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Issues

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Cluster Container Housing for the Disabled

Project by Stanley Tigerman, Tigerman McCurry Architects
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Urban Matrix

Project by Stanley Tigerman
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Architectures of Vigilantism

Introduction by Germane Barnes and Shawhin Roudbari
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Collisions

Essay by Germane Barnes and Shawhin Roudbari
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Circle the Wagons: A Community Enclave

Project by Margaret McCurry, Tigerman McCurry Architects
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It’s Not What You Say, It’s What You Do

Iker Gil and Ann Lui interview Stanley Tigerman
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Vigilantism

Issue 33
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Character

Issue 32
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Surviving Respectability

Germane Barnes and Shawhin Roudbari interview Krystina François
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The Reconstruction of Approachability

Shawhin Roudbari and Germane Barnes interview Demar Matthews
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What Kind of Vigilante Are You?

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
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The Architectural Elements of Vigilantism

Interview with Katherine McKittrick
Mas issue character breaking bad 01

Breaking Bad: When Architecture is Turned into a Criminal

Essay by Tania Tovar Torres
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 more more marina 01

More Marina

Essay by Andrew Dribin
Mas issue more more identities 01

More Identities

Prada Transformer by OMA / Rem Koolhaas
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 public european prize for public space 01

European Prize for Urban Public Space

The European Award for Urban Public Space selected this year projects by KARO* with Architectur + Netzwerk and SNØHETTA
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Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition

Project by Design With Company
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 building repetition through history 01

Building Repetition Through History: Motivations And Implications

Essay by José García Soriano and Carmen López Albert
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 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 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

Events

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Germane Barnes: Intersect

Installation
Mas event 2021 architectures social ecological political agency 01

Architecture’s Social, Ecological, and Political Agency

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
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Architectures of Vigilantism

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas events 2021 modernism as character nathan eddy 01

Modernism as Character: Nathan Eddy

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 vigilantism issue launch 01

Vigilantism issue launch

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2019 tracing traces 14

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2019

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2019 geometry of light farnsworth house 01

Geometry of Light: Farnsworth House

Installation
Mas event 2018 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2018

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 envisioning new spatial organizations 01

Envisioning New Spatial Organizations

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Bilbao issue launch in Bilbao

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2022 chicago tribune competition at 100 01

Chicago Tribune Tower Competition at 100

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 a lot with little turkana 01

A Lot With Little

Exhibition
Mas event 2024 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2024

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 felix candela from mexico city to chicago 01

Félix Candela from Mexico City to Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024

Observations

Mas observations 2019 stanley tigerman 1930 2019 01

Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman
Mas observations 2019 no compromise stanley tigerman 01

No Compromise: An Interview with Stanley Tigerman

Fresh Meat interviews Stanley Tigerman
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
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 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2021 an industrial legacy worth saving 01

An Industrial Legacy Worth Saving

Essay by Iker Gil
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 casa chilena 15

Chilean House: Domestic Images

Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski
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 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

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

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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 outside the box 01a

Outside the Box: Modern and Contemporary Houses in Riverside

Text by Michelangelo Sabatino with photographs by Will Quam
Mas context observations 2023 hanover and over again 01

Hanover and Over Again!

Essay by Jason Griffiths
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 paul chemetov 1928 2024 01

Paul Chemetov (1928–2024)

Odile Compagnon remembers Paul Chemetov
Mas observations 2024 a corten steel landmark hiding in plain sight 01b

A Cor-Ten Steel Landmark Hiding in Plain Sight

A Conversation with Jack Bowman
Mas observations 2024 edgar miller anti modern 01

Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern

Essay by Marin R. Sullivan
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 a history of preservation in chicago 01

A History of Preservation in Chicago

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 2025 from utility to art 01

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

Essay by Alison Cuddy
Mas observations 2025 we the blvd 01

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

Essay by Rogelio Cadena
Mas observations 2025 national public housing museum 01

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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

Dialogues

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Dialogues: Margaret McCurry

Iker Gil and Julie Michiels interview architect Margaret McCurry
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Dialogues: Robert L. Wesley

Iker Gil interviews architect Robert L. Wesley
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Dialogues: Dan Wheeler

Iker Gil interviews architect Dan Wheeler
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Dialogues: Kristine Fallon

Iker Gil interviews architect Kristine Fallon
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Dialogues: Sidney K. Robinson

Iker Gil interviews architect Sidney K. Robinson

News

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MAS Context supports Germane Barnes’s installation during Concéntrico 08
Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 06

MAS Context 2021 Year in Review
Mas event 2021 medium matters 01

MAS Context 2021 Fall Talks
Mas news 2021 mas context and the 2021 chicago architecture biennial 01

MAS Context and the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas event 2021 vigilantism issue launch 10

Shawhin Roudbari, co-guest editor of Vigilantism, interviewed by the University of Colorado Boulder ENVD
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Vigilantism is the topic of Issue 33 of MAS Context
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BauNetz interviews Iker Gil on the Character issue
Mas issue bold alternative scenarios for chicago 01

MAS Context contributors featured in the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

MAS Context 2022 Fall Talks
Mas news 2022 support

MAS Context 2022 Year in Review
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MAS Context contributors included in the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Mas news 2023 the graham foundation supports dark matter universitys book

The Graham Foundation supports Dark Matter University’s book
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MAS Context donates Margaret McCurry’s oral history to The Art Institute of Chicago
Mas news 2023 year in review

MAS Context 2023 Year in Review
Mas news 2024 outpost office concentrico headshot

MAS Context supports Outpost Office’s installation during Concéntrico 10
Mas news 2024 year in review

MAS Context 2024 Year in Review

Shop

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Stanley Tigerman: Urban Matrix

Shop – $500

Contributors

Germane Barnes

Contributor

Stanley Tigerman

Contributor

Rudolf Bergermann

Contributor

Zack Ostrowski

Contributor

Margaret McCurry

Contributor

Noritaka Minami

Contributor

Klaus

Contributor

Molly Meyer

Contributor

fala

Contributor

Laura Martínez de Guereñu

Contributor

James Stirling Michael Wilford & Associates

Contributor

Koldo Serra

Contributor

Manuele Fior

Contributor

Jens Sundheim

Contributor

Bernhard Reuss

Contributor

Simon Menner

Contributor

Knut Göppert

Contributor

Lake Verea

Contributor

Tony Tasset

Contributor

Adrian Dorschner

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