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Issues

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Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition

Project by Design With Company
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Tracing Wright

A conversation between Richard Wright, Zoë Ryan, and Iker Gil
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
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Discussing University Works

A conversation between Andrew Clark, Judith De Jong, Alexander Eisenschimdt, Iker Gil, Jimenez Lai, Paul Preissner, Juan Manuel Rois, and Karla Sierralta

Events

Mas event 2024 bruce goff at the art institute of chicago 01

Bruce Goff at the Art Institute of Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2015 exploring the ryerson and burnham archives 01

Exploring the Ryerson & Burnham Archives at the Art Institute of Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2022 ecosistema urbano 01

Ecosistema Urbano: Designing Atmospheres for Social Interaction

MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
Mas event 2021 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2021

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2020 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2020

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
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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 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 2017 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2017

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 2015 sense and sensibility 01

Sensing and Sensibility: Politics and Technology in the Contemporary City

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 michael kubo 01

Michael Kubo: Collective–LOK

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

Chatter: Architecture Talks Back

Exhibition
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JNL Graphic Design studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2023 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2024

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
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Tracing Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024

Observations

Mas observations 2022 john moutoussamy at 100 01

John Moutoussamy at 100

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2021 only girl architect only 01

Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
Mas observations 2020 present futures 01

Present Futures: Mechanics of Ethnocratic Colonial Urbanism

Project by Rula Zuhour with photography by Samer Sharif
Mas observations 2020 bauhaus chicago 01

Bauhaus Chicago: Design in the City

Text by Alison Fisher
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 betty blum 01

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
Mas observations 2023 art at the james r thompson center 01

Art at the James R. Thompson Center

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 2024 the century and consumers buildings 01

The Century and Consumers Buildings: Their Complicated Saga and the Precedent They Might Set

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 restoring the sears roebuck companys sunken garden 01

Restoring the Sears, Roebuck & Company’s Sunken Garden

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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 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 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 from utility to art 01

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

Essay by Alison Cuddy

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

News

Mas dialogues 2022 margaret mccurry office

MAS Context donates Margaret McCurry’s oral history to The Art Institute of Chicago
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MAS Context donates Robert L. Wesley’s oral history to The Art Institute of Chicago
Mas dialogues 2023 dan wheeler sesc pompeia

MAS Context donates Dan Wheeler’s oral history to The Art Institute of Chicago
Mas event 2021 medium matters 01

MAS Context 2021 Fall Talks
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MAS Context 2019 Fall Talks
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MAS Context 2018 Fall Talks
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 01

Tour of Chatter: Architecture Talks Back
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MAS Context 2014 Fall Talks
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MAS Context 2022 Fall Talks
Mas news 2022 support

MAS Context 2022 Year in Review
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MAS Context 2023 Fall Talks
Mas news 2023 year in review

MAS Context 2023 Year in Review
Mas event 2024 the japanese house since 1945 schweikher house 01

MAS Context 2024 Spring Talks
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Jason Pickleman (1965–2024)
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MAS Context 2024 Fall Talks
Mas news 2024 year in review

MAS Context 2024 Year in Review

Contributors

Iker Gil

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Rula Zuhour

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Neil Donnelly Studio

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James Goggin

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Rick Valicenti

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Lee Bey

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Peter Exley

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Andres L. Hernandez

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Jonathan Solomon

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Ellen Grimes

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John Vinci

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Nathan Friedman

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Terry Evans

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Parsons & Charlesworth

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Matthew Messner

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Ang Li

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Zoë Ryan

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Christopher Baker

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Alison Fisher

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George Aye

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David Rueter

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Craighton Berman

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Mary Woolever

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Rachel Cole

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Raven Xu

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Barbara Kasten

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Doug Garofalo

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Andrew Bush

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Alexander Eisenschmidt

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Jennifer Park

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Patricia Saldaña Natke

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Dgenerator

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Jessica Barrett Sattell

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Busy Beaver Buttons Co.

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Dgenerator

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John Zukowsky

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Tom Rossiter

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Brian Vitale

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Frank Butterfield

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Alberto Ortega Trejo

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Tony Tasset

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Andrew Fenchel

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