Katie Swenson

Author. Architect. Affordable Housing Zealot.

𝘐𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘢 (2020)
𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 (2020)

@MASSDesignLab
@EnterpriseNow
@HarvardGSD

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

So honored to receive the 2021 AIA Award for Excellence in Public Architecture! Thank you @ArchitectMag for the recognition!
@AIANational @MASSDesignLab
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[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

@AishaDBdesigner @mwmoedinger Come back @AishaDBdesigner !

[Ball State CAP @BallStateCAP]

Katie Swenson, a senior principal of MASS Design Group and author of two books, will speak on the Ball State campus in the Architecture Building Room 100 at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3. Guests are welcome to join us at 4 p.m. for a reception in her honor in the CAP Atrium.
#muncie

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

#l@

[Architectural Record @ArchRecord]

.@MASSDesignLab's @kwswenson talks to RECORD about the @RICA_Rwanda and how MASS is redefining how architecture firms are organized.
https://t.co/BtTYiVbcAc Photo © MASS Design Group

[Randy Deutsch @randydeutsch]

The MASS Design Group model of community-focused #architecture featured tonight on @60Minutes https://t.co/kGfwtp3Dno& https://t.co/ExCVxQCJHz #architects #60Mins @CBSNews

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

So grateful to Lesley Stahl and 60 Minutes team for sharing the story of @MASSDesignLab

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Tonight, Lesley Stahl meets a team of Harvard-trained architects who say they learned the most important lessons of architecture during time they spent working in Rwanda. https://t.co/l8rgJCOFh1

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

Thank you Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) for your review of Design with Love! Highly recommend Michael's book—Things that Make White People Uncomfortable—a book for our turbulent times, a memoir, and an engaging, hilarious, and illuminating manifesto... https://t.co/tdZCraCdfd

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

So honored to be interviewed by Architect Magazine. Feeling especially grateful to be able to work with my incredible @MASSDesignLab team in the public architecture space every day. Thank you @architectmag for the recognition! https://t.co/3NiMxijC8A

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

Thank you @architectmag for highlighting our dedication to ‘lighthouse projects’ at @MASSDesignLab!
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[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

"What do you think makes a home a home?” A year working from home, with his wife and new baby, has evolved Anibal's view: “Home ends up being the activities – it’s not just a beautiful house, it’s what you do with it.” As gender roles are evolving... https://t.co/SXlASMCGJZ

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

Architect Noella Nibakuze and engineer Shakira Nyiratuza are leading a revolution - a revolution of the quality of design and construction in Rwanda for sure, but also of women leading the way...
https://t.co/edXwHvpVX6

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

Martine Dushime, a quantity surveyor for https://t.co/37Fy35pyls, unites underrepresented women in architecture and construction with increasingly refined and elegant leadership and skill... https://t.co/DTtQk8KBbZ

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

Today we had an eight-course meal at Afro-fusion restaurant, school, and culinary lab @mezamalonga... It was such a treat to experience @DieuveilMalonga's incredible hospitality and artistry - and was so fun to do so with this amazing group! https://t.co/SmS8KeonMb

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

When Nyarugenge District Hospital opened on January 5th, no one expected that only 3 days later, they would have to be prepared to become Rwanda's main COVID treatment center. Luckily, the hospital was designed and built with infectious disease in mind...
https://t.co/zHKStpZbGo

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

We visited the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund... Joe Christa joined MASS Build as a Landscape Architect. She oversees the on-site procurement, planting and nurturing 200,000+ plants representing 200+ native species... https://t.co/RO1h3s0ObP

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

We hit the road today at 5:30am, catching the sunset en route to the new 300-bed district hospital in SW Rwanda, a project MASS began in 2012. Divine lived near the site for TWO YEARS, managing the day-to-day construction... https://t.co/KaXLQWY0aw

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

It’s a perfectly clear night in Kigali, and the sites, sounds, and smells feel familiar in the most wonderful way. Alan Ricks and I are here in Rwanda for 10 days, visiting the ever-growing MASS team, and MASS design and construction sites...
https://t.co/T7HsozcTWC

[The Obama Foundation @ObamaFoundation]

"I’m excited about the impact that the Obama Presidential Center can have on the South Side of Chicago. I think about how can we, as small business owners, be a part of this?” —Eric Williams

Get a glimpse into @BarackObama’s recent conversation with the @TheSilverRoom's owner.

[Bryan Lee Jr @BCLeeJr]

My gawd Justin! Just dominating the scene. Kudos my brotha!

[Katie Swenson @kwswenson]

Design with Love: At Home in America showcases the architects and designers who passionately believe in the power of design - and the power of the places we live in... https://t.co/0Gtq40X1UY