{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-the-wire-isbn-9780262551632","title":"The Architecture of the Wire","description":"\u003cb\u003eA visually inspiring architectural history of the wire and its representations that illuminates the relationship between telecommunications, technology, and architecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of the Wire\u003c\/i\u003e explores the development of telecommunications infrastructure and its impact on the architectural and urban culture of the modern age—from poles, wires, and cables, to “micro-architectures,” such as the théâtrophone and the telephone booth. Starting with the intrepid worldwide infrastructures of the late nineteenth century, Carlotta Darò proposes a new history that explores the multiple links and crossroads of such technical “things” with architecture and art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on extensive research of North American company archives, and French institutional ones, and drawing on secondary literature in art and architectural history, media studies, and the history of technology, Darò examines the aesthetic implications of material objects that have forever changed our urban, rural, and domestic environments.Preface\u003cbr\u003e1 Matter: Anatomy of the Line\u003cbr\u003e2 Aesthetics: The Sublime and the Ugly\u003cbr\u003e3 Technics: From the Line to the Network, the American Regional Model\u003cbr\u003e4 Imaginary: The Eutopia of Connectivity\u003cbr\u003e5 Wireless: Theories of the Invisible\u003cbr\u003e6 Law: The Public and Private Spheres\u003cbr\u003e7 Planning: Conduits of Sound\u003cbr\u003e8 Public: Au théâtre chez soi\u003cbr\u003e9 Booth: The Public Post\u003cbr\u003e10 Ubiquity: Finder of Men\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex“The electrical wire is a ‘pipeline’ that serves ‘multiple media functions’, Darò argues in this sparky survey.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eApollo Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003e[The Architecture of the Wire]\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with anecdotes, archive photos and artistic interpretations. It will make you stop and look at poles and antennas and will remind you how much digital technologies owe to the technological elements of the 19th century.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—we make money not art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCarlotta Darò is an art and architectural historian. She is Associate Professor at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais and currently a guest senior researcher at ETH Zurich.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303057641701,"sku":"NP9780262551632","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262551632.jpg?v=1767738125","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-the-wire-isbn-9780262551632","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}