Observations

MAS Context Observations features individual articles focused on the intersection between the built environment and other disciplines. The articles initiate or expand upon themes explored by MAS Context. This section is also the home to particular series, such as featuring exhibitions across the world affected by COVID-19, and In Context (a recontextualization of our archives by our readers).
G. E. Kidder Smith Builds
Iker Gil interviews Neil Donnelly, Angelo Maggi, Andrea Nalesso, Michelangelo Sabatino, and Siiri TännlerWay Beyond Bigness
The Need for a Watershed Architecture
Essay by Derek HoeferlinOn the Origins of High Water
Iker Gil and Mimi Zeiger interview Virginia HanusikThe Significant Life and Uncertain Future of the Helen Plum Library
Essay by Iker Gil and Julie MichielsF: Reconstituting Tolstoy College
Essay by Liz Park with an introduction by Collective QuestionFrom the Mississippi Watershed
Iker Gil interviews David SchalliolEibar, the Factory City
Essay by Luis Ulacia and photographs by José RoncoStory Poles
Essay and photographs by David SchalliolJohn Moutoussamy at 100
Essay by Iker GilThis is not the Huarte House
Essay by Patxi Eguiluz and Carlos CopertoneCatalog for the Post-Human
Project by Parsons & CharlesworthA Field Guide to Sprawl Mountain
Modeling Waiting in the Landscape of Dismantled Transit
Essay and project by Joshua G. Stein2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nancy A. AbshireCartographic Evidence of Invisible Cities
Essay by Olga SubirósHelmut Jahn (1940-2021)
Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his workStudio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe
Essay by Denise Scott BrownOnly Girl Architect Lonely
Essay by Susan F. KingNocturnal Landscapes in Photography
Greg Girard
David Schalliol interviews Greg GirardHome and Away
The Filipino Diaspora and the Built Environment
Text and photographs by Jason ReblandoGoodbye to the Amber Glow
Essay by Ann Lui and Craig Reschke, with photographs by David SchalliolCooperative Housing as a Means More Than an End
Essay by Ethel Baraona PohlA Total Work of Art
The Salime Hydroelectric Power Plant
Text by Patxi Eguiluz and Carlos CopertoneAn Industrial Legacy Worth Saving
Text by Iker GilA Dialog of Difference:
Reflections on Bruce Goff’s Ford House
Texts by Petra Bachmaier, Leo Berk, Assaf Evron, Grant Gibson, Sidney K. Robinson, David Skidmore, and Mary Woolever. Introduction and photographs by Iker Gil.SGN: On the Utility Poles of Ho Chi Minh City
Essay and photographs by Noritaka MinamiOtl Aicher. Metro Bilbao. Architecture and Landscape
Exhibition curated by Gilermo ZuaznabarThe Changing Transportation Landscape in Chicago
Text and selection by Rachel ColeThe Great Lakes Architectural Expedition
Exhibition curated and designed by Galen PardeeContributions of the Basque Exile to Mexican Architecture
Essay by Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-FunesConcentrico 2020
A look at the sixth edition of Concéntrico, Logroño’s International Festival of Architecture and DesignPresent Futures
Mechanics of Ethnocratic Colonial Urbanism
Project by Rula Zuhour. Photographs by Samer Sharif.Template for a Cooperative Network
of Small Architecture Practices
Text by Gabriel Cira, Peggy Deamer, Ashton Hamm, James Heard, Will Martin, Quilian Riano, Shawhin Roudbari, and Christian RutherfordWriting in Stone Veneer: New Orleans Public Schools’ Past and Future
Essay by David SchalliolConverging at Architecture
An Interview with Jeanne Gang
Interview between architects Jeanne Gang and Ann Lui excerpted from the book Studio Gang: ArchitectureBauhaus Chicago: Design in the City
Text by Alison Fisher, curator of the exhibition at the Art Institute of ChicagoAccess for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures
Text by Daniel Talesnik, curator of the exhibition at the Center for ArchitecturePractice, Product, Protocol
Exhibition on the work of Jacob Comerci, Matīss Groskaufmanis, and Eduardo MedieroCars: Accelerating the Modern World
Exhibition description and tour by Brendan Cormier, co-curator of the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert MuseumGeographies of the Lockdown in Barcelona
Mapping the City from Home
Text and maps by 300.000 km/sVisualizing Disasters and an Ongoing Crisis
Essay and photographs by Virginia HanusikShameless Copy
Texts by LIGA curators and Abilio Guerra on the exhibition at LIGA and the houses of Terra e TumaChilean House: Domestic Images
Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski on the exhibition at the Centro Cultural La MonedaRe-enactment:
Lilly Reich’s Work Occupies the Barcelona Pavilion
Essay by Laura Martínez de Guereñu, author of the artistic intervention at the Mies van der Rohe PavilionWithout Michael
Jonathan Solomon remembers Michael SorkinEl Jinete Amarillo
Texts by Tamara Crespo and Fidel Raso on the exhibition at Centro e-LEA Miguel DelibesFood With A Face
Essay by Kathryn Clarke AlbrightNivola in New York | Figure in Field
On the exhibition on display at the Cooper UnionTwelve Cautionary Urban Tales
Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl on the exhibition at Matadero MadridPoured Architecture: Sergio Prego on Miguel Fisac
On the exhibition on display at the Graham FoundationOn the Precious Work of Brinda Somaya
Text and projects by Brinda SomayaOff the Grid
Belgian Graphic Design from the 1960s and 1970s
as Seen by Sara De Bondt
Text by Sara De BondtEn-Medio: Casa Cueva
Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)The MIES Project
Architectural historian Michelangelo Sabatino interviews photographer Arina DähnickInternational Research and Design Forum
Creating New Architecture Through Research
A two-day event organized by the SOM Foundation and IIT College of ArchitectureLa Ricarda: A Work in Progress
Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi RoigMemories of La Ricarda:
The Gomis Bertrand and Bonet Families Reflect on a Historic HouseSouthern Exposure
The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side
Iker Gil interviews Lee BeyNo Compromise
An Interview with Stanley TigermanChinese Communal Graphic Standards
Text and project by Raven XuJosé Miguel de Prada Poole and the
Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles
Essay by Antonio CoboGroundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983
Essay by Andy SturdevantA Career in Five Projects
Carlos Ferrater
Iker Gil interviews Carlos FerraterHurricane Harvey, the Golden Triangle, and the Inequality of Relief
Essay by Elizabeth BlasiusStanley Tigerman (1930-2019)
Architects remember Stanley TigermanMemory Card Sea Power
Iker Gil interviews David SouthwoodPittsburgh as a Project: Reimagining the Modern
Essay by Rami el Samahy, Chris Grimley, and Michael KuboLiminal Frontier Climate Adaptation and the American Coast
Essay and photographs by Virginia HanusikAtlantic City
Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose. Photographs by Brian Rose.En-Medio: Súper Servicio Lomas
Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)Spontaneous Uses
Text and drawings by SIAA. Photographs by Lauro Rocha.Connections: 48 Years
Lecture by Barbara KastenA Receding Coast
Essay and photographs by Virginia HanusikAlmost Perfect
Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin MendoRebel Garages
Essay and policy proposals by Future FirmVisual Explorations of Our Daily Environment
Visualizations by Scott ReinhardIn Context | Katya Tylevich
Katya Tylevich recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Ross Wolfe
Ross Wolfe recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Chris Berthelsen
Chris Berthelsen recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Léopold Lambert
Léopold Lambert recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Suzanne Strum
Suzanne Strum recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Tomas Skovgaard
Tomas Skovgaard recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Martine Syms
Martine Syms recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Diego Arraigada
Diego Arraigada recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Michael Kubo
Michael Kubo recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Brendan Crain
Brendan Crain recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Javier Arbona
Javier Arbona recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Mason White
Mason White recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | dpr-barcelona
dpr-barcelona recontextualizes the MAS Context archivesIn Context | Mimi Zeiger
Mimi Zeiger recontextualizes the MAS Context archives