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Art and Materiality: Unlocking Stories Embedded in the Materials of a Gilded Age Mansion

Iker Gil interviews Giovanni Aloi

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Last Stop: An Exploration of the Neighborhoods at the Ends of the Subway Lines in New York City

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Last Stop: An Exploration of the Neighborhoods at the Ends of the Subway Lines in New York City

Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose

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Now / Arriving 2025

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MAS Context Spring Talks 2025

Now / Arriving 2025

Presentations by ERA / Eric Rothfeder Architect, New Office, and Perkins&Will on April 9

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Beyond Closure | Minneapolis

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MAS Context Spring Talks 2025

Beyond Closure | Minneapolis

Film screening in Minneapolis on April 10

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The Show Goes on at the Rogers Theater

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Monthly Column

The Show Goes on at the Rogers Theater

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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Chasing the Sun: The Coastal High-Rises of Benidorm

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Photo Essay

Chasing the Sun: The Coastal High-Rises of Benidorm

Photo essay by Iker Gil

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From Utility to Art: The History of 1544 North Sedgwick Street

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Essay

From Utility to Art: The History of 1544 North Sedgwick Street

Essay by Alison Cuddy

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Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford

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Interview

Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford

David Schalliol interviews Arturo Soto

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Art and Materiality: Unlocking Stories Embedded in the Materials of a Gilded Age Mansion

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

Essay by Denise Scott Brown

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Sexism Is Still With Us

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Only Girl Architect Lonely

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Oral History

Dialogues: Kristine Fallon

Iker Gil interviews architect Kristine Fallon

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Dialogues: Margaret McCurry

Iker Gil and Julie Michiels interview architect Margaret McCurry

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Dialogues: Carol Ross Barney

Stephen Killion interviews architect Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, founder and president of Ross Barney Architects

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MAS Context supports BairBalliet’s installation during Concéntrico’s Festival 2025

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MAS Context 2025 Spring Talks

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MAS Context Reading Room Expands

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MAS Context donates Dan Wheeler’s oral history to The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Graham Foundation supports Borderless Studio’s book

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Chicagoland on Wheels: Roller Skating from the 1880s to the Present

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Florence Scala: The Joan of Arc of Chicago’s Near West Side

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Permastone and Formstone: Modern Marvels or the Margarine of Architecture

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The 1900 Galveston Storm: United States’ First Modern Natural Disaster

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A History of Preservation in Chicago

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As the Whole World Watched: Protest, Action, and Violence in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention

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The Return of Michigan Central Station: Interrogating Nostalgia

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