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Celebrate John Portman's 100th birthday with an exclusive film screening

2024-12-04T14:07:00-05:00

Today, December 4th, would have been the 100th birthday of architect and developer John Portman. For fans of the hotel atrium grandmaster who died in 2017 at 93, Chicago-based MAS Context has arranged a digital screening of John Portman: A Life of Building, a film directed by Ben Loeterman.

"The film captures Portman’s approach in an intimate portrait that, by turn, assesses and appreciates Portman’s work," their site explains. "Dramatic time-lapse footage shows off Portman’s buildings at their best—often in moving sunlight that washes over his facades and spaces."

The screening is available here until December 31st.

Want even more Portman birthday exclusives? Check out the photo essay Capturing the Feeling of John Portman photographer and filmmaker Phil Donohue created for MAS Context.

And if you've got $40 million burning a hole in your pocket, consider splurging on Portman's sn...

MAS Context LEGACY is now accepting entries until December 1

2014-10-27T19:39:00-04:00

MAS Studio is back with their latest competition, MAS CONTEXT: LEGACY. The open competition explores how the most influential people, places, buildings, ideas, films, etc. have affected -- and continue to affect -- the way we experience the urban environment. And LEGACY not only looks to the past, it also theorizes what legacies may define the future.

Submissions can be in the form of critical essays, photo essays, analytical studies, data visualizations, visual explorations, films, or interviews.

So get started on those entries. The deadline to submit is Monday, December 1, 2014.

Learn more important competition details on Bustler.

VISIBILITY, the Fall 12 issue of MAS Context, is released

2012-10-12T18:57:00-04:00

Making visible the invisible. That was the title of our interview with interactive designer George Legrady published in our Information issue and the name of one of his most known projects. Conceived for the Seattle Public Library, it visualizes the circulation of books going in and out of the library’s collection. This issue continues to make visible the invisible conditions present around us that inform the way we engage with the city...

Contributions by Jim Abele, Lorenz Bürgi, Chris Carlsson, Andrew Clark, Annette Ferrara, Iker Gil, Carolina González Vives, Pedro Hernández, Zahra Jewanjee, Jon Johnstone, David Karle, Manuel Lima, Joanna Livieratos, Pablo Martínez, Mark McGinnis, Richard Mosse, OMNIBUS, Antonio Petrov, Stefanie Posavec, Salottobuono, Mar Santamaría, Ya’el Santopinto, and Jonathan Wong. Guest cover designer is Anthony Burrill.

MAS CONTEXT relaunched!

2012-03-08T13:08:00-05:00

Iker Gil's MAS CONTEXT relaunched this week - hot new site, hot new issue on OWNERSHIP...check it -> http://www.mascontext.com