Issues

Mas issue energy staged energy 01

Staged Energy

Photographers Chris Martin and Cesar Russ capture the exuberance of being on stage
Mas issue narrative starchitecture redux cover

Starchitecture Redux

Cartoons by Klaus
Mas issue bilbao lasesarre football stadium 01

Lasesarre Football Stadium

Project by NO.MAD
Mas issue university works daniels automatic revisited 07

Automatic Revisited: Fabricating Sustainable Concrete Elements

Project by Jesse Colin Jackson and Luke Stern

The Memorial of Jorge Oteiza Standing on the Kawasaki Harbor

Project by Chiaki Ishii
Mas issue debate room at the top 05

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

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas issue vigilantism concrete terror thumbnail

Concrete Terror: Race Barriers and Vigilantism in the United States

Essay by Chat Travieso
Mas issue ordinary domestic hats 01

Domestic Hats

Installation by Jennifer Bonner
Mas issue ordinary the veneer of nostalgia 02

The Veneer of Nostalgia: Dingbat Life in Slums of Beverly Hills

Essay by Joshua G. Stein
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 legacy never loved buildings rarely stand a chance 04

Never-Loved Buildings Rarely Stand a Chance: Josep Lluís Sert in Cambridge

Essay by Alexandra Lange with photographs by Lee Dykxhoorn
Mas issue surveillance what does big brother see while he is watching 01

What Does Big Brother See, While He is Watching? A Look at the Secret Stasi Archives

Iker Gil interviews Simon Menner
Mas issue legacy urban matrix 01

Urban Matrix

Project by Stanley Tigerman
Mas issue bold cluster container housing for the disabled 01

Cluster Container Housing for the Disabled

Project by Stanley Tigerman, Tigerman McCurry Architects
Mas issue legacy cover opening

Building and Demolishing Legacies

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue ordinary cover opening

Revisiting the Ordinary

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue surveillance politicians under surveillance 01

Politicians Under Surveillance

Project by Luzinterruptus with photography by Gustavo Sanabria
Mas issue tokyo cover opening

Drawings, Storytelling, and Subjectivity

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue hidden cover opening

The More Important Something Is, The More It Is Hidden

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue bold cut fill 01

Cut/Fill

Project by Central Standard Office of Design

Computer Models II

Project by María Luz Crescini and Guido Gastaldi
Mas issue debate its not what you say its what you do 04

It’s Not What You Say, It’s What You Do

Iker Gil and Ann Lui interview Stanley Tigerman
Mas issue debate cover opening

Constructive Debates

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue visibility cover opening

Waiting to be Revealed

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue communication cover opening

Learning to Communicate

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue production cover opening

A production of Production

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue boundary cover opening

Dismantling boundaries

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue bold alternative scenarios for chicago 01

BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago

Exhibition statement by Iker Gil, curator of BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago
Mas issue bold a retroactive introduction 01

A Retroactive Introduction

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue improbable modern masterpieces revisited 05

Modern Masterpieces Revisited

Text and images by Luís Santiago Baptista
Mas issue improbable takis zenetos 01

Takis Zenetos: Unbuilt Tropes

Essay by Ethel Baraona Pohl, Elina Karanastasi, and Nikos Skoutelis based on a text by Nikos Skoutelis
Mas issue repetition cover opening

True Repetition

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue trace cover opening

Reinterpreting our Traces

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue narrative cover opening

Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue surveillance cover opening

Urban Prisons

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue aberration the potential of the territory beyond 01

The Potential of the Territory Beyond

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context, and John Szot, guest editor of this issue
Mas issue bilbao exploring the city you grew up in 02

Exploring the City You Grew Up In

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
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 character playing with paint and space 01

Playing With Paint and Space

Adrian Shaughnessy interviews Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
Mas issue character welcoming a new character thumbnail

Welcoming a New Character

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
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 character cover opening

Character

Issue 32
Mas issue events yes we can 06

Yes We Can

Photographer Cesar Russ documents the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States
Mas issue conflict build simply 01

Build Simply: South of the Border

Essay by architects Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner from Urban-Think Tank with research assistant Daniel Schwartz from ETH
Mas issue amusement she was not amused 01

She Was Not Amused

Essay by Mike Walsh
Mas issue tokyo terry satomi 01

Terry Satomi

Illustrations by Terry Satomi
Mas issue repetition typo 01

Typo

Project by NEMESTUDIO
Mas issue ownership cover opening

Moving Beyond Buyer and Seller

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue improbable cover opening

Unlikely, but Possible

Issue statement by Iker Gil and Paul Mougey, editor in chief and editor of MAS Context respectively
Mas issue improbable futures expo boston 76 01

Futures: Expo Boston ‘76

Text and chronology by Michael Kubo, Chris Grimley, and Mark Pasnik
Mas issue communication talking to myself 05

Talking to Myself

Visual essay by Rick Valicenti, founder and design director of Thirst/Chicago
Mas issue visibility the disappearing architect 02

The Disappearing Architect: Four Moves Towards Invisibility

Text by Ya´el Santopinto and Jonathan Wong
Mas issue production manufactured landscapes 01

Manufactured Landscapes

Photo essay by photographer Edward Burtynsky
Mas issue bold logistical ecologies 01

Logistical Ecologies

Project by Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape with MODUS Collective
Mas issue speed a strategic vision for the center of dense cities 01

A Strategic Vision for the Center of Dense Cities: Madrid as a Case Study

Essay by José María Ezquiaga and Juan Herreros, architects and directors of PROYECTO MADRID CENTRO
Mas issue speed talk to your city 01

Talk to Your City

Project by Candy Chang, co-founder of Civic Center, a civic design studio in New Orleans
Mas issue speed race to build 01

Race to Build

Diagrams by Iker Gil and André Corrêa
Mas issue speed looking for a theory of real time knowledge 01

Looking for a Theory of Real-Time Knowledge

Essay by Troy Conrad Therrien, founding partner in the creative curational agency TH-EY, and chief architect, cloud communication at Columbia University’s GSAPP
Mas issue visibility revealing the secrets behind the designs cover

Revealing the Secrets Behind the Designs

Diagrams by Salottobuono
Mas issue bold the big shift 01

The Big Shift

Project by PORT Urbanism
Mas issue bold second sun 01

Second Sun

Project by WEATHERS
Mas issue bold late entry to the chicago public library competition 01

Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition

Project by Design With Company
Mas issue bold the available city 01

The Available City

Project by David Brown
Mas issue ownership where do good ideas come from 01

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

Essay by Benjamin Brichta, the Network Architecture Lab, an experimental unit at the Columbia University GSAPP directed by Kazys Varnelis
Mas issue communication sound life 01

A Sound Life

Iker Gil interviews movie sound designer Oriol Tarragó
Mas issue events bauhaus 2009 05

Bauhaus 2009

Red Mike interviews Marcus Max Schreiner
Mas issue events cdf 2011 17

CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
Mas issue living survivor maracaibo 01

Survivor Maracaibo

Architects Karla Sierralta and Brian Strawn share their experience living in Maracaibo, where informal inventions address social and economic conditions
Mas issue living a frame of mind 01

A Frame of Mind

Essay Paul Mougey
Mas issue living in cabrini 01

Living in Cabrini

James Lockhart, a former resident of Cabrini Green, shares his memories with Iker Gil about growing up in the Chicago Public Housing.
Mas issue living places not spaces 01

Places, Not Spaces

Architect and painter Maya Brittain examines the transformation of the Veneto region in Italy during the last thirty years
Mas issue living point clouds 01

Point Clouds

Graphic novel by architect Jimenez Lai
Mas issue living nakagin capsule tower 01

Case Study #1: Nakagin Capsule Tower

Project by Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates
Mas issue living walden 7 01

Case Study #2: Walden 7

Project by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
Mas issue living ufo houses 01

Case Study #3: The UFO Houses

Project based on a design by Matti Suuronen
Mas issue living the whale 01

Case Study #4: The Whale

Project by Frits van Dongen of de Architekten Cie.
Mas issue living linked hybrid complex 01

Case Study #5: Linked Hybrid Complex

Project by Steven Holl Architects
Mas issue energy as american as power 01

(As) American (As) Power

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview photographer Mitch Epstein, author of American Power
Mas issue energy farming the air 01

Farming the Air

MAS Context collects facts about wind power
Mas issue more cover opening

Mas Is More

Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue more want more 01

Want More?

MAS Context wanted MORE and collected a list of 100.
Mas issue more more marina 01

More Marina

Essay by Andrew Dribin
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
Mas issue more more of more cover

More of More

MAS Context asked several people working in different fields to give us their definition of the concept of More.
Mas issue more more identities 01

More Identities

Prada Transformer by OMA / Rem Koolhaas
Mas issue ownership cooperative dream 01

Cooperative Dream

Iker Gil interviews Jeanne Gang
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 bilbao the second strategic plan for bilbao 01

The Second Strategic Plan for Bilbao

Essay by Ibon Areso
Mas issue events embt goes east 01

EMBT Goes East

Mateu Baylina and Xavi Ayala interview Benedetta Tagliabue
Mas issue events designing venues 01

Designing Venues

Iker Gil interviews Doug Garofalo
Mas issue aberration immanent cartography 01

Immanent Cartography

Essay and photographs by Nick Axel
Mas issue university works uts studio 01

University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Design, Architecture, and Built Environment

Introduction by David Burns
Mas issue university works discussing university works 01

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
Mas issue university works uic family 06

Family

Project by Dana Elkhoury and Katlyn Reichelt
Mas issue university works etsam tourist topography in paraty brazil 01

Tourist Topography in Paraty, Brazil

Project by Victoria Cobeño Serrano
Mas issue university works ethz studio 01

ETH Zürich, Faculty of Architecture

Introduction by Josep Lluís Mateo
Mas issue university works waseda studio 01

Waseda University, Department of Architecture

Introduction by Masayuki Irie
Mas issue university works uts the ruins of modernism 01

The Ruins of Modernism

Project by Robert Beson
Mas issue university works uts beirut city 11

Beirut City

Project by Erik Escalante and Alina McConnochie
Mas issue debate circulating borders 01

Circulating Borders: The BMW Guggenheim Lab

Essay by Marina Otero Verzier
Mas issue hidden archipelagos of detritus 01

Archipelagos of Detritus: The Need for a Theory on Spatial Waste

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro
Mas issue university works virginia tech studio 01

Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design

Introduction by Kathryn Clarke Albright
Mas issue legacy architecture and the city 01

Architecture and the City: Berlin, Tempelhof

Project by Ted Brown
Mas issue university works utdt studio 01

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Escuela de Arquitectura y Estudios Urbanos

Introduction by Diego Arraigada
Mas issue network traces 01

Network Traces

Photographs by Cecilia Galera and Marc Goodwin
Mas issue network a village by the sez 01

A Village by the SEZ: The Dafen Sample of China’s Urbanization

Essay by designer, editor, and critic Jiang Jun, with photography by Yu Haibo
Mas issue conflict great mosques of lake geneva 02

The Great Mosques of Lake Geneva

Essay by architect Mika Savela
Mas issue networks of architecture 01

Networks of Architecture: Keedoozle and Walmart

Essay by architect Jesse LeCavalier
Mas issue conflict changes are coming 01

Changes are Coming

Vladimir Belogolovsky, architect and founder of the Intercontinental Curational Project, interviews architect and educator Peter Eisenman
Mas issue speed notes from the velodrome 01

Notes from the Velodrome

Essay by Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures at Harvard and faculty at the GSD
Mas issue speed mumbai disconnected 01

Mumbai Disconnected

Iker Gil interviews Camilla Nielsson, co-director with Frederik Jacobi of the documentary Mumbai Disconnected
Mas issue information making visible the invisible 01

Making Visible the Invisible

Iker Gil interviews interactive media artist George Legrady
Mas issue amusement empty amusement 01

Empty Amusement

Photography by Yosigo
Mas issue amusement audience as participants 01

Audience as Participants

Architect Iker Gil interviews Matt Clark, co-founder and creative director of United Visual Artists
Mas issue amusement what amuses you 01

What Amuses You?

Your responses to the question by MAS Context
Mas issue energy prelinger archives 01

Prelinger Archives

Films from the Prelinger Archives showing the type of energy and ideals that the United States had during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s
Mas issue information overload 01

It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure

Clay Shirky explains the challenge of the always evolving information: the filtering process
Mas issue public open manifesto 01

Open Manifesto for Mass Creation

Architect Lick Fai Eric Ho proposes a new way of approaching design
Mas issue public is there a future for the recent past in new orleans 08

Is There a Future for the Recent Past in New Orleans?

Essay by Francine Stock, president of DOCOMOMO US/Louisiana
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 public narrow streets los angeles 04

Narrow Streets Los Angeles

Photographer David Yoon narrows existing streets of Los Angeles to see the effects on the city
Mas issue public what is your favorite public space 01

What is Your Favorite Public Space?

We asked you, our public, about your favorite public space
Mas issue vigilantism surviving respectability thumbnail

Surviving Respectability

Germane Barnes and Shawhin Roudbari interview Krystina François
Mas issue bilbao 1983 flooding 01

Turning Point One: 1983 Flooding

Text by Iker Gil
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

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

Essay by Ibon Areso
Mas issue bilbao three key organizations 01

Three Key Organizations: Bilbao Metrópoli 30, BILBAO Ría 2000, and the Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium

Text by Iker Gil
Mas issue work isolated building studies 14

Isolated Building Studies

Photo essay by David Schalliol
Mas issue work layoff moveon 01

Layoff Moveon

Iker Gil interviews Jessica Lybeck
Mas issue work mondragon cover

Mondragon

Diagrams by Jacob Chartoff
Mas issue work publics works 01

Publics Works

Essay by Maria Moreno-Carranco
Mas issue work farmers work 01

Farmer’s Work

Architect Kathryn Clarke Albright studies farmers markets and reveals the pleasures and demands of the farmer’s work
Mas issue aberration something exceptional 01

Something Exceptional

Projects by Luis Urculo
Mas issue vigilantism loopty loops in the age of super heroes thumbnail

Loopty Loops (#ALWAYSWIP)

Essay by Jennifer Bonner
Mas issue repetition original copies 03

Original Copies: Inside China’s Imitation Binge

Text and photographs by Bianca Bosker
Mas issue repetition an obituary for the greek city of repetition 01

An Obituary for the Greek City of Repetition

Essay by Panos Dragonas
Mas issue repetition two million homes for mexico 01

Two Million Homes for Mexico

Text and photographs by Livia Corona Benjamin
Mas issue repetition belly flops 01

Belly Flops

Short Essay by Michelle Benoit
Mas issue surveillance the traveller 01

The Traveller

Project by Jens Sundheim and Bernhard Reuss
Mas issue repetition we print because we can 01

We Print Because We Can

Essay by Patrick Sykes
Mas issue repetition one architect three approaches 01

One Architect, Three Approaches: Bertrand Goldberg’s Early Experiments with Prefabrication, 1937-1952

Essay by Michelle Benoit
Mas issue surveillance manifesto for cctv filmmakers 01

Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers

THE FILMMAKER AS SYMBIONT: opportunistic infections of the surveillance apparatus
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 in the news 01

Surveillance in the News

A selection of quotes on surveillance from the news.
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 building repetition through history 01

Building Repetition Through History: Motivations And Implications

Essay by José García Soriano and Carmen López Albert
Mas issue repetition concealed carry repeat 01

Concealed Carry, Repeat

Text, photograph, and pattern by James Goggin
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 improbable emission 01

Radiation and Telecom: Émission

Project by Jordan Geiger
Mas issue trace tracing wright 01

Tracing Wright

A conversation between Richard Wright, Zoë Ryan, and Iker Gil
Mas issue repetition 10 rorschach images 01

10 Rorschach Images

Project by Ana Miljacki, Lee Moreau, and Sarah Hirschman
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 harlem time tracker 01

Harlem Time Tracker

Text and photographs by Camilo José Vergara
Mas issue tokyo hama house 01

Hama-House

Illustrations by Hama-House
Mas issue tokyo mariya suzuki 01

Mariya Suzuki

Illustrations by Mariya Suzuki
Mas issue tokyo adrian hogan 01

Adrian Hogan

Illustrations by Adrian Hogan
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 legacy the big shift 01

The Big Shift

Project by PORT Urbanism
Mas issue surveillance 14 abbott h thayer vanishing ducks 01

Abbott H. Thayer’s Vanishing Ducks: Surveillance, Art, and Camouflage

Essay by Roy R. Behrens
Mas issue surveillance materiality of deletion 01

Materiality of Deletion

Essay by Christo de Klerk
Mas issue surveillance by designers mike mcquade 01

Surveillance by Designers

We asked a few great Chicago designers to give us their view of surveillance
Mas issue ordinary can architecture be ordinary 03

Can Architecture Be Ordinary?

Essay by Deborah Fausch
Mas issue ordinary designing for other things to happen 08

Designing for Other Things to Happen

Essay by Rojkind Arquitectos
Mas issue tokyo drawing tokyo 01

Drawing Tokyo

Short essay by Luis Mendo
Mas issue character breaking bad 01

Breaking Bad: When Architecture is Turned into a Criminal

Essay by Tania Tovar Torres
Mas issue character drawing soanes 01

Drawing Soane’s

Text and drawings by Eu Jin Lim
Mas issue character makin it 01

Makin’ It

Script by Julia and John McMorrough
Mas issue narrative cover opening

Narrative

Issue 20
Mas issue boundary cover opening

Boundary

Issue 17
Mas issue ownership cover opening

Ownership

Issue 13
Mas issue speed cover opening

Speed

Issue 11
Mas issue network cover opening

Network

Issue 9
Mas issue information cover opening

Information

Issue 7
Mas issue amusement cover opening

Amusement

Issue 6
Mas issue university works cover opening

University Works

Issue 0
Mas issue legacy cover opening

Legacy

Issue 26-25
Mas issue debate cover opening

Debate

Issue 27

Bold

Issue 29

Events

Mas event 2017 starship chicago cover

Starship Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2023 starship chicago II poster 2 crop

Starship Chicago II

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2017 analog micah stanley 01

Analog 2017: Micah Stanley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2023 starship chicago II thumbnail

Starship Chicago II Premiere

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 stone wall stand in 01

Design with Company: Stone Wall Stand In

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2022 germane barnes intersect 06

Germane Barnes: Intersect

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2021 block party 01

Block Party

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2024 public utilities proposal 01

Outpost Office: Public Utilities

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2022 the area 04

The Area

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 couplings thumbnail

Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 05

Harry Seidler at 100

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 observations 2019 liminal frontier 13

Floodplain Futures: Flood Insurance and the Economy of Climate Change

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 inhabiting the water 01

Inhabiting the Water

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2022 chicago tribune competition at 100 01

Chicago Tribune Tower Competition at 100

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

Design With Company: Spaces With Stories

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas issue ownership invention and tradition 23

Denise Scott Brown: In Other Eyes

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 periphery 01

Periphery

Exhibition
Mas event 2022 the area 03

The Area panel discussion

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 a lot with little fada 01

A Lot With Little Opening Reception

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 event 2023 roman mixtape 01

John Szot: Roman Mixtapes

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 a lot with little turkana 01

A Lot With Little

Exhibition
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 2023 there is room 02

Kwong Von Glinow: There is Room

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 there is room 03

There is Room

Exhibition
Mas event 2023 there is room 10

Building Enjoyable Living Environments Through Architecture, Art, and Design

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 welcome to tribuneville 01

Welcome to Tribuneville: An Imaginary Vision of an Old Chicago That Could Have Been

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 the japanese house since 1945 wrightwood 659 03

Naomi Pollock: The Japanese House Since 1945 | Wrightwood 659

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

Marta Maccaglia: A Lot With Little

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 a lot with little chicago aspire 01

A Lot With Little Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 the japanese house since 1945 schweikher house 01

Naomi Pollock: The Japanese House Since 1945 | Schweikher House

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 now arriving latent 03

Now / Arriving Spring 2024

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas issue work isolated building studies 08

Analog 2011: David Schalliol

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog jason pickleman 01

Analog 2011: Jason Pickleman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog cheryl towler weese 01

Analog 2011: Cheryl Towler Weese

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog karen semone 01

Analog 2011: Karen Semone

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog jeremiah chiu 01

Analog 2011: Jeremiah Chiu

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog strawn sierralta 01

Analog 2011: Brian Strawn and Karla Sierralta

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue speed farmland world 01

Analog 2011: Stewart Hicks and Allison Newmeyer

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue visibility visualizing urban hidrology 06

Analog 2011: Sarah Dunn

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog port 01

Analog 2011: Andrew Moddrell and Christopher Marcinkoski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue aberration architecture without idealism 13

Analog 2011: John Szot

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog jessica rodrigue 01

Analog 2011: Jessica Rodrigue

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog odl 01

Analog 2011: Lisa Smith and Caroline Linder

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog lee bey 01

Analog 2011: Lee Bey

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog cover

Analog 2011

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2016 kelly bair 01

Kelly Bair: Tight Fade

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 grimley pasnik heroic 01

Chris Grimley and Mark Pasnik: Heroic

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport vertical urban factory 01

Nina Rappaport: Vertical Urban Factory

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport ezra stoller 02

Nina Rappaport: Ezra Stoller

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 luftwerk solarise 01

Luftwerk: solarise

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 josep lluis sert 01

Josep Lluís Sert / A Nomadic Dream

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 exploring the ryerson and burnham archives 01

Exploring the Ryerson & Burnham Archives at the Art Institute of Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2016 analog lucas daniel 01

Analog 2016: Lucas Daniel

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 01

Chatter: Architecture Talks Back

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2022 conor o shea 02

Conor O’Shea: Designing Urban Biodiversity

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas issue living nakagin capsule tower 03

The Aesthetic of Transience

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 05

Nakagin Capsule Tower: Japanese Metabolist Landmark on the Edge of Destruction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 02

Analog 2016: Noritaka Minami

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 couplings 11

Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 unfinished spaces 01

Unfinished Spaces

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog klaus 01

Analog 2016: Klaus

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog alisa wolfson 01

Analog 2016: Alisa Wolfson

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog rick valicenti 01

Analog 2016: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog thomas kelley 01

Analog 2016: Thomas Kelley

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog identity 01

Analog 2016

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog tricia van eck 01

Analog 2016: Tricia Van Eck

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog future firm 01

Analog 2016: Future Firm

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog jose esparza 01

Analog 2016: José Esparza

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Zoë Ryan

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Jeanne Gang

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Martin Kastner

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2017: Charles Adler

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog sean lally 01

Analog 2017: Sean Lally

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Parsons & Charlesworth

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog elizabeth blasius 01

Analog 2017: Elizabeth Blasius

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Marcia Lausen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog judith de jong 01

Analog 2017: Judith de Jong

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Stewart Hicks

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog molly meyer 01

Analog 2017: Molly Meyer

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 fundraising mexico puerto rico 01

Fundraising for Mexico and Puerto Rico

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 john szot 01

John Szot: Mass Market Alternatives

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 mass market alternatives 01

Mass Market Alternatives

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch chicago 10

Bilbao issue launch in Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 dingbat 01

Dingbat 2.0: The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 chris cornelius 01

Chris Cornelius: Indigenously

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2018 can we not open our eyes to our own treasures 01

Can we not open our eyes to our own treasures?

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 nathan friedman 01

Nathan Friedman: En-Medio

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 envisioning new spatial organizations 01

Envisioning New Spatial Organizations

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 jai alai blues 01

Jai Alai Blues

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas issue character character and composition a response 01

Characters in the Theater of Everyday Life

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog john pobojewski 01

Analog 2017: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog alisa wolfson 01

Analog 2017: Alisa Wolfson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog aaron rodgers angee lennard 01

Analog 2017: Aaron Rodgers & Angee Lennard

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event nighttime as a unique territory 01

Nighttime as a Unique Territory

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 lacol 01

Lacol: Cooperative Ecosystems

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

Natalie de Blois at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas events 2021 territories of territory extraction 01

Territories of Territory Extraction

Exhibition
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 a renewed experimentalism 01

A Renewed Experimentalism: Exploring Late Modernism

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas issue character growing up modern a family story 18

Living Modern: Surveying Influential Houses and their Inhabitants

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 03

JNL Graphic Design studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2014 alison fisher 01

Alison Fisher: The Contextual Megastructure

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 luftwerk marina city 01

MAS Context x Luftwerk x Marina City

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 our public space poster 02

Our Public Space: Who Owns It, Who Shapes It, and Who Benefits From It

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2013 geoff manaugh nicola twilley 01

Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley: A Year on the Road with Venue

MAS Context Spring Talks 2013
Mas event 2012 corkins exchange 01

Corkins Exchange 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: Sam Vinz

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: Dieter Roelstraete

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: Marc Fisher

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: David Sieren and Sam Rosen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: Andrew Clark

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog john pobojewski 01

Analog 2012: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: David Rueter

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas issue boundary challenging the physical and disciplinary boundaries 02

Analog 2012: Sean Lally

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: Jimenez Lai

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2011: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue communication getting graphic 07

Analog 2011: Craighton Berman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Cody Hudson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2015 mas context los angeles bmd 01

MAS Context x Los Angeles x BMD

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2021 nocturnal landscapes museo en la calle 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Museo en la Calle

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises / Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 01

Harry Seidler: Modernist

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 in your city by the lake 01

In Your City by the Lake

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

1972/Accumulations

Exhibition
Mas event 2018 jonathan solomon 01

Jonathan Solomon: Short-Cuts

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 geometry of light fundraiser cover

Geometry of Light fundraiser

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2019 geometry of light barcelona pavilion 01

Geometry of Light: Barcelona Pavilion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 tobias armborst 01

Tobias Armborst: The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 01

Domestic Explorations: Ardmore House + Columbus House 1

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2020 building subjects 01

Building Subjects: Ideas on Housing from Chinese Vernacular Architecture

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2020 concentrico 01

Concentrico: Rethinking Our Built Environment Through Design

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2020 uppland film screening 01

Uppland

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes opening 04

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises Exhibition Opening

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2020 walter netsch at 100 01

Walter Netsch at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2020
Mas event 2019 tracing traces 14

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2019

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 joshua g stein paulette singley 01

Joshua G. Stein and Paulette Singley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 01

Marita Gomis: La Ricarda

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 la ricarda an architectural and cultural project 01

La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 geometry of light farnsworth house 01

Geometry of Light: Farnsworth House

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas events 2021 modernism as character nathan eddy 01

Modernism as Character: Nathan Eddy

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2022 nhdm 01

N H D M: Figurations and their Grounds

MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
Mas event 2021 architectures social ecological political agency 01

Architecture’s Social, Ecological, and Political Agency

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021

Observations

Mas observations 2019 stanley tigerman 1930 2019 01

Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman
Mas observations 2019 chinese communal graphic standards 13

Chinese Communal Graphic Standards

Text and project by Raven Xu
Mas observations 2019 no compromise stanley tigerman 01

No Compromise: An Interview with Stanley Tigerman

Fresh Meat interviews Stanley Tigerman
Mas observations 2021 home and away 01

Home and Away: The Filipino Diaspora and the Built Environment

Text and photographs by Jason Reblando
Mas observations 2022 after demolition cover

After Demolition

Photo essay by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2022 will we chicago 01

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 where the sky meets the earth cover

Where the Sky Meets the Earth

Text and photographs of Structures of Landscape in Tippet Rise by James Florio
Mas observations 2022 madrid diversa rainer torrado 02

Madrid Diversa: Five Perspectives on the City Through Maps, Photographs, and Sounds

Text by Ariadna Cantis and Javier Peña Ibañez
Mas observations 2022 at home with the collective 01

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.
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 chicago school closures 10 years later anthony overton incubator 01

Chicago School Closures: Ten Years Later

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 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 2022 the super roof at 50 michael zimmermann 01

The Super Roof Turns 50

Iker Gil and William Baker interview Rudolph Bergermann and Knut Göppert
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

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 betty blum 01

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
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 the englewood nature trail 01

The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 outside the box 01a

Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside

Text by Michelangelo Sabatino with photographs by Will Quam
Mas observations 2023 lavadoiro ana amado 01

Lavadoiro

Text and photos by Ana Amado
Mas observations 2023 the passion tax is history 01

The “Passion Tax” is History

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 from resources to rubble eric allix rogers 01

From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth Year

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas context observations 2023 cesar sans house santa maria getxo 01

House of the Architect

Text by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
Mas observations 2023 beyond the landmarks 01

Beyond the Landmarks: A Personal Look at Columbus, Indiana

Text and photographs by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2023 art at the james r thompson center 01

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 gertrude lempp kerbis 01

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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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 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 urban exploration as creative practice 01

Urban Exploration as Creative Practice

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 five bay landscapes saginaw bay 13

Five Bay Landscapes: Saginaw Bay

Essay by Sean Burkholder and Karen Lutsky
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 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 century and consumers buildings 01

The Century and Consumers Buildings: Their Complicated Saga and the Precedent They Might Set

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 sentinels iron portals of chicagoland 03

Sentinels: Iron Portals of Chicagoland

Project by Cédric Van Parys
Mas observations 2024 the birds the couple and my doppelganger in reverse 01

The Birds, the Couple, and My Doppelgänger in Reverse

Text by Umi the Cat and project by Imu Chan Architecture
Mas context observations 2023 hanover and over again 01

Hanover and Over Again!

Essay by Jason Griffiths
Mas observations 2023 christopher columbus memorial 01

Changing Narratives and Confronting History Through Two Chicago Monuments: The Christopher Columbus Memorial and the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial

Monthly Column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 sarasota school of architecture 01

Past, Present, and Future of the Sarasota School of Architecture

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 urban archaeology lost buildings of st louis 01

Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2019 southern exposure 07

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Iker Gil interviews Lee Bey
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 liminal frontier 01

Liminal Frontier: Climate Adaptation and the American Coast

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2019 atlantic city 01

Atlantic City

Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose
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 receding coast 01

A Receding Coast

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Mas observations 2019 spontaneous uses cover

Spontaneous Uses

Text and drawings by SIAA with photography by Lauro Rocha
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 2020 access for all 01

Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures

Text by Daniel Talesnik
Mas observations 2021 cooperative housing 01

Cooperative Housing as a Means More Than an End

Essay by Ethel Baraona Pohl
Mas observations 2021 an industrial legacy worth saving 01

An Industrial Legacy Worth Saving

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2021 sgn utility poles 01

SGN: On the Utility Poles of Ho Chi Minh City

Essay and photographs by Noritaka Minami
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 present futures 01

Present Futures: Mechanics of Ethnocratic Colonial Urbanism

Project by Rula Zuhour with photography by Samer Sharif
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 2021 only girl architect only 01

Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
Mas observations 2020 casa chilena 15

Chilean House: Domestic Images

Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski
Mas observations 2020 nivola in new york 01

Nivola in New York | Figure in Field

Text by Steven Hillyer and Roger Broome
Mas observations 2020 twelve cautionary urban tales 01

Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales

Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl
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 2022 story poles 01

Story Poles

Text and photographs by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2021 catalog for the post human 01

Catalog for the Post-Human

Project and text by Parsons & Charlesworth
Mas observations 2021 this is not the huarte house 01

This is not the Huarte House

Essay by Patxi Eguiluz and Carlos Copertone
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 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2022 from the mississippi watershed 01

From the Mississippi Watershed

Iker Gil interviews David Schalliol

News

Mas news 2012 mas context in istanbul design biennial 01

MAS Context in Istanbul Design Biennial

Mas news 2017 bilbao issue stack magazines 01

Bilbao issue featured on Stack Magazines

Mas news 2019 geometry of Light collateral wins sta 100 02

Geometry of Light collateral wins STA 100

Mas news 2012 mas context receives 501c3 status

MAS Context Receives 501 (c) (3) Status

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MAS Context supports Outpost Office’s installation during Concéntrico 10

Mas issue debate cover opening

Debate issue recognized in the STA 100 competition

Mas news 2022 germane barnes concentrico headshot

MAS Context supports Germane Barnes’s installation during Concéntrico 08

Mas news 2021 sta 100 02

Radical Logic and Vigilantism recognized in the STA 100 competition

Mas issue hidden cover opening

Hidden and Bold issues recognized in the STA 100 competition

Mas news 2023 design with company concentrico headshot

MAS Context supports Design With Company’s installation during Concéntrico 09

Mas news 2013 archizines live chicago 01

Archizines Live Chicago feat. MAS Context

Mas news 2014 mas context mentioned chicago tribune 01

MAS Context Mentioned in the Chicago Tribune

Mas news 2012 mas context in archizines exhibition at storefront 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition at Storefront

Mas news 2012 plural new art director of mas context 01

Plural, New Art Director of MAS Context

Mas issue events designing venues 02

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Mas news 2011 mas context in archizines 01

MAS Context in Archizines

Mas news 2022 james florio julius shulman award

“On Light, Time, and Materiality” by James Florio opens at pinkcomma gallery in Boston

Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

MAS Context 2022 Fall Talks

Mas news 2022 elizabeth blasius to write monthly column for mas context 01

Elizabeth Blasius to Write Monthly Column for MAS Context

Mas event 2023 periphery 01

MAS Context 2023 Spring Talks

Mas news 2022 radical logic uwm sarup 01

“Radical Logic: On the Work of Ensamble Studio” opens in Milwaukee

Mas news 2022 new mas context website span 04

New MAS Context website designed by Span

Mas news 2022 support

MAS Context 2022 Year in Review

Mas context news 2023 mas context partners with the 2023 chicago architecture biennial 01

MAS Context partners with the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Portrait of Molly Hanse and David Schalliol

Molly Hanse and David Schalliol join MAS Context’s team

Mas dialogues 2022 margaret mccurry office

MAS Context Donates Margaret McCurry’s Oral History to The Art Institute of Chicago

Mas event 2024 the japanese house since 1945 schweikher house 01

MAS Context 2024 Spring Talks

Mas news 2023 year in review

MAS Context 2023 Year in Review

Mas news 2014 engaging the chicago design community 01

Engaging the Chicago Design Community

Mas news 2014 ordinary cover 05

Ordinary Cover

Mas event 2014 luftwerk marina city 03

Marina City event featured in Architect magazine

Mas news 2014 fall talks cover

MAS Context 2014 Fall Talks

Mas news 2014 iker gil presents at aia convention 01

Iker Gil presents at AIA Convention

Mas news 2013 mas context conde nast traveler 02

MAS Context mentioned in Condé Nast Traveler

Mas issue improbable cover opening

Preview of our upcoming IMPROBABLE issue

Mas news 2012 mas context redesigned by plural 01

MAS Context Redesigned by Plural

Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 06

MAS Context 2021 Year in Review

Mas shop 2021 radical logic deluxe prints 03

Lecture by James Florio on the making of Radical Logic

Mas news 2021 architecture book fair 01

MAS Context participates in the Architecture Book Fair

Mas event 2021 radical logic 01

MAS Context receives a 2021 Graham Foundation grant

Mas shop 2021 radical logic cover 01

MAS Context launches its new book Radical Logic: On the Work of Ensamble Studio

Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 19

Consider supporting MAS Context

Mas issue debate room at the top 05

Most read articles in 2020

Mas event 2021 vigilantism issue launch 10

Shawhin Roudbari, co-guest editor of Vigilantism, interviewed by the University of Colorado Boulder ENVD

Mas news 2019 mas context ccollaborates with the graham foundation 01

MAS Context collaborates with the Graham Foundation

Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 04

MAS Context 2019 Fall Talks

Mas event 2019 geometry of light barcelona pavilion 01

Luftwerk and Iker Gil receive a 2019 Graham Foundation grant

Mas news 2018 repositioning the historic schweikher house 02

Repositioning the historic Schweikher House

Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 02

Bilbao issue featured in the Los Angeles Times

Mas news 2017 mas context included in a print 01

MAS Context included in A PRINT

Mas news 2016 mas context collaborates with meneo 01

MAS Context collaborates with Meneo

Mas news 2016 mas context dpr barcelona una revolucion de formas book 02

MAS Context collaborates with dpr-barcelona on Una Revolución de Formas book

Mas issue bold alternative scenarios for chicago 01

MAS Context contributors featured in the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Mas news 2015 mas context in archizines exhibition in moscow 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition in Moscow

Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 01

Tour of Chatter: Architecture Talks Back

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