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Lee Bey on The Best Side: The Architecture, Places, and Spaces of Chicago’s West Side

May 13, 2026

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Route 66: A Personal Reflection in Today’s Context

Text and photographs by Phil Donohue

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Under the Influence of Lilly Reich

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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The Fascist Architecture Industrial Complex

Text by Andrew Santa Lucia and Daniel Roche

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Matching Funds Opportunity Between April 1 and May 31, 2026

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Matching Funds Opportunity Between April 1 and May 31, 2026

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Luis Peña Ganchegui at 100

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Luis Peña Ganchegui at 100

Text and projects from the Peña Ganchegui Archive

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The Wesley House: A Home, A Landmark, A Legacy

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The Wesley House: A Home, A Landmark, A Legacy

Text by Iker Gil

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The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room and the Economies of Ornament

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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Ignasi de Solà-Morales and the Metropolis

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Ignasi de Solà-Morales and the Metropolis

Essay by Suzanne Strum

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On Bruce Goff’s Ford House: Sidney K. Robinson Interviews Don Tosi

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On Bruce Goff’s Ford House: Sidney K. Robinson Interviews Don Tosi

Sidney K. Robinson Interviews Don Tosi

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In Search of the Ordinary

Essay by Izzy Kornblatt

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MAS Context launches its new book Sam and Ruth Van Sickle Ford House

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MAS Context launches its new book Sam and Ruth Van Sickle Ford House

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Lee Bey on The Best Side: The Architecture, Places, and Spaces of Chicago’s West Side

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MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Lee Bey on The Best Side: The Architecture, Places, and Spaces of Chicago’s West Side

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 6PM

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Lecture by Lee Bey, architecture critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, photographer, and author. The event will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Germane Barnes: Turn the Mic Up

Monday, April 13, 2026 at 6PM

Lecture by Chicago-born Miami-based architect Germane Barnes, founding principal of Studio Barnes. The event took place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).

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MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Don’t Give Up the Ship!

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 6PM

Presentations by architect and theorist Francesco Marullo, architect Dan Towler Weese, and architect Susan King related to the exhibition All Magnificent and Wild: Notes on Chicago Residential Hotels that explores Chicago’s residential hotels. The event took place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).