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Issues

Mas issue bilbao botxero stores 01

Botxero Stores

Text and photographs by Diego Sanz
Mas issue production chicago production creating a lifestyle 03

Chicago Production: Creating a Lifestyle

Iker Gil interviews Michael Salvatore, owner and CEO of Heritage Bicycles General Store
Mas issue more more identities 01

More Identities

Prada Transformer by OMA / Rem Koolhaas
Mas issue repetition harlem time tracker 01

Harlem Time Tracker

Text and photographs by Camilo José Vergara
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 nakagin capsule tower 01

Case Study #1: Nakagin Capsule Tower

Project by Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates
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 narrative cover opening

Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue repetition two million homes for mexico 01

Two Million Homes for Mexico

Text and photographs by Livia Corona Benjamin
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 in the news 01

Surveillance in the News

A selection of quotes on surveillance from the news.
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 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 surveillance materiality of deletion 01

Materiality of Deletion

Essay by Christo de Klerk
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 hidden archipelagos of detritus 01

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

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro
Mas issue character breaking bad 01

Breaking Bad: When Architecture is Turned into a Criminal

Essay by Tania Tovar Torres
Mas issue bilbao a bastion of design 01

A Bastion of Design

Project by Cini Boeri Architetti
Mas issue work workplace 03

Workplace

Essay by Liz Potokar
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 more more marina 01

More Marina

Essay by Andrew Dribin
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman

Events

Mas event 2023 inhabiting the water 01

Inhabiting the Water

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 victor lundy at 100 02

Victor Lundy at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
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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 event 2023 a lot with little fada 01

A Lot With Little Opening Reception

MAS Context Fall 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 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

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

Watershed Architecture

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2016 analog klaus 01

Analog 2016: Klaus

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog judith de jong 01

Analog 2017: Judith de Jong

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog stewart hicks 01

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
Mas event 2017 analog micah stanley 01

Analog 2017: Micah Stanley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 john szot 01

John Szot: 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 couplings 11

Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog marcia lausen 01

Analog 2017: Marcia Lausen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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 2022 1972 accumulations 02

Analog 2016: Noritaka Minami

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
Mas event 2016 analog zoe ryan 01

Analog 2016: Zoë Ryan

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog jeanne gang 01

Analog 2016: Jeanne Gang

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog martin kastner 01

Analog 2016: Martin Kastner

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
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 2021 pioneering black architects in los angeles and chicago 03

Pioneering Black Architects in Los Angeles and Chicago: A Reflection by Janna Ireland and Lee Bey

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
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 la ricarda an architectural and cultural project 01

La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
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 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 2017 analog charles adler 02

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
Mas event 2017 analog parsons charlesworth 01

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
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 issue work isolated building studies 08

Analog 2011: David Schalliol

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

Analog 2011: Lee Bey

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011

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

Analog 2011: Jeremiah Chiu

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2012 analog david rueter 01

Analog 2012: David Rueter

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2016 analog identity 01

Analog 2016

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 geoff manaugh 01

Geoff Manaugh: A Burglar’s Guide to the City

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

Conor O’Shea: Designing Urban Biodiversity

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
Mas event 2012 analog sam vinz 01

Analog 2012: Sam Vinz

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog dieter roelstraete 01

Analog 2012: Dieter Roelstraete

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog marc fisher 01

Analog 2012: Marc Fisher

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog david sieren sam rosen 01

Analog 2012: David Sieren and Sam Rosen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog andrew clark 01

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
Mas event 2016 analog lucas daniel 01

Analog 2016: Lucas Daniel

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas issue boundary challenging the physical and disciplinary boundaries 02

Analog 2012: Sean Lally

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog jimenez lai 01

Analog 2012: Jimenez Lai

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2011 analog rick valicenti 01

Analog 2011: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue communication getting graphic 07

Analog 2011: Craighton Berman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog cody hudson 01

Analog 2011: Cody Hudson

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 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

Observations

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 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

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

House of the Architect

Text by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2023 art at the james r thompson center 01

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

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 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 2021 this is not the huarte house 01

This is not the Huarte House

Essay by Patxi Eguiluz and Carlos Copertone
Mas observations 2021 an industrial legacy worth saving 01

An Industrial Legacy Worth Saving

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2020 twelve cautionary urban tales 01

Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales

Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl
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 la ricarda a work in progress 01

La Ricarda: A Work in Progress

Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi Roig
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 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 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 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

Dialogues

Mas dialogues robert l wesley cover

Dialogues: Robert L. Wesley

Iker Gil interviews architect Robert L. Wesley
Mas context dialogues dan wheeler

Dialogues: Dan Wheeler

Iker Gil interviews architect Dan Wheeler
Mas dialogues margaret mccurry cover

Dialogues: Margaret McCurry

Iker Gil and Julie Michiels interview architect Margaret McCurry
Mas dialogues joe valerio cover

Dialogues: Joe Valerio

Stephen Killion interviews architect Joseph Valerio, FAIA, a founding partner of VDTA

News

Mas news 2012 mas context in archizines exhibition at storefront 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition at Storefront
Mas news 2014 ordinary cover 05

Ordinary Cover

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