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I am a Japanese Urban Explorer (haikyo) Living in Tokyo

Short essay by neji_maki_dori
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Getting Cute

Text and project by Joanna Grant
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Behind the Bilbao Effect: An Overnight Success in 20 Years

Essay by Koldo Lus Arana
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More Marina

Essay by Andrew Dribin
Mas issue events embt goes east 01

EMBT Goes East

Mateu Baylina and Xavi Ayala interview Benedetta Tagliabue
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Places, Not Spaces

Architect and painter Maya Brittain examines the transformation of the Veneto region in Italy during the last thirty years
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Case Study #1: Nakagin Capsule Tower

Project by Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates
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Lanai Networks

Landscape architect Marcel Wilson explains the history, challenges and opportunities that Lanai Island in Hawaii is facing
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Intertwinements

Essay by architect Ioanna Angelidou
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Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
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Original Copies: Inside China’s Imitation Binge

Text and photographs by Bianca Bosker
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Building Repetition Through History: Motivations And Implications

Essay by José García Soriano and Carmen López Albert
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Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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Discussing University Works

A conversation between Andrew Clark, Judith De Jong, Alexander Eisenschimdt, Iker Gil, Jimenez Lai, Paul Preissner, Juan Manuel Rois, and Karla Sierralta

Events

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Naomi Pollock: The Japanese House Since 1945 | Wrightwood 659

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
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Naomi Pollock: The Japanese House Since 1945 | Schweikher House

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
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Nakagin Capsule Tower: Japanese Metabolist Landmark on the Edge of Destruction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
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Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

1972/Accumulations

Exhibition
Mas event 2022 a capsule as a house 01

A Capsule as a House

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 leandro valencia locsin 01

The Complex and Multifaceted Work of Leandro Valencia Locsin

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
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The Aesthetic of Transience

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
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Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
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A Lot With Little

Exhibition
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Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2024

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
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GOFF

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Observations

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The Japanese House Inside and Out

Essay by Naomi Pollock
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This is not the Huarte House

Essay by Patxi Eguiluz and Carlos Copertone
Mas observations 2020 access for all 01

Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures

Text by Daniel Talesnik
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
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Spontaneous Uses

Text and drawings by SIAA with photography by Lauro Rocha
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In Context: Chris Berthelsen

Chris Berthelsen recontextualizes the MAS Context archives
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At Home with the Collective

Excerpts from a conversation between MAS Context and Alexander Eisenschmidt on a research project that he calls “At Home with the Collective” accompanied by a selection of work from a seminar and studio at UIC.
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1 + 1 > 2: Letter to Biljana, Notes to Frida

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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House of the Architect

Text by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2023 mundo mendo 01

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

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo about his exhibition Mundo Mendo
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A Cor-Ten Steel Landmark Hiding in Plain Sight

A Conversation with Jack Bowman
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The 1900 Galveston Storm: United States’ First Modern Natural Disaster

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 atlas des regions naturelles 01

Atlas des Régions Naturelles: Documenting and Categorizing the French Landscape

Text and photographs by Eric Tabuchi and Nelly Monnier
Mas observations 2024 exploring the specificities of place from panama to oxford 01

Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford

David Schalliol interviews Arturo Soto
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 ishinomaki laboratory a furniture company with a deep social mission 01

Ishinomaki Laboratory: A Furniture Company with a Deep Social Mission

David Schalliol interviews Keiji Ashizawa and Tomomi Hashimoto
Mas observations 2025 from design to destruction archiving the world trade center 01

From Design to Destruction: Archiving the World Trade Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 bruce goffs fabulous and bedazzled material worlds 01

Bruce Goff’s Fabulous (and Bedazzled) Material Worlds

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2026 a dark age for the renaissance center 01

A Dark Age for the Renaissance Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2026 reading masp as a work of urban design 01

Reading MASP as a Work of Urban Design

Essay by Judith K. De Jong
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Antifascist Architects: Kiyoshi Kuromiya

Text by Andrew Santa Lucia and Daniel Roche

Dialogues

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Dialogues: Sidney K. Robinson

Iker Gil interviews architect Sidney K. Robinson
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Dialogues: David Woodhouse

Iker Gil interviews architect David Woodhouse

News

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MAS Context collaborates with Luis Mendo
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MAS Context 2022 Fall Talks
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MAS Context 2024 Spring Talks
Mas news 2024 year in review

MAS Context 2024 Year in Review

Shop

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1972/Nakagin Capsule Tower

Shop – $1,200 each print

Contributors

Naomi Pollock

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Zack Ostrowski

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Cody Hudson

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Luis Mendo

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Barbara Kasten

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Ioanna Angelidou

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Akihisa Hirata

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Masahiro Harada

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David Robert

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Grace Lee

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Joey Meuross

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Mariya Suzuki

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neji_maki_dori

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Christoph Rupprecht

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Ken Tadashi Oshima

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Umi

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Keiji Ashizawa

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