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).

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Interview

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater

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Remembrance

Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman

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Interview

Memory Card Sea Power

Iker Gil interviews David Southwood

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Essay

Pittsburgh as a Project: Reimagining the Modern

Essay by Rami el Samahy, Chris Grimley, and Michael Kubo

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Essay

Liminal Frontier: Climate Adaptation and the American Coast

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik

Mas observations 2019 atlantic city 01

Interview

Atlantic City

Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose

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Interview

En-Medio: Súper Servicio Lomas

Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)

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Essay

Spontaneous Uses

Text and drawings by SIAA with photography by Lauro Rocha

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Essay

Connections: 48 Years

Presentation by Barbara Kasten

Mas observations 2019 a receding coast 01

Essay

A Receding Coast

Essay and photographs by Virginia Hanusik

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Interview

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo

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Essay

Rebel Garages

Essay and policy proposals by Future Firm

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Diagram

Visual Explorations of Our Daily Environment

Visualizations by Scott Reinhard

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Essay

In Context: Katya Tylevich

Katya Tylevich recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

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Essay

In Context: Ross Wolfe

Ross Wolfe recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

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Essay

In Context: Chris Berthelsen

Chris Berthelsen recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

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Essay

In Context: Léopold Lambert

Léopold Lambert recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

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Essay

In Context: Suzanne Strum

Suzanne Strum recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

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Essay

In Context: Tomas Skovgaard

Tomas Skovgaard recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

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Essay

In Context: Martine Syms

Martine Syms recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

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Essay

In Context: Diego Arraigada

Diego Arraigada recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

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Essay

In Context: Michael Kubo

Michael Kubo recontextualizes the MAS Context archives