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Issue 21
Mas issue character makin it 01

Makin’ It

Script by Julia and John McMorrough
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
Mas issue more more of more cover

More of More

MAS Context asked several people working in different fields to give us their definition of the concept of More.
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 amusement delivering an emotion 01

Delivering an Emotion

Designer Andrew Clark interviews Jenova Chen, co-founder and creative director of thatgamecompany
Mas issue amusement what amuses you 01

What Amuses You?

Your responses to the question by MAS Context
Mas issue amusement jon cole 01

Amusement

Film by Jon Cole
Mas issue information depicting patterns 01

Depicting Patterns

Visualizations by Aaron Koblin, artist and technology lead of Google’s Creative Lab
Mas issue ownership everything is a remix 01

Everything is a Remix

Iker Gil interviews Kirby Ferguson, writer, director, editor and author of the Everything is a Remix series
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 emission 01

Radiation and Telecom: Émission

Project by Jordan Geiger
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 we print because we can 01

We Print Because We Can

Essay by Patrick Sykes
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 manifesto for cctv filmmakers 01

Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers

THE FILMMAKER AS SYMBIONT: opportunistic infections of the surveillance apparatus
Mas issue surveillance materiality of deletion 01

Materiality of Deletion

Essay by Christo de Klerk
Mas issue debate circulating borders 01

Circulating Borders: The BMW Guggenheim Lab

Essay by Marina Otero Verzier

Events

Mas event 2017 analog john pobojewski 01

Analog 2017: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog alisa wolfson 01

Analog 2017: Alisa Wolfson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog aaron rodgers angee lennard 01

Analog 2017: Aaron Rodgers & Angee Lennard

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog charles adler 02

Analog 2017: Charles Adler

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog sean lally 01

Analog 2017: Sean Lally

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog parsons charlesworth 01

Analog 2017: Parsons & Charlesworth

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog elizabeth blasius 01

Analog 2017: Elizabeth Blasius

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog marcia lausen 01

Analog 2017: Marcia Lausen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog judith de jong 01

Analog 2017: Judith de Jong

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog stewart hicks 01

Analog 2017: Stewart Hicks

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog molly meyer 01

Analog 2017: Molly Meyer

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog micah stanley 01

Analog 2017: Micah Stanley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 analog klaus 01

Analog 2016: Klaus

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog thomas kelley 01

Analog 2016: Thomas Kelley

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 02

Analog 2016: Noritaka Minami

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog tricia van eck 01

Analog 2016: Tricia Van Eck

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog future firm 01

Analog 2016: Future Firm

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog jose esparza 01

Analog 2016: José Esparza

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog zoe ryan 01

Analog 2016: Zoë Ryan

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog jeanne gang 01

Analog 2016: Jeanne Gang

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog martin kastner 01

Analog 2016: Martin Kastner

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog lucas daniel 01

Analog 2016: Lucas Daniel

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 analog identity 01

Analog 2016

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2014 molly wright steenson 01

Molly Wright Steenson: Architectures of Information

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 christopher baker 01

Christopher Baker: Free Love, Open-Source Style

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 luftwerk 01

Luftwerk: Light+Space

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 dawn hancock 01

Dawn Hancock: Top 10 List of Shit I Have Done to Create a Life I Love

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2012 analog sam vinz 01

Analog 2012: Sam Vinz

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog dieter roelstraete 01

Analog 2012: Dieter Roelstraete

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog marc fisher 01

Analog 2012: Marc Fisher

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog david sieren sam rosen 01

Analog 2012: David Sieren and Sam Rosen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog andrew clark 01

Analog 2012: Andrew Clark

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog john pobojewski 01

Analog 2012: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog david rueter 01

Analog 2012: David Rueter

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas issue boundary challenging the physical and disciplinary boundaries 02

Analog 2012: Sean Lally

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2012 analog jimenez lai 01

Analog 2012: Jimenez Lai

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2011 analog rick valicenti 01

Analog 2011: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue communication getting graphic 07

Analog 2011: Craighton Berman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog cody hudson 01

Analog 2011: Cody Hudson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog odl 01

Analog 2011: Lisa Smith and Caroline Linder

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog jason pickleman 01

Analog 2011: Jason Pickleman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog cheryl towler weese 01

Analog 2011: Cheryl Towler Weese

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog karen semone 01

Analog 2011: Karen Semone

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog jeremiah chiu 01

Analog 2011: Jeremiah Chiu

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog strawn sierralta 01

Analog 2011: Brian Strawn and Karla Sierralta

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue speed farmland world 01

Analog 2011: Stewart Hicks and Allison Newmeyer

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue visibility visualizing urban hidrology 06

Analog 2011: Sarah Dunn

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog port 01

Analog 2011: Andrew Moddrell and Christopher Marcinkoski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue aberration architecture without idealism 13

Analog 2011: John Szot

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog jessica rodrigue 01

Analog 2011: Jessica Rodrigue

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue work isolated building studies 08

Analog 2011: David Schalliol

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog lee bey 01

Analog 2011: Lee Bey

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2021 medium matters 01

Medium Matters: Architectural Representation After Construction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas issue public is there a future for the recent past in new orleans 08

Charles Colbert at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2019 clive wilkinson 01

Clive Wilkinson: The Theatre of Work

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 joshua g stein paulette singley 01

Joshua G. Stein and Paulette Singley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 tobias armborst 01

Tobias Armborst: The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2018 jonathan solomon 01

Jonathan Solomon: Short-Cuts

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

1972/Accumulations

Exhibition
Mas event 2018 agency 01

AGENCY: Undercurrents

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 nathan friedman 01

Nathan Friedman: En-Medio

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 terry evans 01

Terry Evans: Ancient Prairies and Fragmented Landscapes

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 jason reblando 01

Jason Reblando: New Deal Utopias

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 chris cornelius 01

Chris Cornelius: Indigenously

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog 01

Analog 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 charles rice 01

Charles Rice: Interior Urbanism

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 john szot 01

John Szot: Mass Market Alternatives

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

Mass Market Alternatives

Exhibition
Mas event 2017 darren bradley 01

Darren Bradley: Canberra’s Modernist Soul

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

Bilbao issue launch in Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch bilbao 01

Bilbao issue launch in Bilbao

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 unfinished spaces 01

Unfinished Spaces

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 koldo lus arana 01

Koldo Lus Arana: Architectural Narratives / Building stories

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 geoff manaugh 01

Geoff Manaugh: A Burglar’s Guide to the City

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 kelly bair 01

Kelly Bair: Tight Fade

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 photography and place

Photography and Place

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport ezra stoller 02

Nina Rappaport: Ezra Stoller

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 sense and sensibility 01

Sensing and Sensibility: Politics and Technology in the Contemporary City

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

Chatter: Architecture Talks Back

Exhibition
Mas event 2014 david schalliol the area 01

David Schalliol: The Area

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 alison fisher 01

Alison Fisher: The Contextual Megastructure

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 bruce g moffat 01

Bruce G. Moffat: Chicago Freight Tunnels

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 luftwerk marina city 01

MAS Context x Luftwerk x Marina City

Installation
Mas event 2014 john szot 01

John Szot: Forcible Entry

MAS Context Spring Talks 2014
Mas event 2012 analog 01

Analog 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
Mas event 2011 analog cover

Analog 2011

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2023 spaces with stories 02

Design With Company: Spaces With Stories

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 couplings thumbnail

Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 now arriving announcement small

Now / Arriving Spring 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
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 welcome to tribuneville 03

Klaus: Welcome to Tribuneville

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 the future was then 01

Phil Donohue: The Future Was Then

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2025 material acts 02

Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025
Mas event 2025 now arriving new office 01

Now / Arriving 2025

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025

Observations

Mas observations 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
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 2020 twelve cautionary urban tales 01

Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales

Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl
Mas observations 2019 a career in five projects 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater
Mas observations 2022 madrid diversa rainer torrado 02

Madrid Diversa: Five Perspectives on the City Through Maps, Photographs, and Sounds

Text by Ariadna Cantis and Javier Peña Ibañez
Mas observations 2022 betty blum 01

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
Mas observations 2023 baxter international and corporate campus architecture baxter 01

Baxter International and Corporate Campus Architecture: Chicagoland’s Technological Architecture Under Threat

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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 gertrude lempp kerbis 01

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

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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 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 history of preservation in chicago 01

A History of Preservation in Chicago

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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 capturing the feeling of john portman 09

Capturing the Feeling of John Portman

Photo essay by Phil Donohue
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 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

Mas context dialogues dan wheeler

Dialogues: Dan Wheeler

Iker Gil interviews architect Dan Wheeler

News

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 event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 04

MAS Context 2021 Spring Talks
Mas issue character cover opening

Design With Company discuss our Character issue
Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 04

MAS Context 2019 Fall Talks
Mas event 2019 tobias armborst 01

MAS Context 2019 Spring Talks
Mas event 2018 alexandra lange 07

MAS Context 2018 Fall Talks
Mas news 2015 mas context in archizines exhibition in moscow 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition in Moscow
Mas news 2012 plural new art director of mas context 01

Plural, New Art Director of MAS Context
Mas event 2023 periphery 01

MAS Context 2023 Spring Talks
Mas event 2023 there is room 06

MAS Context 2023 Fall Talks
Mas event 2024 the japanese house since 1945 schweikher house 01

MAS Context 2024 Spring Talks
Mas event 2024 welcome to tribuneville 04

Klaus’s “Welcome to Tribuneville” wins first place, practitioner, in RIBAJ's annual drawing competition
Mas event 2024 james florio at tippet rise 01

MAS Context 2024 Fall Talks
Mas shop 2024 phil donohue the future was then overall

MAS Context collaborates with photographer Phil Donohue
Mas event 2025 compressing time 01

MAS Context 2025 Spring Talks

Shop

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Repetition

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Freise Brothers

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Prelinger Archives

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Jenova Chen

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Jon Cole

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Bianca Bosker

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Henrietta Williams

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Chip Lord

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Lee Basford

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Tom Rossiter

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Lake Verea

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Alberto Ortega Trejo

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Tony Tasset

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Pedro Kok

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