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MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Identity as Infrastructure: How Span’s Design Shapes Culture, Institutions, and Public Life
Lecture by John Pobojewski, Bud Rodecker, and Nick Adam, partners at Span, a Chicago-based studio crossing the boundaries of communication design in all mediums. The event will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Exploring the Archives: Chicago History Museum
Rebekah Coffman, Jojo Galvan, and Elena Gonzales, public historians at the Chicago History Museum, will showcase items from the museum collection. The program will take place at the Chicago History Museum, Guild Room (1601 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614).
MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
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Film screening of GOFF, a documentary that explores the life of architect Bruce Goff, one of the most innovative yet forgotten American architects of the twentieth century, and the path that lead to the destruction and restoration of his memory and dwellings. The screening, organized by MAS Context and UIC School of Architecture, will take place at UIC School of Architecture, Room 1100 A+DS (845 West Harrison Street, 1100 A+DS, Chicago, Illinois 60607).
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with film director Britni Harris, professor Penelope Dean, and Art Institute curator Alison Fisher moderated by Karl Jones.
Exhibition
All Magnificent and Wild: Notes on Chicago Residential Hotels
All Magnificent and Wild: Notes on Chicago Residential Hotels is an exhibition curated by architect and theorist Francesco Marullo exploring Chicago’s residential hotels. The exhibition will be on view at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Germane Barnes: Turn the Mic Up
Lecture by Chicago-born Miami-based architect Germane Barnes, founding principal of Studio Barnes. The event will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Adam Paul Susaneck: Segregation by Design and Reconnecting Communities
Lecture by architect and urban planner Adam Paul Susaneck, whose project Segregation by Design documents how highways and urban renewal have been used to divide cities, as well as highlighting solutions and advocates. The event will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
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Past Issues
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Bruce Goff’s Fabulous (and Bedazzled) Material Worlds
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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From Design to Destruction: Archiving the World Trade Center
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Virgil Abloh, Edith Farnsworth, and Midcentury Modernism
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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The National Public Housing Museum: A House Museum for the Future
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius