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Mas issue bold alternative scenarios for chicago 01

BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago

Exhibition statement by Iker Gil, curator of BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago
Mas issue bold reimagining wellness in humboldt park 01

Re-Imagining Wellness in Humboldt Park

Project by JGMA
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BOLD Studio Visits and Panel Discussions

As part of the BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago exhibition, curator Iker Gil organized a series of weekly visits to architecture studios in Chicago
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Make Bold Plans, or Something Along Those Lines

Notes on the BOLD identity by Renata Graw, Founder of Normal
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At the Biennial—BOLD and the Chicago Room

Afterword by Geoff Goldberg
Mas issue bold a retroactive introduction 01

A Retroactive Introduction

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue bold reckoning with vacancy 01

Reckoning with Vacancy

Project by David Schalliol
Mas issue bold of all of the facts and all of the figures 01

Of All of the Facts, and All of the Figures

Project by Michael Pecirno
Mas issue bold logistical ecologies 01

Logistical Ecologies

Project by Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape with MODUS Collective
Mas issue bold filter island 01

Filter Island

Project by UrbanLab
Mas issue bold the big shift 01

The Big Shift

Project by PORT Urbanism
Mas issue bold second sun 01

Second Sun

Project by WEATHERS
Mas issue bold late entry to the chicago public library competition 01

Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition

Project by Design With Company
Mas issue bold the high life 01

The High Life

Project by SOM and CAMESgibson
Mas issue bold the available city 01

The Available City

Project by David Brown
Mas issue bold making architecture that heals 01

Making Architecture That Heals

Project by 3D Design Studio
Mas issue bold forum pavilion 01

Forum Pavilion

Project by Ania Jaworska
Mas issue bold cut fill 01

Cut/Fill

Project by Central Standard Office of Design
Mas issue bold knowledge trade center 01

KTC 234: Knowledge Trade Center

Project by JAHN
Mas issue bold chicago boogie woogie 01

Chicago Boogie-Woogie

Project by Krueck + Sexton Architects
Mas issue bold south chicago collaborative 01

South Chicago Collaborative

Project by Landon Bone Baker Architects
Mas issue bold circle the wagons 01

Circle the Wagons: A Community Enclave

Project by Margaret McCurry, Tigerman McCurry Architects
Mas issue bold cluster container housing for the disabled 01

Cluster Container Housing for the Disabled

Project by Stanley Tigerman, Tigerman McCurry Architects
Mas issue bold second citys second coast 01

Second City’s Second Coast

Competition organized by Perkins+Will
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Surviving Respectability

Germane Barnes and Shawhin Roudbari interview Krystina François
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CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
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 repetition claude are you dreaming 01

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

Iker Gil interviews astronaut Claude Nicollier
Mas issue surveillance 14 abbott h thayer vanishing ducks 01

Abbott H. Thayer’s Vanishing Ducks: Surveillance, Art, and Camouflage

Essay by Roy R. Behrens
Mas issue ordinary can architecture be ordinary 03

Can Architecture Be Ordinary?

Essay by Deborah Fausch
Mas issue legacy architecture and the city 01

Architecture and the City: Berlin, Tempelhof

Project by Ted Brown

Observations

Mas observations 2022 story poles 01

Story Poles

Text and photographs by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2020 converging at architecture 01

Converging at Architecture: An Interview with Jeanne Gang

Ann Lui interviews Jeanne Gang
Mas observations 2019 groundscraper city 01

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

Essay by Andy Sturdevant
Mas observations 2022 will we chicago 01

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2022 betty blum 01

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
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 observations 2023 threatened altered and demolished abrams house 01

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

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 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 2024 urban archaeology lost buildings of st louis 01

Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 the japanese house inside and out nendo 01

The Japanese House Inside and Out

Essay by Naomi Pollock
Mas observations 2024 as the whole world watched cover

As the Whole World Watched: Protest, Action, and Violence in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Building Culture: An Interview with Denise Scott Brown

Julian Rose interviews Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2024 a history of preservation in chicago 01

A History of Preservation in Chicago

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 permastone and formstone modern marvels or the margarine of architecture 01

Permastone and Formstone: Modern Marvels or the Margarine of Architecture

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 chicago women in architecture at 50 01

Chicago Women in Architecture at 50: Seven Milestone Exhibitions that Illustrate a Rich History of Advocacy and Support

Text by Susan King
Mas observations 2025 we the blvd 01

We the Blvd: A Call to Activation Along the Chicago Boulevard System

Essay by Rogelio Cadena