In much recent theory the media are described as ephemeral ubiquitous and de-localized. Yet
the activity of modern media can be traced to spatial centers that are tangible enough - some
even monumental. This book offers multidisciplinary and historical perspectives on the
buildings of some of the world's major media institutions. Paradoxically as material and
aesthetic manifestations of mediated centers of power they provide sites to the siteless and
solidity to the immaterial. The authors analyse the ways that architectural form and
organization reflect different eras media technologies ideologies and relations with the
public in media houses from New York and Silicon Valley to London Moscow and Beijing.