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Mas issue bold south chicago collaborative 01

South Chicago Collaborative

Project by Landon Bone Baker Architects
Mas issue information architectural discourse 01

Spaces for Architectural Discourse and the Unceasing Labor of Blogging

Essay by Javier Arbona, writer and PhD candidate in geography with a background in architecture and urbanism

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 ownership on the question of whownspace 01

On the Question of #whOWNSpace

Essay by Quilian Riano on behalf of the #whOWNSpace collaborative project
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The Classy Order

Project by Ania Jaworska in collaboration with Zack Ostrowski
Mas issue more more identities 01

More Identities

Prada Transformer by OMA / Rem Koolhaas
Mas issue public open manifesto 01

Open Manifesto for Mass Creation

Architect Lick Fai Eric Ho proposes a new way of approaching design
Mas issue more jason more cover

Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
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Production

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Mas issue information overload 01

It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure

Clay Shirky explains the challenge of the always evolving information: the filtering process
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 lines of reading 05

Lines of Reading

Artwork by Jack Henrie Fisher, graphic designer and design research at Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, The Netherlands
Mas issue aberration immanent cartography 01

Immanent Cartography

Essay and photographs by Nick Axel
Mas issue communication making policy public 15

Making Policy Public

Projects by the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization that uses design and art to improve civic engagement
Mas issue visibility the disappearing architect 02

The Disappearing Architect: Four Moves Towards Invisibility

Text by Ya´el Santopinto and Jonathan Wong
Mas issue events cdf 2011 17

CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
Mas issue narrative cover opening

Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue bilbao a bastion of design 01

A Bastion of Design

Project by Cini Boeri Architetti
Mas issue repetition repeat with me 02

Repeat with Me

Manifesto by Urtzi Grau and Cristina Goberna from Fake Industries Architectural Agonism
Mas issue debate room at the top 05

Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
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 bilbao three key organizations 01

Three Key Organizations: Bilbao Metrópoli 30, BILBAO Ría 2000, and the Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium

Text by Iker Gil
Mas issue repetition an obituary for the greek city of repetition 01

An Obituary for the Greek City of Repetition

Essay by Panos Dragonas
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 claude are you dreaming 01

Claude, Are you Dreaming, or is this Really Happening?

Iker Gil interviews astronaut Claude Nicollier
Mas issue repetition original copies 03

Original Copies: Inside China’s Imitation Binge

Text and photographs by Bianca Bosker
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

Bilbao’s Strategic Evolution: The Metamorphosis of the Industrial City

Essay by Ibon Areso

Events

Mas event 2015 michael kubo 01

Michael Kubo: Collective–LOK

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas issue aberration something exceptional 03

Luis Urculo

MAS Context Spring Talks 2012
Mas event 2021 block party 01

Block Party

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2014 alison fisher 01

Alison Fisher: The Contextual Megastructure

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 molly wright steenson 01

Molly Wright Steenson: Architectures of Information

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2014 david schalliol the area 01

David Schalliol: The Area

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2015 josep lluis sert 01

Josep Lluís Sert / A Nomadic Dream

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2016 unfinished spaces 01

Unfinished Spaces

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 fundraising mexico puerto rico 01

Fundraising for Mexico and Puerto Rico

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2014 bruce g moffat 01

Bruce G. Moffat: Chicago Freight Tunnels

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2018 alexandra lange 07

Alexandra Lange: Preserving Childhood

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2015 thomas kelley nk 10

Thomas Kelley: NK

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 2018 in your city by the lake 01

In Your City by the Lake

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2015 grimley pasnik heroic 01

Chris Grimley and Mark Pasnik: Heroic

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2011 analog cody hudson 01

Analog 2011: Cody Hudson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue communication getting graphic 07

Analog 2011: Craighton Berman

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

Analog 2011: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas events 2011 out of context 01

Out of Context

MAS Context Spring Talks 2011
Mas event 2011 analog odl 01

Analog 2011: Lisa Smith and Caroline Linder

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2021 nocturnal landscapes museo en la calle 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Museo en la Calle

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2019 geometry of light barcelona pavilion 01

Geometry of Light: Barcelona Pavilion

MAS Context Spring Talks 2019
Mas event 2016 new aging 01

New Aging with Matthias Hollwich and Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2019 geometry of light farnsworth house 01

Geometry of Light: Farnsworth House

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2015 michel rojkind 01

Michel Rojkind: Recent Work

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2021 battleship berlin 01

Battleship Berlin

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch bilbao 01

Bilbao issue launch in Bilbao

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2018 geometry of light fundraiser cover

Geometry of Light fundraiser

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 01

JNL graphic design studio visit

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2021 helmut jahn 01

Helmut Jahn: In a Flash

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport ezra stoller 02

Nina Rappaport: Ezra Stoller

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2021 future landmarks 01

Future Landmarks: Strategies for Cultural and Architectural Preservation

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2019 clive wilkinson 01

Clive Wilkinson: The Theatre of Work

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2015 nina rappaport vertical urban factory 01

Nina Rappaport: Vertical Urban Factory

MAS Context Fall Talks 2015
Mas event 2017 jai alai blues 01

Jai Alai Blues

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2020 building subjects 01

Building Subjects: Ideas on Housing from Chinese Vernacular 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 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 observations 2022 way beyond bigness 08

Engineering Ecosystems: The Mississippi River Watershed and its Infrastructure

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2017 20th anniversary guggenheim som 02

Celebrating 20 years of the Guggenheim Bilbao

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2019 nocturnal landscapes instituto cervantes 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Urban Flows of Global Metropolises / Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
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Analog 2011

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas issue vigilantism collisions 02

Architectures of Vigilantism

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2023 inhabiting the water 01

Inhabiting the Water

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2012 corkins exchange 01

Corkins Exchange 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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 events 2021 modernism as character nathan eddy 01

Modernism as Character: Nathan Eddy

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2016 couplings 11

Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 01

Harry Seidler: Modernist

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2019 tracing traces 14

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2019

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2017 bilbao issue launch chicago 10

Bilbao issue launch in Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring 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

Observations

Mas observations 2020 nivola in new york 01

Nivola in New York | Figure in Field

Text by Steven Hillyer and Roger Broome
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 som computer group 06

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

Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2019 a career in five projects 01

A Career in Five Projects: Carlos Ferrater

Iker Gil interviews Carlos Ferrater
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 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

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

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Mas observations 2022 betty blum 01

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
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 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 2022 will we chicago 01

Will We, Chicago?

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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 2023 threatened altered and demolished abrams house 01

Threatened, Altered, and Demolished: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates’ Built Work at Risk

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2019 groundscraper city 01

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

Essay by Andy Sturdevant

Dialogues

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Dialogues: Robert L. Wesley

Iker Gil interviews architect Robert L. Wesley
Mas dialogues margaret mccurry cover

Dialogues: Margaret McCurry

Iker Gil and Julie Michiels interview architect Margaret McCurry

News

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MAS Context collaborates with Concéntrico
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MAS Context collaborates with Meneo
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MAS Context Collaborates with Klaus
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MAS Context collaborates with Luis Mendo
Mas news 2012 mas context collaborates with the post family 01

MAS Context Collaborates with The Post Family
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MAS Context Collaborates with John Szot Studio
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MAS Context collaborates with the Graham Foundation
Mas news 2016 mas context collaborates with jnl graphic design 01

MAS Context collaborates with JNL Graphic Design
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MAS Context collaborates with Leo Burnett’s Department of Design
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MAS Context collaborates with dpr-barcelona on Una Revolución de Formas book
Mas news 2021 mas context cac helmut jahn 02

MAS Context collaborates with the Chicago Architecture Center on “Helmut Jahn: Life + Architecture”
Mas issue aberration metropol parasol 01

Aberration Reviewed by Richard Prouty
Mas news 2021 mas context and the 2021 chicago architecture biennial 01

MAS Context and the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial
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Radical Logic featured in Modern in Denver
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Marina City event featured in Architect magazine
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MAS Context supports Germane Barnes’s installation during Concéntrico 08
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MAS Context Board of Advisors: New Additions
Mas news 2014 engaging the chicago design community 01

Engaging the Chicago Design Community
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MAS Context Team in Newcity’s 2014 Design 50
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MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition in Milan
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“On Light, Time, and Materiality” by James Florio opens at pinkcomma gallery in Boston
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