How architecture became a medium of communication

In the modern world, architecture interacts with and within networks. Long before they began to communicate via digital devices, buildings were permeated by technical systems, larger structures were conceived as nodes of transportation infrastructure, and ever-larger complexes were overlaid with information systems. Architecture was thus understood as a medium in itself, organizing access, connection, and data screening.

This volume presents the state of the art of architectural research in relation to media and cultural studies. The focus is on the question of how architecture, as one medium of many, contributes to the emergence of new spatial relations that influence knowledge, subjectivity, and social behavior, as well as the climate and environment.

• German media studies meets Anglo-American history of architecture
• A current view of architecture as a medium of communication