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Oral History

Dialogues: Sidney K. Robinson

Iker Gil interviews architect Sidney K. Robinson

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We the Blvd: A Call to Activation Along the Chicago Boulevard System

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We the Blvd: A Call to Activation Along the Chicago Boulevard System

Essay by Rogelio Cadena

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The National Public Housing Museum: A House Museum for the Future

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The National Public Housing Museum: A House Museum for the Future

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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Modern Forms: Nicolas Grospierre’s Ongoing Photographic Exploration of Modernist Architecture Around the World

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Interview

Modern Forms: Nicolas Grospierre’s Ongoing Photographic Exploration of Modernist Architecture Around the World

Iker Gil interviews Nicolas Grospierre

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

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Interview

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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Interview

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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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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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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Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford

David Schalliol interviews Arturo Soto

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Dialogues: Sidney K. Robinson

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Lanai Networks

Landscape architect Marcel Wilson explains the history, challenges and opportunities that Lanai Island in Hawaii is facing

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Essay

Five Bay Landscapes: Saginaw Bay

Essay by Sean Burkholder and Karen Lutsky

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Where the Sky Meets the Earth

Text and photographs of Structures of Landscape in Tippet Rise by James Florio

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Manufactured Landscapes

Photo essay by photographer Edward Burtynsky

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Logistical Ecologies of the North American Operational Landscape

Essay by Conor O’Shea, Luke Hegeman, and Chris Bennett

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The Parkway: A Curated Legacy

Essay by Aisling O’Carroll

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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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The Show Goes on at the Rogers Theater

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

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The Return of Michigan Central Station: Interrogating Nostalgia

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius