Baumer Series: Michael Murphy

Michael Murphy is the Founding Principal and Executive Director of MASS Design Group, a collective of architecture and design advocates dedicated to the construction of dignity. As a designer, writer, and teacher, his work investigates the social and political consequences of the built world. MASS’s work has been published in numerous publications from the New York Times, Domus, the Washington Post, to Log. MASS was awarded the 2018 Arts and Letters Award, the 2020 Wall Street Journal’s Innovator of the year award and AIA's 2021 Collaborative Achievement Award. His 2016 TED talk has reached over 1.7 million views, and he was awarded the Al Filipov Medal for Peace and Justice in 2017. Michael has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, The University of Michigan, Columbia University, MIT, and Cornell. Michael is from Poughkeepsie, NY, and holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago.