Issues

Mas issue character my dad is better than yours 01

My Dad is Better Than Yours: Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Interviews with Three Shortlisted Contestants at the 9th Annual Architecture Awards

Text by Gem Barton
Mas issue public european prize for public space 01

European Prize for Urban Public Space

The European Award for Urban Public Space selected this year projects by KARO* with Architectur + Netzwerk and SNØHETTA
Mas issue conflict water shore habitat 01

Water Shore Habitat

Project by David Garcia Studio awarded First Prize in the International Unesco Delta City of the Future competition
Mas issue vigilantism what kind of vigilante are you thumbnail

What Kind of Vigilante Are You?

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue bilbao a bastion of design 01

A Bastion of Design

Project by Cini Boeri Architetti
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

Bilbao’s Strategic Evolution: The Metamorphosis of the Industrial City

Essay by Ibon Areso
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
Mas issue bilbao building the symbol of a remarkable transformation 01

Building the Symbol of a Remarkable Transformation

Iker Gil interviews John Zils
Mas issue events in good we trust 01

In Good We Trust

John Hickenlooper and Bruce Mau present the Denver Biennial of the Americas
Mas issue amusement delivering an emotion 01

Delivering an Emotion

Designer Andrew Clark interviews Jenova Chen, co-founder and creative director of thatgamecompany
Mas issue information intuitive design 01

Intuitive Design

Andrew Clark and Iker Gil interview Naoto Fukasawa on the occasion of his lecture and exhibition in Chicago hosted by Luminaire
Mas issue public white house cover

White House 2.0

Text and project by Arielle Assouline-Lichten & Wayne Congar of the think-tank lab/RAD
Mas issue conflict under the bridge 01

Under the Bridge

Film and essay by Nora Niasari
Mas issue trace tracing wright 01

Tracing Wright

A conversation between Richard Wright, Zoë Ryan, and Iker Gil
Mas issue repetition harlem time tracker 01

Harlem Time Tracker

Text and photographs by Camilo José Vergara
Mas issue university works virginia tech studio 01

Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design

Introduction by Kathryn Clarke Albright

Events

Mas issue public is there a future for the recent past in new orleans 08

Charles Colbert at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 natalie de blois 01

Natalie de Blois at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 01

Harry Seidler: Modernist

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 chris cornelius 01

Chris Cornelius: Indigenously

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 unfinished spaces 01

Unfinished Spaces

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2022 conor o shea 02

Conor O’Shea: Designing Urban Biodiversity

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 spaces with stories 02

Design With Company: Spaces With Stories

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 08

Engineering Ecosystems: The Mississippi River Watershed and its Infrastructure

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 contemporary spanish architecture practices hanghar 02

Contemporary Spanish Architecture Practices: BEAR and HANGHAR

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 13

Watershed Architecture

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 mauricio rocha 01

Mauricio Rocha: A Lot With Little

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 marta maccaglia a lot with little 04

Marta Maccaglia: A Lot With Little

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 bruce goff at the art institute of chicago 01

Bruce Goff at the Art Institute of Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 tracing rick valicenti 04

Tracing Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 felix candela from mexico city to chicago 01

Félix Candela from Mexico City to Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas events 2024 beyond closure anthony overton 01

Beyond Closure | Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2025 presenting edith farnsworth 01

Presenting Edith Farnsworth

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025
Mas event 2025 beyond closure minneapolis 02

Beyond Closure | Minneapolis

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025
Mas event 2025 exploring the architecture and design open archive 01

Exploring the Architecture and Design Open Archive

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025
Mas event 2025 small adaptations 01

salazarsequeromedina: Small Adaptations

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025
Mas event 2025 fernand pouillon 01

Fernand Pouillon: France’s Most Wanted Architect

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025
Mas event 2025 thirtysix views views of inverted portal event los angeles 01

James Florio: Thirtysix Views of Inverted Portal | Los Angeles

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025

Observations

Mas observations 2021 nancy abshire lifetime award 01

2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award: Nancy A. Abshire

Presentation by architect Nancy Abshire
Mas observations 2022 john moutoussamy at 100 01

John Moutoussamy at 100

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2021 only girl architect only 01

Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
Mas observations 2021 an industrial legacy worth saving 01

An Industrial Legacy Worth Saving

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2021 a dialogue of difference 01

A Dialog of Difference: Reflections on Bruce Goff’s Ford House

Texts by Petra Bachmaier, Leo Berk, Assaf Evron, Grant Gibson, Sidney K. Robinson, David Skidmore, and Mary Woolever
Mas observations 2020 contributions of the basque exile to mexican architecture 01

Contributions of the Basque Exile to Mexican Architecture

Essay by Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes
Mas observations writing in stone veneer 01

Writing in Stone Veneer: New Orleans Public Schools’ Past and Future

Essay and photographs by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2020 on the precious work of brinda somaya 01

On the Precious Work of Brinda Somaya

Text and projects by Brinda Somaya
Mas observations 2019 jose miguel de prada poole 01

José Miguel de Prada Poole and the Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles

Essay by Antonio Cobo
Mas observations 2019 groundscraper city 01

Groundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983

Essay by Andy Sturdevant
Mas observations 2019 en medio super servicio lomas 01

En-Medio: Súper Servicio Lomas

Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
Mas observations 2019 a career in five projects 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater
Mas observations 2019 la ricarda a work in progress 01

La Ricarda: A Work in Progress

Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi Roig
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 threatened altered and demolished abrams house 01

Threatened, Altered, and Demolished: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates’ Built Work at Risk

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 som computer group 06

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing

Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
Mas observations 2023 baxter international and corporate campus architecture baxter 01

Baxter International and Corporate Campus Architecture: Chicagoland’s Technological Architecture Under Threat

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
Mas observations 2023 gertrude lempp kerbis 01

Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: A Career of Determination, Problem Solving, and Proactivity

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 01

JNL Graphic Design: Celebrating a Studio that Sculpted the Visual and Cultural Landscape of Chicago and Beyond

Celebrating the work of JNL Graphic Design
Mas observations 2024 unnamed spaces sebrae 01

Unnamed Spaces

Marta Bogéa, Mônica Junqueira de Camargo, and Pedro Kok in conversation with Alvaro Puntoni and João Sodré of GRUPOSP
Mas observations 2024 theres a place called kokomo opalescent glass 01

There’s A Place Called Kokomo (Opalescent Glass)

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 mid continent modern baker studio cover

Mid-Continent Modern

Introduction by Jeffery S. Poss with text and photographs by Phillip Kalantzis-Cope
Mas observations 2024 restoring the sears roebuck companys sunken garden 01

Restoring the Sears, Roebuck & Company’s Sunken Garden

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 a career in five projects carol ross barney glendale heights post office 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carol Ross Barney

Iker Gil interviews Carol Ross Barney
Mas observations 2024 a corten steel landmark hiding in plain sight 01b

A Cor-Ten Steel Landmark Hiding in Plain Sight

A Conversation with Jack Bowman
Mas observations 2024 chicago women in architecture at 50 01

Chicago Women in Architecture at 50: Seven Milestone Exhibitions that Illustrate a Rich History of Advocacy and Support

Text by Susan King
Mas observations 2025 architecture across the americas centro de investigacion mar de cortes 01

Architecture Across the Americas: A Look at the Five Finalists of the 2025 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize

A look at five finalist projects selected for the 2025 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
Mas observations 2025 chasing the sun the coastal high rises of benidorm 01

Chasing the Sun: The Coastal High-Rises of Benidorm

Photo essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2025 we the blvd 01

We the Blvd: A Call to Activation Along the Chicago Boulevard System

Essay by Rogelio Cadena
Mas observations 2025 emili donato plans are made 01

Emili Donato: Plans Are Made

Exhibition about Emili Donato co-curated by Jordi Roig and Miguel Jiménez
Mas observations 2025 twenty five years after francisco javier saenz de oiza 01

Twenty-Five Years After Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza

Photo essay by Luis Asín
Mas observations 2025 learning from the damen silos demolition 01

Learning from the Damen Silos Demolition

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 evans wollen 01

Evans Woollen: Tracing the Forgotten History of the “Dean of Indiana Architects”

Essay by writer Phillip Cox and photographer Niall Cronin
Mas observations 2025 what happened to gerris palm tavern 01

What Happened to Gerri’s Palm Tavern?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 a career in five projects jaume bach raventos i blanc 01

A Career in Five Projects: Jaume Bach

Jaume Bach selects five projects from his career
Mas observations 2026 modern architecture of madrid 01

Modern Architecture of Madrid

Photo essay by Ana Amado with text by Javier Revillo
Mas observations 2026 vanishing black bars and lounges 01

Vanishing Black Bars & Lounges: An Interview With L. Kasimu Harris

David Schalliol interviews L. Kasimu Harris
Mas observations 2026 luis peña ganchegui at 100 plaza del tenis 01

Luis Peña Ganchegui at 100

Text and projects from the Peña Ganchegui Archive
Mas observations 2026 the chicago stock exchange trading room and the economies of ornament 01

The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room and the Economies of Ornament

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2026 the wesley house 01

The Wesley House: A Home, A Landmark, A Legacy

Text by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2026 antifascist architects kiyoshi kuromiya 01

Antifascist Architects: Kiyoshi Kuromiya

Text by Andrew Santa Lucia and Daniel Roche

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