MAS Context
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Exhibition
Off Center is an ongoing typological and geospatial research project on the multiple centers of the United States conducted by Alaina Read Griffin and Cody Tyler Schueller. The exhibition will be on view at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
Saturday, August 15, 2026, 5–7PM
Opening reception. Free and no need to RSVP.
MAS Context Fall Talks 2026
Off Center: Notes on the Periphery
Lecture by Alaina Read Griffin and Cody Tyler Schueller related to the exhibition Off Center, an ongoing typological and geospatial research project on the multiple centers of the United States. The lecture will take place at the Society of Architectural Historians (1365 North Astor Street, Chicago, IL 60610).
MAS Context Fall Talks 2026
Shaping Contemporary Realities: Architecture and Beyond
Join us for this three-day public symposium taking place in Chicago in September organized by MAS Context and Villa Albertine Chicago.
Full program will be available late August.
MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Lecture by Marita Gomis, co-owner of the Casa Gomis / La Ricarda. The lecture took place at the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.
Exhibition
La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project
MAS Context presents the exhibition La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project. The exhibition was on display at Lawrence & Clark.
Essay
Memories of La Ricarda: The Gomis Bertrand and Bonet Families Reflect on a Historic House
The Gomis Bertrand family and Victoria Bonet, daughter of the architect Antonio Bonet Castellana, share their memories about the Casa Gomis
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