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Constructive Debates

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
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A Heroic Debate

A Heroic Debate by Chris Grimley, Michael Kubo, and Mark Pasnik
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Debate by Jason Pickleman

Illustrations by Jason Pickleman
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The Personal Debate of Juan O’Gorman

Essay by Fabrizio Gallanti
Mas issue debate identifying the designer as worker 01

Identifying the Designer as Worker

Essay by Peggy Deamer, Quilian Riano, and Manuel Shvartzberg on behalf of The Architecture Lobby
Mas issue debate room at the top 05

Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas issue debate sexism is still with us 01

Sexism Is Still With Us

Essay by Justine Clark
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Credit Check

Essay by Adrian Shaughnessy
Mas issue debate design and violence 01

Design and Violence

Zoë Ryan interviews Paola Antonelli
Mas issue debate platform project 01

#platform project

Project by Mimi Zeiger and Neil Donnelly
Mas issue debate its not what you say its what you do 04

It’s Not What You Say, It’s What You Do

Iker Gil and Ann Lui interview Stanley Tigerman
Mas issue debate designer as degenerate 05

Designer As Degenerate

Jessica Barrett Sattell interviews Dgenerator
Mas issue debate political props 01

Political Props: Territorial Performance and the Chamizal Dispute

Essay by Nathan Friedman
Mas issue debate circulating borders 01

Circulating Borders: The BMW Guggenheim Lab

Essay by Marina Otero Verzier
Mas issue debate dialogue concerning a houses world system 01

Dialogue Concerning a House’s World System (After Galileo)

Text by Dennis Maher
Mas issue debate in plain sight 01

In Plain Sight, An Architectural Hit List

Essay by Max Kuo with illustrations by Max Kuo, Olivia Heung, Annie Schneider, and LeeAnn Suen
Mas issue debate vocalization machines 01

Vocalization Machines

Project by Christina Shivers
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Expressing Opposing Opinions Through Buttons

Button selection by Busy Beaver Buttons Co.
Mas issue debate the dress like no other 01

#TheDress Like No Other

Text by Craig Shparago
Mas issue work publics works 01

Publics Works

Essay by Maria Moreno-Carranco
Mas issue more want more 01

Want More?

MAS Context wanted MORE and collected a list of 100.
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More Marina

Essay by Andrew Dribin
Mas issue ownership cooperative dream 01

Cooperative Dream

Iker Gil interviews Jeanne Gang
Mas issue events designing venues 01

Designing Venues

Iker Gil interviews Doug Garofalo
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CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
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Lanai Networks

Landscape architect Marcel Wilson explains the history, challenges and opportunities that Lanai Island in Hawaii is facing
Mas issue ownership negotiating legality 01

Negotiating Legality

Projects by Santiago Cirugeda, architect and director of Recetas Urbanas
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Futures: Expo Boston ‘76

Text and chronology by Michael Kubo, Chris Grimley, and Mark Pasnik
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Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
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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)
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Surveillance in the News

A selection of quotes on surveillance from the news.
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Politicians Under Surveillance

Project by Luzinterruptus with photography by Gustavo Sanabria
Mas issue legacy new deal utopias 01

New Deal Utopias

Text and photographs by Jason Reblando
Mas issue legacy architecture and the city 01

Architecture and the City: Berlin, Tempelhof

Project by Ted Brown
Mas issue university works virginia tech studio 01

Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design

Introduction by Kathryn Clarke Albright

Events

Mas event 2022 shaping our built environment 01

Shaping Our Built Environment: Documenting, Analyzing, and Celebrating Women’s Contributions to the Built Environment in Spain and Illinois

MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
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Joshua G. Stein and Paulette Singley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 geometry of light barcelona pavilion 01

Geometry of Light: Barcelona Pavilion

Installation
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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
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Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 05

Nakagin Capsule Tower: Japanese Metabolist Landmark on the Edge of Destruction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
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Denise Scott Brown: In Other Eyes

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
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Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023

Observations

Mas observations 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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Chilean House: Domestic Images

Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski
Mas observations 2020 twelve cautionary urban tales 01

Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales

Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl
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
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Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman
Mas observations 2019 en medio super servicio lomas 01

En-Medio: Súper Servicio Lomas

Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

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

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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
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Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside

Text by Michelangelo Sabatino with photographs by Will Quam
Mas observations 2024 paul chemetov 1928 2024 01

Paul Chemetov (1928–2024)

Odile Compagnon remembers Paul Chemetov
Mas observations 2024 edgar miller anti modern 01

Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern

Essay by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2025 modern forms swiss medical research foundation 01

Modern Forms: Nicolas Grospierre’s Ongoing Photographic Exploration of Modernist Architecture Around the World

Iker Gil interviews Nicolas Grospierre
Mas observations 2025 national public housing museum 01

The National Public Housing Museum: A House Museum for the Future

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2025 stonewall inn movement and monument 04

Stonewall: Movement, Monument, Myth

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

Essay by writer Phillip Cox and photographer Niall Cronin
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Northerly Island at 100

Collective reflection on Northerly Island as it turns 100

Dialogues

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Dialogues: Sidney K. Robinson

Iker Gil interviews architect Sidney K. Robinson

News

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Debate issue recognized in the STA 100 competition
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MAS Context participates in the Architecture Book Fair
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Most read articles in 2020
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MAS Context collaborates with Meneo
Mas news 2015 mas context partners with the 2015 cab 01

MAS Context partners with the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial
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MAS Context collaborates with Leo Burnett’s Department of Design
Mas news 2013 mas context conde nast traveler 02

MAS Context mentioned in Condé Nast Traveler
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MAS Context Featured in Abitare Magazine
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Welcome to the new MAS Context website
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Jason Pickleman (1965–2024)
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