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The Space of Representations

Stewart Hicks interviews Sam Jacob
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Buildings and their Representations Collapsing upon One Another: Architecture in Comic Strip Form

Essay by Mélanie van der Hoorn
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University Works

Issue 0
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Makin’ It

Script by Julia and John McMorrough
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Breaking Bad: When Architecture is Turned into a Criminal

Essay by Tania Tovar Torres
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Layoff Moveon

Iker Gil interviews Jessica Lybeck
Mas issue aberration immanent cartography 01

Immanent Cartography

Essay and photographs by Nick Axel
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Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
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More of More

MAS Context asked several people working in different fields to give us their definition of the concept of More.
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EMBT Goes East

Mateu Baylina and Xavi Ayala interview Benedetta Tagliabue
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In Good We Trust

John Hickenlooper and Bruce Mau present the Denver Biennial of the Americas
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CDF 2011 proposal

Architects Sharon Haar and Iker Gil propose the first Chicago Design Festival
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Despair

Architect Edward Emile Richardson explains the impact that the public housing laws have had in the public housing system in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
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Logistical Ecologies

Project by Hinterlands Urbanism and Landscape with MODUS Collective
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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
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Futures: Expo Boston ‘76

Text and chronology by Michael Kubo, Chris Grimley, and Mark Pasnik
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Architectural Narratives

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue repetition we print because we can 01

We Print Because We Can

Essay by Patrick Sykes
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Original Copies: Inside China’s Imitation Binge

Text and photographs by Bianca Bosker
Mas issue repetition utopias in the gaps 01

Utopias in the Gaps

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro with projects by Holes of Matter
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The Street as Platform

Essay by Dan Hill, Executive Director of Futures at the UK’s Future Cities Catapult
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Abbott H. Thayer’s Vanishing Ducks: Surveillance, Art, and Camouflage

Essay by Roy R. Behrens
Mas issue surveillance materiality of deletion 01

Materiality of Deletion

Essay by Christo de Klerk
Mas issue ordinary can architecture be ordinary 03

Can Architecture Be Ordinary?

Essay by Deborah Fausch
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Designing for Other Things to Happen

Essay by Rojkind Arquitectos
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Drawings, Storytelling, and Subjectivity

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
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Virginia Tech, School of Architecture + Design

Introduction by Kathryn Clarke Albright

Events

Mas event 2021 medium matters 01

Medium Matters: Architectural Representation After Construction

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

Territories of Territory Extraction

Exhibition
Mas event nighttime as a unique territory 01

Nighttime as a Unique Territory

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2019 clive wilkinson 01

Clive Wilkinson: The Theatre of Work

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 cartography and photography 01

Cartography and Photography: Revealing Global Metropolises

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

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 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Alisa Wolfson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Aaron Rodgers & Angee Lennard

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Charles Adler

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Sean Lally

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Parsons & Charlesworth

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Elizabeth Blasius

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Marcia Lausen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Judith de Jong

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Stewart Hicks

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Molly Meyer

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
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Analog 2017: Micah Stanley

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 charles rice 01

Charles Rice: Interior Urbanism

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2017 darren bradley 01

Darren Bradley: Canberra’s Modernist Soul

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
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Bilbao issue launch in Chicago

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
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Bilbao issue launch in Bilbao

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
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Couplings 2016

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2016 new aging 01

New Aging with Matthias Hollwich and Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Klaus

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Alisa Wolfson

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Thomas Kelley

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Noritaka Minami

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Tricia Van Eck

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Future Firm

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: José Esparza

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Zoë Ryan

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Jeanne Gang

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Martin Kastner

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
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Analog 2016: Lucas Daniel

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2022 conor o shea 02

Conor O’Shea: Designing Urban Biodiversity

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
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MAS Context x Los Angeles x BMD

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
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
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Analog 2012: Sam Vinz

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: Dieter Roelstraete

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: Marc Fisher

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: David Sieren and Sam Rosen

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: Andrew Clark

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012: John Pobojewski

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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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
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Analog 2012: Jimenez Lai

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Analog 2012

MAS Context Fall Talks 2012
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Aberration: Live in Los Angeles

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Craighton Berman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Cody Hudson

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Lisa Smith and Caroline Linder

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Jason Pickleman

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Cheryl Towler Weese

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Karen Semone

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Jeremiah Chiu

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Brian Strawn and Karla Sierralta

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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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
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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
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Analog 2011: Jessica Rodrigue

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: David Schalliol

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011: Lee Bey

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
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Analog 2011

MAS Context Fall Talks 2011
Mas event 2023 stone wall stand in 01

Design with Company: Stone Wall Stand In

Installation
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Victor Lundy at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
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Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
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Now / Arriving Spring 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
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Harry Seidler at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas observations 2022 way beyond bigness 08

Engineering Ecosystems: The Mississippi River Watershed and its Infrastructure

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas observations 2019 liminal frontier 13

Floodplain Futures: Flood Insurance and the Economy of Climate Change

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 a lot with little turkana 01

A Lot With Little

Exhibition
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Now / Arriving Fall 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 the japanese house since 1945 wrightwood 659 03

Naomi Pollock: The Japanese House Since 1945 | Wrightwood 659

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

A Lot With Little Chicago

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

Naomi Pollock: The Japanese House Since 1945 | Schweikher House

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
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Now / Arriving Spring 2024

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2024

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
Mas event 2024 into the quiet and the light 01

Virginia Hanusik: Into the Quiet and the Light

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
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Tracing Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
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Félix Candela from Mexico City to Chicago

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
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Presenting Edith Farnsworth

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025
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Gunnar Birkerts at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025
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Now / Arriving 2025

MAS Context Spring Talks 2025
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Not a Woman Architect: The Life and Work of Brigitte Peterhans

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025
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James Florio: Thirtysix Views of Inverted Portal

MAS Context Fall Talks 2025

Observations

Mas observations 2019 barbara kasten 01

Connections: 48 Years

Presentation by Barbara Kasten
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 observations 2022 from the mississippi watershed 01

From the Mississippi Watershed

Iker Gil interviews David Schalliol
Mas observations 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2021 only girl architect only 01

Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
Mas observations 2021 cooperative housing 01

Cooperative Housing as a Means More Than an End

Essay by Ethel Baraona Pohl
Mas observations 2020 converging at architecture 01

Converging at Architecture: An Interview with Jeanne Gang

Ann Lui interviews Jeanne Gang
Mas observations 2020 casa chilena 15

Chilean House: Domestic Images

Text by Pablo Brugnoli, Francisco Díaz, and Amarí Peliowski
Mas observations 2020 without michael 01

Without Michael

Jonathan Solomon remembers Michael Sorkin
Mas observations 2020 on the precious work of brinda somaya 01

On the Precious Work of Brinda Somaya

Text and projects by Brinda Somaya
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 atlantic city 01

Atlantic City

Iker Gil interviews Brian Rose
Mas observations 2019 en medio super servicio lomas 01

En-Medio: Súper Servicio Lomas

Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
Mas observations 2019 visual explorations of our daily environment 01

Visual Explorations of Our Daily Environment

Visualizations by Scott Reinhard
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Spontaneous Uses

Text and drawings by SIAA with photography by Lauro Rocha
Mas observations 2022 seeing richard nickel 01

Seeing Richard Nickel

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
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 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 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 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 sentinels iron portals of chicagoland 03

Sentinels: Iron Portals of Chicagoland

Project by Cédric Van Parys
Mas observations 2024 edgar miller anti modern 01

Edgar Miller: Anti-Modern

Essay by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2024 atlas des regions naturelles 01

Atlas des Régions Naturelles: Documenting and Categorizing the French Landscape

Text and photographs by Eric Tabuchi and Nelly Monnier
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 exploring the specificities of place from panama to oxford 01

Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford

David Schalliol interviews Arturo Soto
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 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 plywood city 01

Plywood City

Text and photos by Iker Gil
Mas observations 2025 stonewall inn movement and monument 04

Stonewall: Movement, Monument, Myth

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius

Dialogues

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Dialogues: Richard Wright

Stephen Killion interviews Richard Wright, founder of Wright, the premier auction house specializing in modern and contemporary design
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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
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Dialogues: Kristine Fallon

Iker Gil interviews architect Kristine Fallon

News

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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 issue bilbao words desires and memories 01

MAS Context receives a 2016 Graham Foundation grant
Mas issue bold alternative scenarios for chicago 01

MAS Context contributors featured in the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial
Mas issue hidden exploring the physicality of the tunnel and reservoir plan 01

MAS Context receives a 2015 Graham Foundation grant
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Chatter Chat: Constructive Communication
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Iker Gil presents at AIA Convention
Mas news 2012 mas context receives graham foundation grant 01

MAS Context Receives Graham Foundation Grant
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

MAS Context 2022 Fall Talks
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MAS Context receives a 2022 Graham Foundation grant
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New MAS Context website designed by Span
Mas news 2022 support

MAS Context 2022 Year in Review
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
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MAS Context 2024 Fall Talks
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MAS Context supports BairBalliet’s installation during Concéntrico’s Festival 2025
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MAS Context 2025 Spring Talks

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