Observations

Mas observations 2019 liminal frontier 01

Liminal Frontier: Climate Adaptation and the American Coast

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2019 a receding coast 01

A Receding Coast

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2022 on the origins of high water 01

On the Origins of High Water

Iker Gil and Mimi Zeiger interview Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2020 visualizing disasters and an ongoing crisis 01

Visualizing Disasters and an Ongoing Crisis

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2022 from the mississippi watershed 01

From the Mississippi Watershed

Iker Gil interviews David Schalliol
Mas observations 2021 only girl architect only 01

Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
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 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 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 2024 five bay landscapes saginaw bay 13

Five Bay Landscapes: Saginaw Bay

Essay by Sean Burkholder and Karen Lutsky
Mas observations 2024 the return of michigan central station opening 01

The Return of Michigan Central Station: Interrogating Nostalgia

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 1900 galveston storm cover

The 1900 Galveston Storm: United States’ First Modern Natural Disaster

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 material acts 01

Material Acts: Re-fusing

Interview with Laurens Bekemans, Ben Loescher, Meredith Miller, and Virginia San Fratello by the Material Acts team (Kate Yeh Chiu and Jia Yi Gu)
Mas observations 2025 last stop astoria queens

Last Stop: An Exploration of the Neighborhoods at the Ends of the Subway Lines in New York City

Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose
Mas observations 2025 virgil abloh edith farnsworth and midcentury modernism 01

Virgil Abloh, Edith Farnsworth, and Midcentury Modernism

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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