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Installation
Welcome to Tribuneville: An Imaginary Vision of an Old Chicago That Could Have Been
MAS Context and 150 Media Stream are thrilled to co-present “Welcome to Tribuneville: An Imaginary Vision of an Old Chicago That Could Have Been” by architectural cartoonist Klaus.
The hand-drawn animation, installed on 150 Media Stream’s giant media wall—a 150 ft x 22 ft series of LED screens—features sixty of the most inventive building designs entered in the famed 1922 Chicago Tribune Tower architectural competition, as well as flying machines, elevated walkways, monorail tramways, and other fantastical details dreamed up by the artist.
MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Chicago Tribune Tower Competition at 100
Online event with Stewart Hicks, Klaus, and Katherine Solomonson coinciding with the centenary of the Chicago Tribune Tower competition.
MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Envisioning New Spatial Organizations
On February 14, 2018, cartoonist Klaus, architect Stewart Hicks, and game developer William Chyr presented their work at the Envisioning New Spatial Organizations event that took place at the Chicago Design Museum. Below is an edited transcription of their presentations.
MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Cartoonist Klaus lectures on the topic of Communication at MAS Context Analog 2016, an event that took place at Studio Gang Architects. The one-day event included presentations of emerging and established designers, a temporary bookstore, and an exhibition of the work of Studio Gang Architects.
Exhibition
Chatter: Architecture Talks Back
Editor in chief Iker Gil was invited by Karen Kice, Neville Bryan Assistant Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago Department of Architecture and Design, to curate and design an installation in gallery 283 as part of the exhibition Chatter: Architecture Talks Back.
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The Return of Michigan Central Station: Interrogating Nostalgia
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Restoring the Sears, Roebuck & Company’s Sunken Garden
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The Century and Consumers Buildings: Their Complicated Saga and the Precedent They Might Set
Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Past, Present, and Future of the Sarasota School of Architecture
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