Issues

Mas issue public cover opening

Public

Issue 8
Mas issue public what is your favorite public space 01

What is Your Favorite Public Space?

We asked you, our public, about your favorite public space
Mas issue public european prize for public space 01

European Prize for Urban Public Space

The European Award for Urban Public Space selected this year projects by KARO* with Architectur + Netzwerk and SNØHETTA
Mas issue public despair 01

Despair

Architect Edward Emile Richardson explains the impact that the public housing laws have had in the public housing system in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Mas issue public open manifesto 01

Open Manifesto for Mass Creation

Architect Lick Fai Eric Ho proposes a new way of approaching design
Mas issue public cover opening

Demand and Propose

Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue public superirresponsible 01

Superirresponsible

Designer Andrew Clark visualizes the SUPERFUND program
Mas issue public shanghai streets 01

Shanghai Streets

Photographer Rob Smith captures images of everyday life in the streets of Shanghai
Mas issue public is there a future for the recent past in new orleans 08

Is There a Future for the Recent Past in New Orleans?

Essay by Francine Stock, president of DOCOMOMO US/Louisiana
Mas issue public white house cover

White House 2.0

Text and project by Arielle Assouline-Lichten & Wayne Congar of the think-tank lab/RAD
Mas issue public narrow streets los angeles 04

Narrow Streets Los Angeles

Photographer David Yoon narrows existing streets of Los Angeles to see the effects on the city
Mas issue public el peine del viento 05

El Peine del Viento

Luis Chillida, son of sculptor Eduardo Chillida, talks to Iker Gil about “El Peine del Viento”
Mas issue work publics works 01

Publics Works

Essay by Maria Moreno-Carranco
Mas issue communication making policy public 15

Making Policy Public

Projects by the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that uses design and art to improve civic engagement
Mas issue energy public farm 1 01

Case Study #2: Public Farm 1

Project by WORK Architecture Company

Erik Gunnar Asplund’s Stockholm Public Library Expansion

Project by Ana Quintana Zazurca
Mas issue bold late entry to the chicago public library competition 01

Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition

Project by Design With Company
Mas issue speed on the quickening of history 01

On the Quickening of History

Essay by Brendan Crain, founder of the Where blog and Communications Manager at Project for Public Spaces
Mas issue amusement defencing 01

De[FENCING]

Architect Joseph Altshuler proposes a public intervention in the most typical constraint of urban isolation: the fence
Mas issue character dead ringers 01

Dead Ringers

Project by Norell/Rodhe
Mas issue bold the available city 01

The Available City

Project by David Brown
Mas issue bold logistical ecologies 01

Logistical Ecologies

Project by Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape with MODUS Collective
Mas issue bold filter island 01

Filter Island

Project by UrbanLab
Mas issue bold the big shift 01

The Big Shift

Project by PORT Urbanism
Mas issue bold second sun 01

Second Sun

Project by WEATHERS
Mas issue ownership where do good ideas come from 01

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

Essay by Benjamin Brichta, the Network Architecture Lab, an experimental unit at the Columbia University GSAPP directed by Kazys Varnelis
Mas issue ownership birdhouses feeders 01

Birdhouses/Feeders

Urban interventions by street artist and designer XAM
Mas issue communication sound life 01

A Sound Life

Iker Gil interviews movie sound designer Oriol Tarragó
Mas issue visibility visual complexity 01

Visual Complexity

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview Manuel Lima
Mas issue conflict under the bridge 01

Under the Bridge

Film and essay by Nora Niasari
Mas issue speed notes from the velodrome 01

Notes from the Velodrome

Essay by Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures at Harvard and faculty at the GSD
Mas issue speed mumbai disconnected 01

Mumbai Disconnected

Iker Gil interviews Camilla Nielsson, co-director with Frederik Jacobi of the documentary Mumbai Disconnected
Mas issue speed talk to your city 01

Talk to Your City

Project by Candy Chang, co-founder of Civic Center, a civic design studio in New Orleans
Mas issue debate room at the top 05

Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas issue debate circulating borders 01

Circulating Borders: The BMW Guggenheim Lab

Essay by Marina Otero Verzier
Mas issue university works discussing university works 01

Discussing University Works

A conversation between Andrew Clark, Judith De Jong, Alexander Eisenschimdt, Iker Gil, Jimenez Lai, Paul Preissner, Juan Manuel Rois, and Karla Sierralta
Mas issue university works utdt studio 01

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Escuela de Arquitectura y Estudios Urbanos

Introduction by Diego Arraigada
Mas issue university works virginia tech studio 01

Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design

Introduction by Kathryn Clarke Albright
Mas issue university works ethz studio 01

ETH Zürich, Faculty of Architecture

Introduction by Josep Lluís Mateo
Mas issue university works waseda studio 01

Waseda University, Department of Architecture

Introduction by Masayuki Irie
Mas issue university works uts beirut city 11

Beirut City

Project by Erik Escalante and Alina McConnochie
Mas issue hidden archipelagos of detritus 01

Archipelagos of Detritus: The Need for a Theory on Spatial Waste

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro
Mas issue surveillance the traveller 01

The Traveller

Project by Jens Sundheim and Bernhard Reuss
Mas issue surveillance what does big brother see while he is watching 01

What Does Big Brother See, While He is Watching? A Look at the Secret Stasi Archives

Iker Gil interviews Simon Menner
Mas issue surveillance materiality of deletion 01

Materiality of Deletion

Essay by Christo de Klerk
Mas issue ordinary designing for other things to happen 08

Designing for Other Things to Happen

Essay by Rojkind Arquitectos
Mas issue legacy filter island 01

Filter Island

Project by Urbanlab
Mas issue legacy the big shift 01

The Big Shift

Project by PORT Urbanism
Mas issue legacy architecture and the city 01

Architecture and the City: Berlin, Tempelhof

Project by Ted Brown
Mas issue repetition an obituary for the greek city of repetition 01

An Obituary for the Greek City of Repetition

Essay by Panos Dragonas
Mas issue improbable emission 01

Radiation and Telecom: Émission

Project by Jordan Geiger
Mas issue narrative cover opening

Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue repetition posconflicto laboratory 01

Posconflicto Laboratory: More and More about Less and Less and Less and Less about More and More

Essay by Roberto Soundy and project by URBANÍSTICA—Empresa Metropolitana de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de la Ciudad de Guatemala and Asociación Centroamericana Taller de Arquitectura (a—c—t—a)
Mas issue repetition typo 01

Typo

Project by NEMESTUDIO
Mas issue improbable futures expo boston 76 01

Futures: Expo Boston ‘76

Text and chronology by Michael Kubo, Chris Grimley, and Mark Pasnik
Mas issue repetition two million homes for mexico 01

Two Million Homes for Mexico

Text and photographs by Livia Corona Benjamin
Mas issue repetition we print because we can 01

We Print Because We Can

Essay by Patrick Sykes
Mas issue repetition one architect three approaches 01

One Architect, Three Approaches: Bertrand Goldberg’s Early Experiments with Prefabrication, 1937-1952

Essay by Michelle Benoit
Mas issue repetition building repetition through history 01

Building Repetition Through History: Motivations And Implications

Essay by José García Soriano and Carmen López Albert
Mas issue repetition concealed carry repeat 01

Concealed Carry, Repeat

Text, photograph, and pattern by James Goggin
Mas issue repetition claude are you dreaming 01

Claude, Are you Dreaming, or is this Really Happening?

Iker Gil interviews astronaut Claude Nicollier
Mas issue surveillance in the news 01

Surveillance in the News

A selection of quotes on surveillance from the news.
Mas issue surveillance the street as platform 01

The Street as Platform

Essay by Dan Hill, Executive Director of Futures at the UK’s Future Cities Catapult
Mas issue surveillance manifesto for cctv filmmakers 01

Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers

THE FILMMAKER AS SYMBIONT: opportunistic infections of the surveillance apparatus
Mas issue living in cabrini 01

Living in Cabrini

James Lockhart, a former resident of Cabrini Green, shares his memories with Iker Gil about growing up in the Chicago Public Housing.
Mas issue amusement what amuses you 01

What Amuses You?

Your responses to the question by MAS Context
Mas issue energy as american as power 01

(As) American (As) Power

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview photographer Mitch Epstein, author of American Power
Mas issue living linked hybrid complex 01

Case Study #5: Linked Hybrid Complex

Project by Steven Holl Architects
Mas issue living the whale 01

Case Study #4: The Whale

Project by Frits van Dongen of de Architekten Cie.
Mas issue living walden 7 01

Case Study #2: Walden 7

Project by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
Mas issue more more of more cover

More of More

MAS Context asked several people working in different fields to give us their definition of the concept of More.
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

Bilbao’s Strategic Evolution: The Metamorphosis of the Industrial City

Essay by Ibon Areso
Mas issue bilbao three key organizations 01

Three Key Organizations: Bilbao Metrópoli 30, BILBAO Ría 2000, and the Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium

Text by Iker Gil
Mas issue work layoff moveon 01

Layoff Moveon

Iker Gil interviews Jessica Lybeck
Mas issue work farmers work 01

Farmer’s Work

Architect Kathryn Clarke Albright studies farmers markets and reveals the pleasures and demands of the farmer’s work
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
Mas issue living places not spaces 01

Places, Not Spaces

Architect and painter Maya Brittain examines the transformation of the Veneto region in Italy during the last thirty years
Mas issue bilbao building the symbol of a remarkable transformation 01

Building the Symbol of a Remarkable Transformation

Iker Gil interviews John Zils
Mas issue events embt goes east 01

EMBT Goes East

Mateu Baylina and Xavi Ayala interview Benedetta Tagliabue
Mas issue events designing venues 01

Designing Venues

Iker Gil interviews Doug Garofalo
Mas issue events in good we trust 01

In Good We Trust

John Hickenlooper and Bruce Mau present the Denver Biennial of the Americas
Mas issue events cdf 2011 17

CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
Mas issue living survivor maracaibo 01

Survivor Maracaibo

Architects Karla Sierralta and Brian Strawn share their experience living in Maracaibo, where informal inventions address social and economic conditions
Mas issue character breaking bad 01

Breaking Bad: When Architecture is Turned into a Criminal

Essay by Tania Tovar Torres

Bold

Issue 29
Mas issue vigilantism what kind of vigilante are you thumbnail

What Kind of Vigilante Are You?

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue visibility cover opening

Visibility

Issue 15
Mas issue work cover opening

Work

Issue 3
Mas issue university works cover opening

University Works

Issue 0
Mas issue vigilantism cover opening

Vigilantism

Issue 33

Events

Mas event 2024 public utilities proposal 01

Outpost Office: Public Utilities

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2014 our public space poster 02

Our Public Space: Who Owns It, Who Shapes It, and Who Benefits From It

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2013 geoff manaugh nicola twilley 01

Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley: A Year on the Road with Venue

MAS Context Spring Talks 2013
Mas event 2021 nocturnal landscapes museo en la calle 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Museo en la Calle

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch bilbao 01

Bilbao issue launch in Bilbao

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 dingbat 01

Dingbat 2.0: The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 couplings 11

Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 koldo lus arana 01

Koldo Lus Arana: Architectural Narratives / Building stories

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 grimley pasnik heroic 01

Chris Grimley and Mark Pasnik: Heroic

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 luftwerk solarise 01

Luftwerk: solarise

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 pitchfork 01

Pitchfork studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 01

Chatter: Architecture Talks Back

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2022 conor o shea 02

Conor O’Shea: Designing Urban Biodiversity

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 leandro valencia locsin 01

The Complex and Multifaceted Work of Leandro Valencia Locsin

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 13

Watershed Architecture

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 marta maccaglia a lot with little 04

Marta Maccaglia: A Lot With Little

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2023 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 starship chicago II thumbnail

Starship Chicago II Premiere

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 starship chicago II poster 2 crop

Starship Chicago II

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 inhabiting the water 01

Inhabiting the Water

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2022 chicago tribune competition at 100 01

Chicago Tribune Tower Competition at 100

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 spaces with stories 02

Design With Company: Spaces With Stories

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 couplings thumbnail

Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 03

JNL Graphic Design studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 mas context los angeles bmd 01

MAS Context x Los Angeles x BMD

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2013 suburbia gone wild 01

Suburbia Gone Wild

MAS Context Spring Talks 2013
Mas issue aberration cover

Aberration: Live in Los Angeles

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2018 nathan friedman 01

Nathan Friedman: En-Medio

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 agency 01

AGENCY: Undercurrents

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 01

Harry Seidler: Modernist

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 can we not open our eyes to our own treasures 01

Can we not open our eyes to our own treasures?

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 envisioning new spatial organizations 01

Envisioning New Spatial Organizations

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 mass market alternatives 01

Mass Market Alternatives

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch chicago 10

Bilbao issue launch in Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2020 concentrico 01

Concentrico: Rethinking Our Built Environment Through Design

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2019 tracing traces 14

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2019

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 la ricarda an architectural and cultural project 01

La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 geometry of light farnsworth house 01

Geometry of Light: Farnsworth House

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises / Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 geometry of light barcelona pavilion 01

Geometry of Light: Barcelona Pavilion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2018 jonathan solomon 01

Jonathan Solomon: Short-Cuts

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 carlos bedoya 01

Carlos Bedoya: Invisible Geometries

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2018

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 in your city by the lake 01

In Your City by the Lake

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas events 2021 territories of territory extraction 01

Territories of Territory Extraction

Exhibition
Mas issue public is there a future for the recent past in new orleans 08

Charles Colbert at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2022 ecosistema urbano 01

Ecosistema Urbano: Designing Atmospheres for Social Interaction

MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
Mas events 2021 modernism as character nathan eddy 01

Modernism as Character: Nathan Eddy

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 battleship berlin 01

Battleship Berlin

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 medium matters 01

Medium Matters: Architectural Representation After Construction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 architectures social ecological political agency 01

Architecture’s Social, Ecological, and Political Agency

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 vigilantism issue launch 01

Vigilantism issue launch

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021

Observations

Mas observations writing in stone veneer 01

Writing in Stone Veneer: New Orleans Public Schools’ Past and Future

Essay and photographs by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2023 the passion tax is history 01

The “Passion Tax” is History

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 the englewood nature trail 01

The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 outside the box 01a

Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside

Text by Michelangelo Sabatino with photographs by Will Quam
Mas observations 2023 lavadoiro ana amado 01

Lavadoiro

Text and photos by Ana Amado
Mas observations 2023 sarasota school of architecture 01

Past, Present, and Future of the Sarasota School of Architecture

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas context observations 2023 hanover and over again 01

Hanover and Over Again!

Essay by Jason Griffiths
Mas observations 2023 christopher columbus memorial 01

Changing Narratives and Confronting History Through Two Chicago Monuments: The Christopher Columbus Memorial and the Chicago Torture Justice Memorial

Monthly Column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 urban archaeology lost buildings of st louis 01

Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 urban exploration as creative practice 01

Urban Exploration as Creative Practice

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 five bay landscapes saginaw bay 13

Five Bay Landscapes: Saginaw Bay

Essay by Sean Burkholder and Karen Lutsky
Mas observations 2023 som computer group 06

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing

Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
Mas observations 2023 baxter international and corporate campus architecture baxter 01

Baxter International and Corporate Campus Architecture: Chicagoland’s Technological Architecture Under Threat

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 seeking zohn zara pfeifer 01

Seeking Zohn

Text by curators Mimi Zeiger and Tony Macarena (Lorena Canales and Alejandro Olávarri) as well as Alejandro Hernández Gálvez
Mas observations 2023 from resources to rubble eric allix rogers 01

From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth Year

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas context observations 2023 cesar sans house santa maria getxo 01

House of the Architect

Text by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
Mas observations 2023 art at the james r thompson center 01

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 threatened altered and demolished abrams house 01

Threatened, Altered, and Demolished: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates’ Built Work at Risk

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 gertrude lempp kerbis 01

Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: A Career of Determination, Problem Solving, and Proactivity

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 01

JNL Graphic Design: Celebrating a Studio that Sculpted the Visual and Cultural Landscape of Chicago and Beyond

Celebrating the work of JNL Graphic Design
Mas observations 2022 after demolition cover

After Demolition

Photo essay by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2022 the super roof at 50 michael zimmermann 01

The Super Roof Turns 50

Iker Gil and William Baker interview Rudolph Bergermann and Knut Göppert
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2022 betty blum 01

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
Mas observations 2022 sainsbury wing 01

Sainsbury Wing: Objection from Denise Scott Brown

Text by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

1 + 1 > 2: Letter to Biljana, Notes to Frida

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2023 chicago school closures 10 years later anthony overton incubator 01

Chicago School Closures: Ten Years Later

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 at home with the collective 01

At Home with the Collective

Excerpts from a conversation between MAS Context and Alexander Eisenschmidt on a research project that he calls “At Home with the Collective” accompanied by a selection of work from a seminar and studio at UIC.
Mas observations 2022 will we chicago 01

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 madrid diversa rainer torrado 02

Madrid Diversa: Five Perspectives on the City Through Maps, Photographs, and Sounds

Text by Ariadna Cantis and Javier Peña Ibañez
Mas observations 2024 unnamed spaces sebrae 01

Unnamed Spaces

Marta Bogéa, Mônica Junqueira de Camargo, and Pedro Kok in conversation with Alvaro Puntoni and João Sodré of GRUPOSP
Mas observations 2024 drawing the ring of steel 01

Drawing the Ring of Steel: A Counter-Monument for Belfast

Essay and project by Kate Catterall
Mas observations 2024 the century and consumers buildings 01

The Century and Consumers Buildings: Their Complicated Saga and the Precedent They Might Set

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 sentinels iron portals of chicagoland 03

Sentinels: Iron Portals of Chicagoland

Project by Cédric Van Parys
Mas observations 2019 jose miguel de prada poole 01

José Miguel de Prada Poole and the Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles

Essay by Antonio Cobo
Mas observations 2020 contributions of the basque exile to mexican architecture 01

Contributions of the Basque Exile to Mexican Architecture

Essay by Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes
Mas observations 2020 access for all 01

Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures

Text by Daniel Talesnik
Mas observations 2020 casa chilena 15

Chilean House: Domestic Images

Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski
Mas observations 2020 twelve cautionary urban tales 01

Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales

Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl
Mas observations 2020 on the precious work of brinda somaya 01

On the Precious Work of Brinda Somaya

Text and projects by Brinda Somaya
Mas observations 2019 southern exposure 07

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Iker Gil interviews Lee Bey
Mas observations 2020 changing transportation landscape chicago cover

The Changing Transportation Landscape in Chicago

Text and selection by Rachel Cole
Mas observations 2019 groundscraper city 01

Groundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983

Essay by Andy Sturdevant
Mas observations 2019 stanley tigerman 1930 2019 01

Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman
Mas observations 2019 en medio super servicio lomas 01

En-Medio: Súper Servicio Lomas

Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
Mas observations 2019 a receding coast 01

A Receding Coast

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Mas observations 2019 spontaneous uses cover

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
Mas observations 2019 la ricarda a work in progress 01

La Ricarda: A Work in Progress

Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi Roig
Mas observations 2021 nancy abshire lifetime award 01

2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award: Nancy A. Abshire

Presentation by architect Nancy Abshire
Mas observations 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2021 only girl architect only 01

Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
Mas observations 2021 cooperative housing 01

Cooperative Housing as a Means More Than an End

Essay by Ethel Baraona Pohl
Mas observations 2021 an industrial legacy worth saving 01

An Industrial Legacy Worth Saving

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2022 from the mississippi watershed 01

From the Mississippi Watershed

Iker Gil interviews David Schalliol

News

Mas news 2011 mas context in de zines exhibition 01

MAS Context in De Zines exhibition

Mas news 2012 mas context in archizines exhibition in milan 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition in Milan

Mas news 2013 archizines live chicago 01

Archizines Live Chicago feat. MAS Context

Mas news 2012 mas context featured in design bureau 01

MAS Context Featured in Design Bureau

Mas issue bold alternative scenarios for chicago 01

MAS Context contributors featured in the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Mas shop 2021 nocturnal landscapes cover 01

Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-de-France acquires Nocturnal Landscapes

Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 06

MAS Context 2021 Year in Review

Mas news 2021 architecture book fair 01

MAS Context participates in the Architecture Book Fair

Mas event 2021 medium matters 01

MAS Context 2021 Fall Talks

Mas event 2021 radical logic 01

MAS Context receives a 2021 Graham Foundation grant

Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 04

MAS Context 2021 Spring Talks

Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes 01

Nocturnal Landscapes receives ICUB grant

Mas issue vigilantism collisions 02

MAS Context 2020 Fall Talks

Mas news 2020 vigilantism topic of issue 33 of mas context 01

Vigilantism is the topic of Issue 33 of MAS Context

Mas news 2020 newcity design 50 2020 02

MAS Context contributors in Newcity’s 2020 Design 50

Mas news 2019 seoul biennale architecture urbanism 02

MAS Context at the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism

Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 04

MAS Context 2019 Fall Talks

Mas event 2019 geometry of light barcelona pavilion 01

Luftwerk and Iker Gil receive a 2019 Graham Foundation grant

Mas event 2019 tobias armborst 01

MAS Context 2019 Spring Talks

Mas event 2018 alexandra lange 07

MAS Context 2018 Fall Talks

Mas news 2018 repositioning the historic schweikher house 02

Repositioning the historic Schweikher House

Mas news 2017 bold issue winner of 50 books 50 covers 01

Bold issue winner of 50 Books/50 Covers

Mas news 2017 mas context included in a print 01

MAS Context included in A PRINT

Mas issue bilbao words desires and memories 01

MAS Context receives a 2016 Graham Foundation grant

Mas news 2016 mas context dpr barcelona una revolucion de formas book 02

MAS Context collaborates with dpr-barcelona on Una Revolución de Formas book

Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 19

Consider supporting MAS Context

Mas news 2013 mas context at spontaneous interventions 01

MAS Context at Spontaneous Interventions

Mas news 2014 ordinary cover 05

Ordinary Cover

Mas news 2014 fall talks cover

MAS Context 2014 Fall Talks

Mas news 2014 mas context collaborates with luis mendo 01

MAS Context collaborates with Luis Mendo

Mas news 2014 iker gil presents at aia convention 01

Iker Gil presents at AIA Convention

Mas news 2014 engaging the chicago design community 01

Engaging the Chicago Design Community

Mas news 2014 mas context team in newcitys 2014 design 50 01

MAS Context Team in Newcity’s 2014 Design 50

Mas issue legacy when the future was here 01

MAS Context Receives a 2013 Graham Foundation Grant

Mas news 2010 mas context in a few zines exhibition 01

MAS Context in A Few Zines Exhibition

Mas issue boundary cover opening

MAS Context Boundary Featured on ArchDaily

Mas news 2012 mas context in magazine library 10 02

MAS Context in Magazine Library 10

Mas news 2012 mas context in archizines exhibition at storefront 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition at Storefront

Mas news 2011 mas context featured in abitare magazine 01

MAS Context Featured in Abitare Magazine

Mas event 2023 there is room 06

MAS Context 2023 Fall Talks

Mas news 2023 year in review

MAS Context 2023 Year in Review

Mas event 2023 stone wall stand in 04

MAS Context receives a 2023 The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation grant

Mas news 2023 the graham foundation supports dark matter universitys book

The Graham Foundation supports Dark Matter University’s book

Portrait of Molly Hanse and David Schalliol

Molly Hanse and David Schalliol join MAS Context’s team

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