Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy co-founded MASS Design Group in 2007 after an invitation from Dr. Paul Farmer to design the Butaro District Hospital in Rwanda. Under his leadership, MASS grew to an organization with hundreds of employees, designing impactful projects globally, including the Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Embrace Memorial. During his tenure, MASS received numerous accolades like the AIA Firm of the Year Award in 2022 and Wall Street Journal Magazine’s Innovator of the Year for 2021. Michael has been honored by the Royal Institute of British Architects and has held numerous fellowships. He authored “Architecture of Health” and currently holds the Thomas Ventulett Chair of Architecture at Georgia Tech. He holds an M.Arch from Harvard and a BA in English from the University of Chicago.