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Mas issue improbable impossible chicagos 01

(Im)possible Chicagos

Hallucinatory joyrides through one hundred and twenty-five asynchronous Chicagos envisioned by Alexander Trevi
Mas issue bold south chicago collaborative 01

South Chicago Collaborative

Project by Landon Bone Baker Architects
Mas issue bold chicago boogie woogie 01

Chicago Boogie-Woogie

Project by Krueck + Sexton Architects
Mas issue production chicago production raw quality 01

Chicago Production: Raw Quality

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark talk to Arnold Horween III, president of Horween Leather Co., and John Culliton, VP sales
Mas issue network chicago freight tunnels 01

The Chicago Freight Tunnels

Essay by Bruce G. Moffat
Mas issue bold alternative scenarios for chicago 01

BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago

Exhibition statement by Iker Gil, curator of BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago
Mas issue production chicago production software to produce 01

Chicago Production: Software to Produce

Rod Hunting interviews Jason Fried, founder and CEO of 37signals
Mas issue production chicago production producer as consumer 01

Chicago Production: Producer as Consumer

Iker Gil interviews Jake Nickell, founder and Chief Community Officer of Threadless
Mas issue production chicago production creating a lifestyle 03

Chicago Production: Creating a Lifestyle

Iker Gil interviews Michael Salvatore, owner and CEO of Heritage Bicycles General Store
Mas issue bold late entry to the chicago public library competition 01

Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition

Project by Design With Company
Mas issue university works uic studio 01

University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture

Introduction by Douglas Garofalo
Mas issue legacy in support of the speculative project 03

In Support of the Speculative Project: A Chicago Legacy

Essay by Alexander Eisenschmidt
Mas issue bold late entry to the chicago public library competition 37

At the Biennial—BOLD and the Chicago Room

Afterword by Geoff Goldberg
Mas issue work a city at work 01

A City at Work

Spirit of Space films Chicago at work
Mas issue bold studio visits and panel discussions cover

BOLD Studio Visits and Panel Discussions

As part of the BOLD: Alternative Scenarios for Chicago exhibition, curator Iker Gil organized a series of weekly visits to architecture studios in Chicago
Mas issue surveillance by designers mike mcquade 01

Surveillance by Designers

We asked a few great Chicago designers to give us their view of surveillance
Mas issue communication talking to myself 05

Talking to Myself

Visual essay by Rick Valicenti, founder and design director of Thirst/Chicago
Mas issue legacy building legacies cover

Building Legacies

Diagrams by Jacob Chartoff
Mas issue events cdf 2011 17

CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
Mas issue information and the reluctant image 01

Information and the Reluctant Image

Iker Gil interviews artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Mas issue network reset 01

Network Reset

Network Reset competition organized by MAS Studio and the Chicago Architectural Club

Bold

Issue 29
Mas issue repetition cover opening

Repetition

Issue 21
Mas issue production cover opening

Production

Issue 16
Mas issue university works virginia tech studio 01

Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design

Introduction by Kathryn Clarke Albright
Mas issue debate by jason pickleman 07

Debate by Jason Pickleman

Illustrations by Jason Pickleman
Mas issue university works discussing university works 01

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
Mas issue trace embracing idiosyncratic weirdness 01

Embracing Idiosyncratic Weirdness

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview Moby
Mas issue trace tracing wright 01

Tracing Wright

A conversation between Richard Wright, Zoë Ryan, and Iker Gil
Mas issue narrative cover opening

Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue repetition harlem time tracker 01

Harlem Time Tracker

Text and photographs by Camilo José Vergara
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 bold filter island 01

Filter Island

Project by UrbanLab
Mas issue bold second sun 01

Second Sun

Project by WEATHERS
Mas issue production your favorite objects 01

Your Favorite Objects

Here are your favorite objects, the ones you can’t live without, the ones you use to produce whatever you produce, the ones with the most sentimental value or the ones with the best stories.
Mas issue surveillance networked urbanism 01

Networked Urbanism: Using Technology to Improve our Cities

Iker Gil interviews John Tolva
Mas issue bilbao building the symbol of a remarkable transformation 01

Building the Symbol of a Remarkable Transformation

Iker Gil interviews John Zils
Mas issue more more marina 01

More Marina

Essay by Andrew Dribin
Mas issue speed race to build 01

Race to Build

Diagrams by Iker Gil and André Corrêa
Mas issue events yes we can 06

Yes We Can

Photographer Cesar Russ documents the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States
Mas issue living in cabrini 01

Living in Cabrini

James Lockhart, a former resident of Cabrini Green, shares his memories with Iker Gil about growing up in the Chicago Public Housing.
Mas issue living point clouds 01

Point Clouds

Graphic novel by architect Jimenez Lai
Mas issue information intuitive design 01

Intuitive Design

Andrew Clark and Iker Gil interview Naoto Fukasawa on the occasion of his lecture and exhibition in Chicago hosted by Luminaire
Mas issue events designing venues 01

Designing Venues

Iker Gil interviews Doug Garofalo

Events

Mas event 2017 starship chicago cover

Starship Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2023 starship chicago II poster 2 crop

Starship Chicago II

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 starship chicago II thumbnail

Starship Chicago II Premiere

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch chicago 10

Bilbao issue launch in Chicago

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 2014 bruce g moffat 01

Bruce G. Moffat: Chicago Freight Tunnels

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises / Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
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 2021 pioneering black architects in los angeles and chicago 03

Pioneering Black Architects in Los Angeles and Chicago: A Reflection by Janna Ireland and Lee Bey

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2023 inhabiting the water 01

Inhabiting the Water

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2016 a lot you got to holler 01

A Lot You Got to Holler

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 05

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

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas issue character character and composition a response 01

Characters in the Theater of Everyday Life

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2018 terry evans 01

Terry Evans: Ancient Prairies and Fragmented Landscapes

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 in your city by the lake 01

In Your City by the Lake

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2016 unfinished spaces 01

Unfinished Spaces

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 05

Now / Arriving 2023: Kwong Von Glinow

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 now arriving future firm 01

Now / Arriving 2023: Future Firm

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 now arriving daam 01

Now / Arriving 2023: DAAM

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 2023 there is room 02

There is Room

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 there is room 10

Building Enjoyable Living Environments Through Architecture, Art, and Design

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

A Lot With Little Opening Reception

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2018 jonathan solomon 01

Jonathan Solomon: Short-Cuts

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2021 block party 01

Block Party

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2019 clive wilkinson 01

Clive Wilkinson: The Theatre of Work

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2020 richard haas 01

Richard Haas: An Artist About Architecture

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2020 luftwerk on mies van der rohe 01

Luftwerk on Mies van der Rohe: Reinterpreting Space Through Light and Color

MAS Context Spring Talks 2020
Mas event 2020 walter netsch at 100 01

Walter Netsch at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2020
Mas event 2019 tracing traces 14

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2019

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 cartography and photography 01

Cartography and Photography: Revealing Global Metropolises

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 2018 geometry of light fundraiser cover

Geometry of Light fundraiser

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 01

Marita Gomis: La Ricarda

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 la ricarda an architectural and cultural project 01

La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project

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

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes opening 04

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises Exhibition Opening

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

Geometry of Light: Barcelona Pavilion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 01

Domestic Explorations: Ardmore House + Columbus House 1

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas issue vigilantism collisions 02

Architectures of Vigilantism

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2020 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2020

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2018 envisioning new spatial organizations 01

Envisioning New Spatial Organizations

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 jai alai blues 01

Jai Alai Blues

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 20th anniversary guggenheim som 02

Celebrating 20 years of the Guggenheim Bilbao

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 analog john pobojewski 01

Analog 2017: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2018 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2018

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 01

Harry Seidler: Modernist

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 2021 future landmarks 01

Future Landmarks: Strategies for Cultural and Architectural Preservation

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 battleship berlin 01

Battleship Berlin

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 architectures social ecological political agency 01

Architecture’s Social, Ecological, and Political Agency

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

Vigilantism issue launch

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas events 2021 territories of territory extraction 01

Territories of Territory Extraction

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas issue character growing up modern a family story 18

Living Modern: Surveying Influential Houses and their Inhabitants

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 natalie de blois 01

Natalie de Blois at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2022 ecosistema urbano 01

Ecosistema Urbano: Designing Atmospheres for Social Interaction

MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
Mas event 2021 helmut jahn 01

Helmut Jahn: In a Flash

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

Modernism as Character: Nathan Eddy

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2021

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2022 the area 04

The Area

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 stone wall stand in 01

Design with Company: Stone Wall Stand In

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2013 heritage bicycles 01

Heritage Bicycles: Production

MAS Context Spring Talks 2013
Mas event 2012 corkins exchange 01

Corkins Exchange 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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 events 2011 out of context 01

Out of Context

MAS Context Spring Talks 2011
Mas event 2023 there is room 03

There is Room

Exhibition
Mas event 2023 now arriving announcement small

Now / Arriving Spring 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 spaces with stories 02

Spaces With Stories

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 couplings thumbnail

Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2015 michel rojkind 01

Michel Rojkind: Recent Work

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 03

JNL Graphic Design studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2014 alison fisher 01

Alison Fisher: The Contextual Megastructure

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

MAS Context x Luftwerk x Marina City

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
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 2015 sense and sensibility 01

Sensing and Sensibility: Politics and Technology in the Contemporary City

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2021 nocturnal landscapes museo en la calle 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Museo en la Calle

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
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

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2022 leandro valencia locsin 01

The Complex and Multifaceted Work of Leandro Valencia Locsin

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 now arriving vladimir radutny architects 05

Now / Arriving Fall 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 13

Watershed Architecture

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

A Lot With Little

Exhibition
Mas event 2023 roman mixtape 01

Roman Mixtapes

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 contemporary spanish architecture practices hanghar 02

Contemporary Spanish Architecture Practices: BEAR and HANGHAR

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2016 analog identity 01

Analog 2016

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 pitchfork 01

Pitchfork studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2016 photography and place

Photography and Place

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 grimley pasnik heroic 01

Chris Grimley and Mark Pasnik: Heroic

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport vertical urban factory 01

Nina Rappaport: Vertical Urban Factory

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport ezra stoller 02

Nina Rappaport: Ezra Stoller

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 luftwerk solarise 01

Luftwerk: solarise

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 thomas kelley nk 10

Thomas Kelley: NK

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 josep lluis sert 01

Josep Lluís Sert / A Nomadic Dream

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2017 analog stewart hicks 01

Analog 2017: Stewart Hicks

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 alisa wolfson 01

Analog 2017: Alisa Wolfson

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 2017 analog 01

Analog 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

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 killian doherty 01

Killian Doherty: Yekepa

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 dingbat 01

Dingbat 2.0: The Iconic Los Angeles Apartment as Projection of a Metropolis

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 couplings 11

Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016

Observations

Mas observations 2022 will we chicago 01

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2020 bauhaus chicago 01

Bauhaus Chicago: Design in the City

Text by Alison Fisher
Mas observations 2020 changing transportation landscape chicago cover

The Changing Transportation Landscape in Chicago

Text and selection by Rachel Cole
Mas observations 2023 chicago school closures 10 years later anthony overton incubator 01

Chicago School Closures: Ten Years Later

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2019 southern exposure 07

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side

Iker Gil interviews Lee Bey
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 from resources to rubble eric allix rogers 01

From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth Year

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2021 nancy abshire lifetime award 01

2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award: Nancy A. Abshire

Presentation by architect Nancy Abshire
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 2022 betty blum 01

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2021 only girl architect only 01

Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
Mas observations 2019 barbara kasten 01

Connections: 48 Years

Presentation by Barbara Kasten
Mas observations 2019 rebel garages 01

Rebel Garages

Essay and policy proposals by Future Firm
Mas observations 2022 from the mississippi watershed 01

From the Mississippi Watershed

Iker Gil interviews David Schalliol
Mas observations 2022 helen plum library 01

The Significant Life and Uncertain Future of the Helen Plum Library

Essay by Iker Gil and Julie Michiels
Mas observations 2022 g e kidder smith builds 01

G. E. Kidder Smith Builds

Iker Gil interviews Neil Donnelly, Angelo Maggi, Andrea Nalesso, Michelangelo Sabatino, and Siiri Tännler
Mas observations 2022 after demolition cover

After Demolition

Photo essay by David Schalliol
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 at home with the collective 01

At Home with the Collective

Excerpts from a conversation between MAS Context and Alexander Eisenschmidt on a research project that he calls “At Home with the Collective” accompanied by a selection of work from a seminar and studio at UIC.
Mas observations 2019 the mies project 12

The MIES Project

Michelangelo Sabatino interviews Arina Dähnick
Mas observations 2021 an industrial legacy worth saving 01

An Industrial Legacy Worth Saving

Essay by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2020 present futures 01

Present Futures: Mechanics of Ethnocratic Colonial Urbanism

Project by Rula Zuhour with photography by Samer Sharif
Mas observations 2019 la ricarda a work in progress 01

La Ricarda: A Work in Progress

Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi Roig
Mas observations 2019 groundscraper city 01

Groundscraper City: Touring the Subterranean Structures of Minneapolis-St. Paul 1978–1983

Essay by Andy Sturdevant
Mas observations 2019 stanley tigerman 1930 2019 01

Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)

Architects remember Stanley Tigerman
Mas observations 2019 a career in five projects 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater
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 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
Mas observations 2023 beyond the landmarks 01

Beyond the Landmarks: A Personal Look at Columbus, Indiana

Text and photographs by David Schalliol
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 observations 2023 som computer group 06

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing

Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
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 observations 2023 the englewood nature trail 01

The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

Dialogues

Mas dialogues dawn hancock cover

Dialogues: Dawn Hancock

Stephen Killion interviews Dawn Hancock, founder of Firebelly Design
Mas dialogues richard wright cover

Dialogues: Richard Wright

Stephen Killion interviews Richard Wright, founder of Wright, the premier auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design
Mas dialogues natasha egan cover

Dialogues: Natasha Egan

Stephen Killion interviews Natasha Egan, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)
Mas dialogues architecture is fun cover

Dialogues: Architecture Is Fun

Stephen Killion interviews architects Peter and Sharon Exley
Mas dialogues james goggin cover

Dialogues: James Goggin

Stephen Killion interviews art director and graphic designer James Goggin, cofounder of Practise
Mas dialogues matthew hoffman cover

Dialogues: Matthew Hoffman

Stephen Killion interviews artist and designer Matthew Hoffman
Mas dialogues carol ross barney cover

Dialogues: Carol Ross Barney

Stephen Killion interviews architect Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, founder and president of Ross Barney Architects
Mas dialogues joe valerio cover

Dialogues: Joe Valerio

Stephen Killion interviews architect Joseph Valerio, FAIA, a founding partner of VDTA
Mas dialogues margaret mccurry cover

Dialogues: Margaret McCurry

Iker Gil and Julie Michiels interview architect Margaret McCurry
Mas dialogues robert l wesley cover

Dialogues: Robert L. Wesley

Iker Gil interviews architect Robert L. Wesley

News

Mas news 2013 mas context in archizines chicago 01

MAS Context in Archizines Chicago
Mas news 2014 engaging the chicago design community 01

Engaging the Chicago Design Community
Mas news 2013 archizines live chicago 01

Archizines Live Chicago feat. MAS Context
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

Bilbao issue featured in the Chicago Tribune
Mas news 2019 mas context partners with the 2019 cab 01

MAS Context partners with the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas news 2015 mas context partners with the 2015 cab 01

MAS Context partners with the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas news 2017 mas context partners with the 2019 cab 02

MAS Context partners with the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas news 2014 mas context mentioned chicago tribune 01

MAS Context Mentioned in the Chicago Tribune
Mas context news 2023 mas context partners with the 2023 chicago architecture biennial 01

MAS Context partners with the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas issue bold alternative scenarios for chicago 01

MAS Context contributors featured in the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas news 2021 mas context and the 2021 chicago architecture biennial 01

MAS Context and the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas news 2017 mas context partners with the 2019 cab 02

MAS Context contributors featured in the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas news 2021 mas context cac helmut jahn 02

MAS Context collaborates with the Chicago Architecture Center on “Helmut Jahn: Life + Architecture”
Mas dialogues 2022 margaret mccurry office

MAS Context Donates Margaret McCurry’s Oral History to The Art Institute of Chicago
Mas news 2012 mas context featured in design bureau 01

MAS Context Featured in Design Bureau
Mas news 2022 territories of territory extraction opens woodbury university 01

Territories of Territory Extraction opens at Woodbury University
Mas news 2022 germane barnes concentrico headshot

MAS Context supports Germane Barnes’s installation during Concéntrico 08
Mas news 2022 new mas context website span 04

New MAS Context website designed by Span
Mas news 2022 support

MAS Context 2022 Year in Review
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

MAS Context 2022 Fall Talks
Mas news 2022 elizabeth blasius to write monthly column for mas context 01

Elizabeth Blasius to Write Monthly Column for MAS Context
Mas issue aberration architecture without idealism 13

MAS Context Collaborates with John Szot Studio
Mas event 2023 stone wall stand in 04

MAS Context receives a 2023 The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation grant
Portrait of Molly Hanse and David Schalliol

Molly Hanse and David Schalliol join MAS Context’s team
Mas news 2023 design with company concentrico headshot

MAS Context supports Design With Company’s installation during Concéntrico 09
Mas event 2023 periphery 01

MAS Context 2023 Spring Talks
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 02

“1972/ Nagakin Capsule Tower” opens in Milwaukee
Mas news 2014 fall talks cover

MAS Context 2014 Fall Talks
Mas news 2014 mas context team in newcitys 2014 design 50 01

MAS Context Team in Newcity’s 2014 Design 50
Mas news 2014 spring talks cover

MAS Context 2014 Spring Talks
Mas news 2014 thirst art director of mas context 01

Thirst, New Art Director of MAS Context
Mas news 2013 michelle benoit joins mas context team 01

Michelle Benoit Joins MAS Context Team
Mas news 2013 mas context conde nast traveler 02

MAS Context mentioned in Condé Nast Traveler
Mas news 2013 mas context at spontaneous interventions 01

MAS Context at Spontaneous Interventions
Mas issue communication cover opening

Communication reviewed by Archidose
Mas news 2012 plural new art director of mas context 01

Plural, New Art Director of MAS Context
Mas issue events designing venues 02

Doug Garofalo 1958-2011
Mas news 2014 print copies of repetition 01

Print Copies of Repetition
Mas news 2014 ordinary cover 05

Ordinary Cover
Mas news 2014 mas context change of location 02

MAS Context Fall Talks: Change of Location
Mas news 2014 iker gil presents at aia convention 01

Iker Gil presents at AIA Convention
Mas news 2016 mas context collaborates with leo burnetts department of design 01

MAS Context collaborates with Leo Burnett’s Department of Design
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 01

Tour of Chatter: Architecture Talks Back
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 20

Chatter Chat: Constructive Communication
Mas news 2015 talk at uic school of design 01

MAS Context talk at UIC School of Design
Mas news 2015 mas context team in newcitys 2015 design 50

MAS Context team in Newcity’s 2015 Design 50
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 radical logic 01

MAS Context receives a 2021 Graham Foundation grant
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 19

Consider supporting MAS Context
Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 04

MAS Context 2021 Spring Talks
Mas news 2020 newcity design 50 2020 02

MAS Context contributors in Newcity’s 2020 Design 50
Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 04

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

Luftwerk and Iker Gil receive a 2019 Graham Foundation grant
Mas event 2018 alexandra lange 07

MAS Context 2018 Fall Talks
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