Architecture as mass media
Explore in the Atlas →Modern architecture only becomes modern in its engagement with the mass media; the site of architectural production moves from the street into photographs, films, publications and exhibitions. The magazine, the photograph and the exhibition are the true objects of modern architecture's reception, and modernity is the publicity of the private.
Details
- Introduced
- 1994
Connections
Referenced by
- Beatriz Colomina proposed
- Case Study House No. 22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect (photograph) articulates
- Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media articulates
- Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media proposed
- Case Study House No. 22, Los Angeles, 1960. Pierre Koenig, Architect (photograph) exemplifies
- A Constructed View: The Architectural Photography of Julius Shulman articulates
- Ezra Stoller associated with
Sources
- Beatriz Colomina. Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media. MIT Press, 1994.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Architecture as mass media." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/architecture-as-mass-media/. Accessed July 17, 2026.