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Observations

Observations features individual articles focused on the intersection between the built environment and other disciplines. This section is also the home to particular series, such as featuring exhibitions across the world affected by COVID-19, and In Context (a re-contextualization of our archives by our readers).

Mas observations 2023 outside the box 01a

Exhibition

Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside

Text by Michelangelo Sabatino with photographs by Will Quam

Mas observations 2023 the englewood nature trail 01

Essay

The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Essay

JNL Graphic Design: Celebrating a Studio that Sculpted the Visual and Cultural Landscape of Chicago and Beyond

Celebrating the work of JNL Graphic Design
Mas observations 2023 mundo mendo 01

Interview

Mundo Mendo Goes to Seoul: The World of Luis Mendo on Display

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo about his exhibition Mundo Mendo
Mas observations 2023 gertrude lempp kerbis 01

Essay

Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: A Career of Determination, Problem Solving, and Proactivity

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 art at the james r thompson center 01

Essay

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 beyond the landmarks 01

Photo Essay

Beyond the Landmarks: A Personal Look at Columbus, Indiana

Text and photographs by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Interview

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
Mas context observations 2023 cesar sans house santa maria getxo 01

Essay

House of the Architect

Text by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2023 from resources to rubble eric allix rogers 01

Essay

From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth Year

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 seeking zohn zara pfeifer 01

Exhibition

Seeking Zohn

Text by curators Mimi Zeiger and Tony Macarena (Lorena Canales and Alejandro Olávarri) as well as Alejandro Hernández Gálvez
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Essay

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing

Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
Mas observations 2023 baxter international and corporate campus architecture baxter 01

Essay

Baxter International and Corporate Campus Architecture: Chicagoland’s Technological Architecture Under Threat

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 threatened altered and demolished abrams house 01

Essay

Threatened, Altered, and Demolished: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates’ Built Work at Risk

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 chicago school closures 10 years later anthony overton incubator 01

Essay

Chicago School Closures: Ten Years Later

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

Essay

1 + 1 > 2: Letter to Biljana, Notes to Frida

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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Article

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

Exhibition

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2022 sainsbury wing 01

Essay

Sainsbury Wing: Objection from Denise Scott Brown

Text by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2022 the super roof at 50 michael zimmermann 01

Interview

The Super Roof Turns 50

Iker Gil and William Baker interview Rudolph Bergermann and Knut Göppert
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Essay

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 after demolition cover

Photo Essay

After Demolition

Photo essay by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2022 will we chicago 01

Essay

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 where the sky meets the earth cover

Photo Essay

Where the Sky Meets the Earth

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