Observations

Mas observations 2022 helen plum library 01

The Significant Life and Uncertain Future of the Helen Plum Library

Essay by Iker Gil and Julie Michiels
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Spontaneous Uses

Text and drawings by SIAA with photography by Lauro Rocha
Mas observations 2019 a career in five projects 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater
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La Ricarda: A Work in Progress

Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi Roig
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Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman
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2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award: Nancy A. Abshire

Presentation by architect Nancy Abshire
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Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
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Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
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The Changing Transportation Landscape in Chicago

Text and selection by Rachel Cole
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Contributions of the Basque Exile to Mexican Architecture

Essay by Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes
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Writing in Stone Veneer: New Orleans Public Schools’ Past and Future

Essay and photographs by David Schalliol
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On the Precious Work of Brinda Somaya

Text and projects by Brinda Somaya
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Groundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983

Essay by Andy Sturdevant
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What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
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Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
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SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing

Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
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Baxter International and Corporate Campus Architecture: Chicagoland’s Technological Architecture Under Threat

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
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Art at the James R. Thompson Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: A Career of Determination, Problem Solving, and Proactivity

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 the passion tax is history 01

The “Passion Tax” is History

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Unnamed Spaces

Marta Bogéa, Mônica Junqueira de Camargo, and Pedro Kok in conversation with Alvaro Puntoni and João Sodré of GRUPOSP