Observations
MAS Context Observations is a series of individual articles focused on the intersection between the built environment and other disciplines. The articles initiate or expand upon themes explored in our issues.
En-Medio: Casa Cueva
Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
The MIES Project
Architectural historian Michelangelo Sabatino interviews photographer Arina Dähnick
La Ricarda:
A Work in Progress
Memories of La Ricarda:
The Gomis Bertrand and Bonet Families Reflect on a Historic House
Southern Exposure
The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South SideIker Gil interviews Lee Bey
No Compromise
An Interview with Stanley Tigerman
Chinese Communal Graphic Standards
Text and project by Raven Xu
José Miguel de Prada Poole and the
Perishable Architecture of Soap BubblesEssay by Antonio Cobo
Groundscraper City
Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul
1978–1983Essay by Andy Sturdevant
A Career in Five Projects
Carlos FerraterIker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater
Hurricane Harvey, the Golden Triangle, and the Inequality of Relief
Essay by Elizabeth Blasius
Stanley Tigerman (1930-2019)
Architects remember Stanley Tigerman
Memory Card Sea Power
Iker Gil interviews David Southwood
Pittsburgh as a Project:
Reimagining the ModernEssay by Rami el Samahy, Chris Grimley, and Michael Kubo
Liminal Frontier Climate Adaptation and the American Coast
Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Atlantic 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 Kasten
A Receding Coast
Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Almost Perfect
Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Rebel Garages
Essay and policy proposals by Future Firm
Visual explorations of our daily environment
Visualizations by Scott Reinhard
