MAS Context
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Exhibition
Off Center is an ongoing typological and geospatial research project on the multiple centers of the United States conducted by Alaina Read Griffin and Cody Tyler Schueller. The exhibition will be on view at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
MAS Context Fall Talks 2026
Vanishing Japan: Modern Architecture, Gone But Not Forgotten
Lecture by Naomi Pollock, author of the book Vanishing Japan: Modern Architecture, Gone But Not Forgotten, a visual celebration and record of Japan’s demolished postwar architectural gems and a look at why they’ve been torn down. The program will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
MAS Context Fall Talks 2026
Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect
MAS Context and the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture are organizing the Chicago book launch of Max Bond: The Life and Work of the People’s Architect with a talk by author Brian D. Goldstein. The program will take place at S. R. Crown Hall, home of IIT's College of Architecture (3360 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616).
A Q&A with Irene Sunwoo, John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design at the Art Institute of Chicago, will follow the presentation.
MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Lecture by Marita Gomis, co-owner of the Casa Gomis / La Ricarda. The lecture took place at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
Exhibition
La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project
MAS Context presents the exhibition La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project. The exhibition was on display at Lawrence & Clark.
Essay
Memories of La Ricarda: The Gomis Bertrand and Bonet Families Reflect on a Historic House
The Gomis Bertrand family and Victoria Bonet, daughter of the architect Antonio Bonet Castellana, share their memories about the Casa Gomis
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Bruce Goff’s Fabulous (and Bedazzled) Material Worlds
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From Design to Destruction: Archiving the World Trade Center
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