Observations

Observations features individual articles focused on the intersection between the built environment and other disciplines. This section is also the home to particular series, such as featuring exhibitions across the world affected by COVID-19, and In Context (a re-contextualization of our archives by our readers).

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Essay

Unnamed Spaces

Marta Bogéa, Mônica Junqueira de Camargo, and Pedro Kok in conversation with Alvaro Puntoni and João Sodré of GRUPOSP

Mas observations 2024 drawing the ring of steel 01

Essay

Drawing the Ring of Steel: A Counter-Monument for Belfast

Essay and project by Kate Catterall

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Essay

Five Bay Landscapes: Saginaw Bay

Essay by Sean Burkholder and Karen Lutsky

Mas observations 2024 urban exploration as creative practice 01

Essay

Urban Exploration as Creative Practice

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

Mas observations 2024 urban archaeology lost buildings of st louis 01

Essay

Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

Mas context observations 2023 hanover and over again 01

Essay

Hanover and Over Again!

Essay by Jason Griffiths

Mas observations 2023 the passion tax is history 01

Essay

The “Passion Tax” is History

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

Mas observations 2023 lavadoiro ana amado 01

Photo Essay

Lavadoiro

Text and photos by Ana Amado

Mas observations 2023 outside the box 01a

Exhibition

Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside

Text by Michelangelo Sabatino with photographs by Will Quam

Mas observations 2023 the englewood nature trail 01

Essay

The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

Mas observations 2023 mundo mendo 01

Interview

Mundo Mendo Goes to Seoul: The World of Luis Mendo on Display

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo about his exhibition Mundo Mendo

Mas observations 2023 art at the james r thompson center 01

Essay

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

Mas observations 2023 beyond the landmarks 01

Photo Essay

Beyond the Landmarks: A Personal Look at Columbus, Indiana

Text and photographs by David Schalliol

Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Interview

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes

Mas context observations 2023 cesar sans house santa maria getxo 01

Essay

House of the Architect

Text by Iker Gil

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Exhibition

Seeking Zohn

Text by curators Mimi Zeiger and Tony Macarena (Lorena Canales and Alejandro Olávarri) as well as Alejandro Hernández Gálvez