Issues

Mas issue bold the big shift 01

The Big Shift

Project by PORT Urbanism
Mas issue legacy the big shift 01

The Big Shift

Project by PORT Urbanism
Mas issue surveillance what does big brother see while he is watching 01

What Does Big Brother See, While He is Watching? A Look at the Secret Stasi Archives

Iker Gil interviews Simon Menner
Mas issue vigilantism a single family thumbnail

A Single Family

Essay by Ashley Bigham
Mas issue vigilantism what kind of vigilante are you thumbnail

What Kind of Vigilante Are You?

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue tokyo cover opening

Tokyo

Issue 24
Mas issue character why we got into character thumbnail

Why We Got Into Character

Essay by Design With Company
Mas issue character makin it 01

Makin’ It

Script by Julia and John McMorrough
Mas issue bilbao behind the bilbao effect 01

Behind the Bilbao Effect: An Overnight Success in 20 Years

Essay by Koldo Lus Arana
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

Bilbao’s Strategic Evolution: The Metamorphosis of the Industrial City

Essay by Ibon Areso
Mas issue bilbao three key organizations 01

Three Key Organizations: Bilbao Metrópoli 30, BILBAO Ría 2000, and the Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium

Text by Iker Gil
Mas issue work layoff moveon 01

Layoff Moveon

Iker Gil interviews Jessica Lybeck
Mas issue more want more 01

Want More?

MAS Context wanted MORE and collected a list of 100.
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
Mas issue more yes is more 01

Yes is More

Essay by Bjarke Ingels
Mas issue events embt goes east 01

EMBT Goes East

Mateu Baylina and Xavi Ayala interview Benedetta Tagliabue
Mas issue events designing venues 01

Designing Venues

Iker Gil interviews Doug Garofalo
Mas issue events in good we trust 01

In Good We Trust

John Hickenlooper and Bruce Mau present the Denver Biennial of the Americas
Mas issue events cdf 2011 17

CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
Mas issue living survivor maracaibo 01

Survivor Maracaibo

Architects Karla Sierralta and Brian Strawn share their experience living in Maracaibo, where informal inventions address social and economic conditions
Mas issue living a frame of mind 01

A Frame of Mind

Essay Paul Mougey
Mas issue living in cabrini 01

Living in Cabrini

James Lockhart, a former resident of Cabrini Green, shares his memories with Iker Gil about growing up in the Chicago Public Housing.
Mas issue amusement comic book movies cover

Comic Book Movies

Infographics by Paul Butt | Section Design
Mas issue amusement what amuses you 01

What Amuses You?

Your responses to the question by MAS Context
Mas issue public despair 01

Despair

Architect Edward Emile Richardson explains the impact that the public housing laws have had in the public housing system in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Mas issue public what is your favorite public space 01

What is Your Favorite Public Space?

We asked you, our public, about your favorite public space
Mas issue speed mumbai disconnected 01

Mumbai Disconnected

Iker Gil interviews Camilla Nielsson, co-director with Frederik Jacobi of the documentary Mumbai Disconnected
Mas issue ownership where do good ideas come from 01

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

Essay by Benjamin Brichta, the Network Architecture Lab, an experimental unit at the Columbia University GSAPP directed by Kazys Varnelis
Mas issue communication sound life 01

A Sound Life

Iker Gil interviews movie sound designer Oriol Tarragó
Mas issue improbable futures expo boston 76 01

Futures: Expo Boston ‘76

Text and chronology by Michael Kubo, Chris Grimley, and Mark Pasnik
Mas issue trace tracing wright 01

Tracing Wright

A conversation between Richard Wright, Zoë Ryan, and Iker Gil
Mas issue narrative cover opening

Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue repetition posconflicto laboratory 01

Posconflicto Laboratory: More and More about Less and Less and Less and Less about More and More

Essay by Roberto Soundy and project by URBANÍSTICA—Empresa Metropolitana de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de la Ciudad de Guatemala and Asociación Centroamericana Taller de Arquitectura (a—c—t—a)
Mas issue repetition typo 01

Typo

Project by NEMESTUDIO
Mas issue repetition an obituary for the greek city of repetition 01

An Obituary for the Greek City of Repetition

Essay by Panos Dragonas
Mas issue repetition one architect three approaches 01

One Architect, Three Approaches: Bertrand Goldberg’s Early Experiments with Prefabrication, 1937-1952

Essay by Michelle Benoit
Mas issue repetition utopias in the gaps 01

Utopias in the Gaps

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro with projects by Holes of Matter
Mas issue repetition claude are you dreaming 01

Claude, Are you Dreaming, or is this Really Happening?

Iker Gil interviews astronaut Claude Nicollier
Mas issue surveillance in the news 01

Surveillance in the News

A selection of quotes on surveillance from the news.
Mas issue surveillance the street as platform 01

The Street as Platform

Essay by Dan Hill, Executive Director of Futures at the UK’s Future Cities Catapult
Mas issue surveillance materiality of deletion 01

Materiality of Deletion

Essay by Christo de Klerk
Mas issue surveillance by designers mike mcquade 01

Surveillance by Designers

We asked a few great Chicago designers to give us their view of surveillance
Mas issue ordinary can architecture be ordinary 03

Can Architecture Be Ordinary?

Essay by Deborah Fausch
Mas issue ordinary designing for other things to happen 08

Designing for Other Things to Happen

Essay by Rojkind Arquitectos
Mas issue tokyo cover opening

Drawings, Storytelling, and Subjectivity

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue tokyo drawing tokyo 01

Drawing Tokyo

Short essay by Luis Mendo
Mas issue legacy architecture and the city 01

Architecture and the City: Berlin, Tempelhof

Project by Ted Brown
Mas issue debate by jason pickleman 07

Debate by Jason Pickleman

Illustrations by Jason Pickleman
Mas issue university works discussing university works 01

Discussing University Works

A conversation between Andrew Clark, Judith De Jong, Alexander Eisenschimdt, Iker Gil, Jimenez Lai, Paul Preissner, Juan Manuel Rois, and Karla Sierralta

Events

Mas event 2021 vigilantism issue launch 01

Vigilantism issue launch

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2020 walter netsch at 100 01

Walter Netsch at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2020
Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 tobias armborst 01

Tobias Armborst: The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 01

Harry Seidler: Modernist

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 can we not open our eyes to our own treasures 01

Can we not open our eyes to our own treasures?

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 envisioning new spatial organizations 01

Envisioning New Spatial Organizations

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 john szot 01

John Szot: Mass Market Alternatives

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch chicago 10

Bilbao issue launch in Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 dingbat 01

Dingbat 2.0: The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 couplings 11

Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2022 conor o shea 02

Conor O’Shea: Designing Urban Biodiversity

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 03

JNL Graphic Design studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2023 couplings thumbnail

Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 08

Engineering Ecosystems: The Mississippi River Watershed and its Infrastructure

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 13

Watershed Architecture

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2024

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2025 thus we advance harvesting our caravans dan kelleghan 01

Thus We Advance, Harvesting Our Caravans

Exhibition
Mas event 2025 learnings from a danish housing lab 01

Mia Baarup Tofte: Learnings from a Danish Housing Lab

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025
Mas event 2026 exploring the archives chicago history museum 01

Exploring the Archives: Chicago History Museum

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Mas event 2026 all magnificent and wild 03

All Magnificent and Wild: Notes on Chicago Residential Hotels

Exhibition
Mas event 2026 the difficulty of representation 02

Luis Urculo: The Difficulty of Representation

MAS Context Spring Talks 2026

Observations

Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 01

Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for a Watershed Architecture

Essay by Derek Hoeferlin
Mas observations 2022 from the mississippi watershed 01

From the Mississippi Watershed

Iker Gil interviews David Schalliol
Mas observations 2021 nancy abshire lifetime award 01

2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award: Nancy A. Abshire

Presentation by architect Nancy Abshire
Mas observations 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2021 a dialogue of difference 01

A Dialog of Difference: Reflections on Bruce Goff’s Ford House

Texts by Petra Bachmaier, Leo Berk, Assaf Evron, Grant Gibson, Sidney K. Robinson, David Skidmore, and Mary Woolever
Mas observations 2020 contributions of the basque exile to mexican architecture 01

Contributions of the Basque Exile to Mexican Architecture

Essay by Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes
Mas observations 2020 converging at architecture 01

Converging at Architecture: An Interview with Jeanne Gang

Ann Lui interviews Jeanne Gang
Mas observations 2020 access for all 01

Access for All: São Paulo’s Architectural Infrastructures

Text by Daniel Talesnik
Mas observations 2020 casa chilena 15

Chilean House: Domestic Images

Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski
Mas observations 2019 southern exposure 07

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Iker Gil interviews Lee Bey
Mas observations 2019 jose miguel de prada poole 01

José Miguel de Prada Poole and the Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles

Essay by Antonio Cobo
Mas observations 2019 groundscraper city 01

Groundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983

Essay by Andy Sturdevant
Mas observations 2019 atlantic city 01

Atlantic City

Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Mas observations 2019 a career in five projects 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater
Mas observations 2018 in context katya tylevich 01

In Context: Katya Tylevich

Katya Tylevich recontextualizes the MAS Context archives
Mas observations 2018 in context chris berthelsen 01

In Context: Chris Berthelsen

Chris Berthelsen recontextualizes the MAS Context archives
Mas observations 2018 in context dpr barcelona 01

In Context: dpr-barcelona

dpr-barcelona recontextualizes the MAS Context archives
Mas observations 2018 in context diego arraigada 01

In Context: Diego Arraigada

Diego Arraigada recontextualizes the MAS Context archives
Mas observations 2018 in context leopold lambert 01

In Context: Léopold Lambert

Léopold Lambert recontextualizes the MAS Context archives
Mas observations 2022 will we chicago 01

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 the super roof at 50 michael zimmermann 01

The Super Roof Turns 50

Iker Gil and William Baker interview Rudolph Bergermann and Knut Göppert
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

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

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2023 chicago school closures 10 years later anthony overton incubator 01

Chicago School Closures: Ten Years Later

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas context observations 2023 cesar sans house santa maria getxo 01

House of the Architect

Text by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
Mas observations 2023 art at the james r thompson center 01

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 gertrude lempp kerbis 01

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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 mundo mendo 01

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

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo about his exhibition Mundo Mendo
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 01

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 the englewood nature trail 01

The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 the passion tax is history 01

The “Passion Tax” is History

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 sarasota school of architecture 01

Past, Present, and Future of the Sarasota School of Architecture

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 unnamed spaces sebrae 01

Unnamed Spaces

Marta Bogéa, Mônica Junqueira de Camargo, and Pedro Kok in conversation with Alvaro Puntoni and João Sodré of GRUPOSP
Mas observations 2024 the century and consumers buildings 01

The Century and Consumers Buildings: Their Complicated Saga and the Precedent They Might Set

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 the birds the couple and my doppelganger in reverse 01

The Birds, the Couple, and My Doppelgänger in Reverse

Text by Umi the Cat and project by Imu Chan Architecture
Mas observations 2024 the japanese house inside and out nendo 01

The Japanese House Inside and Out

Essay by Naomi Pollock
Mas observations 2024 theres a place called kokomo opalescent glass 01

There’s A Place Called Kokomo (Opalescent Glass)

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 a career in five projects carol ross barney glendale heights post office 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carol Ross Barney

Iker Gil interviews Carol Ross Barney
Mas observations 2024 the return of michigan central station opening 01

The Return of Michigan Central Station: Interrogating Nostalgia

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 the culture of shellfish harvesters 01

The Culture of Shellfish Harvesters

Texts by Miguel Losada and Pedro G. Losada, with photography by Pedro G. Losada
Mas observations 2024 building culture denise scott brown 05

Building Culture: An Interview with Denise Scott Brown

Julian Rose interviews Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2024 1900 galveston storm cover

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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 departures and arrivals 01

Departures and Arrivals: From the City of Malleable Concrete to the City of Steel Frame

Essay by Alexander Eisenschmidt
Mas observations 2024 wells college library 01

Field Theory Under Threat: The Uncertain Future of Walter Netsch’s Louis Jefferson Long Library at Wells College

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2025 material acts 01

Material Acts: Re-fusing

Interview with Laurens Bekemans, Ben Loescher, Meredith Miller, and Virginia San Fratello by the Material Acts team (Kate Yeh Chiu and Jia Yi Gu)
Mas observations 2024 exploring the specificities of place from panama to oxford 01

Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford

David Schalliol interviews Arturo Soto
Mas observations 2025 chicagoland on wheels 01

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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 from utility to art 01

From Utility to Art: The History of 1544 North Sedgwick Street

Essay by Alison Cuddy
Mas observations 2025 the show goes on at the rogers theater 01

The Show Goes on at the Rogers Theater

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 last stop astoria queens

Last Stop: An Exploration of the Neighborhoods at the Ends of the Subway Lines in New York City

Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose
Mas observations 2025 stonewall inn movement and monument 04

Stonewall: Movement, Monument, Myth

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 learning from the damen silos demolition 01

Learning from the Damen Silos Demolition

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 unidad vecinal 01

Unidad Vecinal: A Flexible Architecture Continuously Activated

Iker Gil interviews Francisco Quiñones and Nathan Friedman of Departamento del Distrito
Mas observations 2025 evans wollen 01

Evans Woollen: Tracing the Forgotten History of the “Dean of Indiana Architects”

Essay by writer Phillip Cox and photographer Niall Cronin
Mas observations 2025 northerly island at 100 phil enquist

Northerly Island at 100

Collective reflection on Northerly Island as it turns 100
Mas observations 2025 what happened to gerris palm tavern 01

What Happened to Gerri’s Palm Tavern?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2026 why ella briggs captivates us 01

Why Ella Briggs Captivates Us: A Female Challenger of Modernism

Essay by Dörte Kuhlmann
Mas observations 2026 a dark age for the renaissance center 01

A Dark Age for the Renaissance Center

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2026 reading masp as a work of urban design 01

Reading MASP as a Work of Urban Design

Essay by Judith K. De Jong
Mas observations 2026 on bruce goffs ford house 01

On Bruce Goff’s Ford House: Sidney K. Robinson Interviews Don Tosi

Sidney K. Robinson Interviews Don Tosi
Mas observations 2026 vanishing black bars and lounges 01

Vanishing Black Bars & Lounges: An Interview With L. Kasimu Harris

David Schalliol interviews L. Kasimu Harris
Mas observations 2026 in search of the ordinary 01

In Search of the Ordinary

Essay by Izzy Kornblatt
Mas observations 2026 the totality and paradox of asbestos 01

The Totality and Paradox of Asbestos

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2026 the fascist architecture industrial complex 01

The Fascist Architecture Industrial Complex

Text by Andrew Santa Lucia and Daniel Roche
Mas observations 2026 antifascist architects kiyoshi kuromiya 01

Antifascist Architects: Kiyoshi Kuromiya

Text by Andrew Santa Lucia and Daniel Roche