Architecture in the Age of Mediatizing Technologies

This book offers a unique perspective on contemporary architecture, exploring its position in mediatization through technological apparatuses. It introduces the novel concept of apparatus-centricity and mediatization of architecture, which has significant disciplinary ramifications.

The book¿s narrative traces the development of architecture from the modernist era to the present digital age, highlighting technological development, aestheticizing technologies, and theoretical changes. It focuses on how architecture incorporates and becomes a significant part of media technologies and virtualization, positioning itself as a crucial part of today''s cognitive dispositive. The book reflects on the concept of dispositive (dispositif) for architecture and investigates the interactions between architecture and media through seminal examples from architecture, music, and media studies. The book explores how architecture is reshaped and influenced by theory and practice in media, ultim