Issues

Mas issue communication the communicative mode of architecture 01

The Communicative Mode of Architecture

Essay by Sam Jacob, architect and director of London based architecture office FAT
Mas issue character breaking bad 01

Breaking Bad: When Architecture is Turned into a Criminal

Essay by Tania Tovar Torres
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

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

Essay by Ibon Areso
Mas issue events designing venues 01

Designing Venues

Iker Gil interviews Doug Garofalo
Mas issue amusement empty amusement 01

Empty Amusement

Photography by Yosigo
Mas issue communication sound life 01

A Sound Life

Iker Gil interviews movie sound designer Oriol Tarragó
Beyond built architecture 01

Beyond Built Architecture

Ethel Baraona Pohl and César Reyes Nájera from dpr-barcelona interview Jonathan Gales, founding member of Factory Fifteen
Mas issue repetition posconflicto laboratory 01

Posconflicto Laboratory: More and More about Less and Less and Less and Less about More and More

Essay by Roberto Soundy and project by URBANÍSTICA—Empresa Metropolitana de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de la Ciudad de Guatemala and Asociación Centroamericana Taller de Arquitectura (a—c—t—a)
Mas issue repetition repetition as the crystallization of a design method 01

On the Search for Spatial Patterns: Repetition as the Crystallization of a Design Method

Essay by Clara Olóriz Sanjuán
Mas issue repetition utopias in the gaps 01

Utopias in the Gaps

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro with projects by Holes of Matter
Mas issue repetition claude are you dreaming 01

Claude, Are you Dreaming, or is this Really Happening?

Iker Gil interviews astronaut Claude Nicollier
Mas issue surveillance the street as platform 01

The Street as Platform

Essay by Dan Hill, Executive Director of Futures at the UK’s Future Cities Catapult
Mas issue surveillance the traveller 01

The Traveller

Project by Jens Sundheim and Bernhard Reuss
Mas issue ordinary can architecture be ordinary 03

Can Architecture Be Ordinary?

Essay by Deborah Fausch
Mas issue legacy all history is contemporary history 07

All History is Contemporary History

Iker Gil interviews Adrian Shaughnessy
Mas issue legacy new deal utopias 01

New Deal Utopias

Text and photographs by Jason Reblando
Mas issue debate room at the top 05

Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture

Essay by Denise Scott Brown

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 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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 2020 converging at architecture 01

Converging at Architecture: An Interview with Jeanne Gang

Ann Lui interviews Jeanne Gang
Mas observations 2020 casa chilena 15

Chilean House: Domestic Images

Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski
Mas observations 2020 twelve cautionary urban tales 01

Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales

Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl
Mas observations 2019 groundscraper city 01

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

Essay by Andy Sturdevant
Mas observations 2018 in context brendan crain 01

In Context: Brendan Crain

Brendan Crain recontextualizes the MAS Context archives
Mas observations 2022 will we chicago 01

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2022 sainsbury wing 01

Sainsbury Wing: Objection from Denise Scott Brown

Text by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

1 + 1 > 2: Letter to Biljana, Notes to Frida

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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 seeking zohn zara pfeifer 01

Seeking Zohn

Text by curators Mimi Zeiger and Tony Macarena (Lorena Canales and Alejandro Olávarri) as well as Alejandro Hernández Gálvez
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
Mas context observations 2023 hanover and over again 01

Hanover and Over Again!

Essay by Jason Griffiths
Mas observations 2024 drawing the ring of steel 01

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

Essay and project by Kate Catterall
Mas observations 2024 the japanese house inside and out nendo 01

The Japanese House Inside and Out

Essay by Naomi Pollock
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 edgar miller anti modern 01

Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern

Essay by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2024 building culture denise scott brown 05

Building Culture: An Interview with Denise Scott Brown

Julian Rose interviews Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2024 departures and arrivals 01

Departures and Arrivals: From the City of Malleable Concrete to the City of Steel Frame

Essay by Alexander Eisenschmidt
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 modern forms swiss medical research foundation 01

Modern Forms: Nicolas Grospierre’s Ongoing Photographic Exploration of Modernist Architecture Around the World

Iker Gil interviews Nicolas Grospierre
Mas observations 2025 learning from the damen silos demolition 01

Learning from the Damen Silos Demolition

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 sacred shift 01

Sacred Shift: Contested Heritage, Public Memory, and Sustainable Futures in Places of Ritual Reuse

Essay by Rebekah Coffman
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
Mas observations 2026 in search of the ordinary 01

In Search of the Ordinary

Essay by Izzy Kornblatt
Mas observations 2026 ignasi de sola morales and the metropolis 01

Ignasi de Solà-Morales and the Metropolis

Essay by Suzanne Strum
Mas observations 2026 the fascist architecture industrial complex 01

The Fascist Architecture Industrial Complex

Text by Andrew Santa Lucia and Daniel Roche

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