the lives of victims of gun violence
    Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Activism
    An average of 700 lives are lost each week due to gun violence in the United States. >
    22 Oct 19
  • tshepo mokholo
    #GlobalGrad Tshepo Mokholo on innovating traditional architectural practises
    Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Product Design
    The Soweto-born architect, who is also a former Emerging Creative, tells us how a chance meeting landed him in Kigali. >
    4 Mar 19
  • Ensamble Studios
    The role of architecture according to Thomas Heatherwick, Christian Benimana and more
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Five Design Indaba Conference alumni on how the role of architecture is evolving in society. >
    19 Feb 19
  • Tshepo Mokholo
    A South African architect and designer who believes in a human-first approach to design. >
    12 Feb 19
  • Memorial to Peace and Justice
    On the first national memorial to victims of lynching in the US
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography
    Designed by MASS Design Group, who have offices in Boston and in Kigali, the memorial relies on sculpture, art, and design to contextualise racial terror. >
    26 Sep 18
  • Downtown Monrovia in 2009 by Erik (HASH) Hershman
    This architect is helping to rebuild health facilities in disaster-hit areas
    Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking
    Partners In Health offer high-tech facilities where there would otherwise be very little care options in places like Haiti and Liberia. >
    6 Apr 18
  • Josh Greene
    American architect Josh Greene on why he chose to work in Rwanda
    Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors
    "It’s not just simply design, it’s a whole process that has really been enlightening for me.” >
    22 Jan 18
  • Yemi-kacoutie by Earl Abrahams
    Yemi Kacoutie on immersing herself in the world of building design
    Design Frontiers > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design
    "Architects don’t just design buildings, they also influence the impact these buildings have on the humans who occupy them." >
    20 Dec 17
  • Christian Benimana at Design Indaba Conference 2016
    Christian Benimana on architecture that serves the community
    Talks > African Design / Architecture & Interiors
    In his talk, Benimana asks a series of questions about the capabilities of the built environment: can a building heal, can a neonatal ward celebrate childhood? >
    19 Apr 17
  • MASS Design Studio render
    Christian Benimana: Architects don’t have to be local to think local
    Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors
    Rwandan architect Christian Benimana believes that the built environment should catalyse positive systemic change. >
    24 May 16
  • "What makes me happy is that people in this neighbourhood tell me I have done something beautiful here. I will build my house with this stone." Master Mason Hakiza Emmanuel worked on the volcanic stone facades of the Butaro Hospital, Rwanda
    African Design Centre fellowship programme to open in September
    Design News > African Design / Architecture & Interiors
    Based in Kigali, the African Design Centre has launched a 2-yr fellowship programme to train the creative leaders who will design a more sustainable Africa. >
    21 Apr 16
  • Working in the Rwandan office of MASS Design Group, JP Uzabakiriho explains how the MASS philosophy is to encourage people to think differently about buildings
    Jean Paul Uzabakiriho: Inspiring a new generation of Rwandan architects
    Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors
    Working in the Rwandan office of MASS Design Group, JP Uzabakiriho explains how the MASS philosophy is to encourage people to think differently about buildings. >
    14 Apr 16
  • MASS Architects: Africa's architects must understand their continent
    Video Interviews > Architecture & Interiors
    Jean Paul Sebuhayi and Amelie Ntigulirwa from MASS explain how their architecture is a response to the needs of communities. >
    29 Feb 16 / Brand Collaboration
  • Christian Benimana: Architecture with a mission
    Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors
    According to Benimana, before starting any project a designer must decide what his mission is and an architect must learn to think beyond the building. >
    11 Feb 16 / Brand Collaboration
  • MASS Design Group announced their plans to build three African Design Centres in the next 10 years that will train the first generation of human-centred African designers
    Imagining a future generation of human-centred, African designers
    African Report > African Design / Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking
    MASS Design Group just announced the creation of three African Design Centres to train and educate the first generation of African designers. >
    1 Oct 15
  • Ilima Primary School in DRC, designed by MASS.
    Michael Murphy: Training African architects is one of the most important needs of our time
    Video Interviews > African Design / Architecture & Interiors
    Architecture can help bring about wholesale change in Africa, one building at a time, says the founder of MASS Design Group, Michael Murphy. >
    17 Jun 15
  • Blog: TedX Stellenbosch 2011
    Design News > Information Design / Design Thinking / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design
    The city was the canvas for design interventions at the 2011 Stellenbosch TedX event. >
    30 Jul 11
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