Issues

Mas issue ordinary domestic hats 01

Domestic Hats

Installation by Jennifer Bonner
Mas issue more more identities 01

More Identities

Prada Transformer by OMA / Rem Koolhaas
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 point clouds 01

Point Clouds

Graphic novel by architect Jimenez Lai
Mas issue amusement audience as participants 01

Audience as Participants

Architect Iker Gil interviews Matt Clark, co-founder and creative director of United Visual Artists
Mas issue information making visible the invisible 01

Making Visible the Invisible

Iker Gil interviews interactive media artist George Legrady
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 talk to your city 01

Talk to Your City

Project by Candy Chang, co-founder of Civic Center, a civic design studio in New Orleans
Mas issue improbable emission 01

Radiation and Telecom: Émission

Project by Jordan Geiger
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 repetition as the crystallization of a design method 01

On the Search for Spatial Patterns: Repetition as the Crystallization of a Design Method

Essay by Clara Olóriz Sanjuán
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 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 politicians under surveillance 01

Politicians Under Surveillance

Project by Luzinterruptus with photography by Gustavo Sanabria
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 hidden archipelagos of detritus 01

Archipelagos of Detritus: The Need for a Theory on Spatial Waste

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro

Events

Mas event 2022 germane barnes intersect 06

Germane Barnes: Intersect

Installation
Mas event 2023 stone wall stand in 01

Design with Company: Stone Wall Stand In

Installation
Mas event 2024 public utilities proposal 15

Outpost Office: Public Utilities

Installation
Mas event 2025 crop top proposal 01

BairBaillet: Crop Top

Installation
Mas event 2021 architectures social ecological political agency 01

Architecture’s Social, Ecological, and Political Agency

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 block party 01

Block Party

Installation
Mas event 2020 concentrico 01

Concentrico: Rethinking Our Built Environment Through Design

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2019 geometry of light farnsworth house 01

Geometry of Light: Farnsworth House

Installation
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises / Chicago

Exhibition
Mas event 2018 geometry of light fundraiser cover

Geometry of Light fundraiser

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 chris cornelius 01

Chris Cornelius: Indigenously

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 mass market alternatives 01

Mass Market Alternatives

Exhibition
Mas event 2015 luftwerk solarise 01

Luftwerk: solarise

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 01

Chatter: Architecture Talks Back

Exhibition
Mas event 2014 luftwerk marina city 01

MAS Context x Luftwerk x Marina City

Installation
Mas event 2014 our public space poster 02

Our Public Space: Who Owns It, Who Shapes It, and Who Benefits From It

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2023 periphery 01

Periphery

Exhibition
Mas event 2023 spaces with stories 02

Design With Company: Spaces With Stories

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

A Lot With Little

Exhibition
Mas event 2023 a lot with little fada 01

A Lot With Little Opening Reception

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 mauricio rocha 01

Mauricio Rocha: A Lot With Little

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 a lot with little chicago aspire 01

A Lot With Little Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 welcome to tribuneville 01

Welcome to Tribuneville: An Imaginary Vision of an Old Chicago That Could Have Been

Installation
Mas event 2024 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2024

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 james florio at tippet rise 01

James Florio at Tippet Rise

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 lost and found luftwerk 01

Lost & Found Tour

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 welcome to tribuneville 03

Klaus: Welcome to Tribuneville

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 welcome to tribuneville 10

Welcome to Tribuneville Reception

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024

Observations

Mas observations 2022 from the mississippi watershed 01

From the Mississippi Watershed

Iker Gil interviews David Schalliol
Mas observations 2021 catalog for the post human 01

Catalog for the Post-Human

Project and text by Parsons & Charlesworth
Mas observations 2021 this is not the huarte house 01

This is not the Huarte House

Essay by Patxi Eguiluz and Carlos Copertone
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 without michael 01

Without Michael

Jonathan Solomon remembers Michael Sorkin
Mas observations 2020 nivola in new york 01

Nivola in New York | Figure in Field

Text by Steven Hillyer and Roger Broome
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
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2023 seeking zohn zara pfeifer 01

Seeking Zohn

Text by curators Mimi Zeiger and Tony Macarena (Lorena Canales and Alejandro Olávarri) as well as Alejandro Hernández Gálvez
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
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 context observations 2023 hanover and over again 01

Hanover and Over Again!

Essay by Jason Griffiths
Mas observations 2024 urban exploration as creative practice 01

Urban Exploration as Creative Practice

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 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 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 2025 from utility to art 01

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

Essay by Alison Cuddy
Mas observations 2025 materialities laleh motlagh 02

Art and Materiality: Unlocking Stories Embedded in the Materials of a Gilded Age Mansion

Iker Gil interviews Giovanni Aloi
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 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