Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introductory Thoughts on the Power of Algorithms and the Possible Necessity of Resisting it; The Dialectics of Dis-Obedience. Notes from the Crystal Palace; Surveillance, Artificial Intelligence and Power; Embodied Algorithmic Optimization. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Anderson -- Poems in stone : the iconography of amirid Poetry, and its "Petrification" on Amirid Marbles / Mariam Rosser-Owen -- Love in the ime of Fitna : 'Courtliness' and the "Pamplona" casket / Cynthia Robinson -- Evolution of the Andalusi urban landscape: from the dispersed to the saturated Medina / Julio Navarro and Pedro Jimenez -- Re-examining Almohad economies in South-western al-Andalus through petrological analysis of archaeological ceramics / Rebecca Bridgman -- The Andalusi house in Granada (thirteenth to sixteenth centuries) / Antonio Orihuela -- Understanding architectural change at the Alhambra : stratigraphicanalysis of the Western Gallery, Court of the Myrtles / Camilla Mileto and Fernando Vegas -- Sixteenth-century viceregal ceramics and the creation of a Mudejar myth in New Spain / Maria Judith Feliciano -- Owen Jones and the Alhambra court at the Crystal Palace / Kathryn Ferry -- Visions of al-Andalus in twentieth-century Spanish Mosque architecture / Jennifer Roberson…”

“…These include the contents and building materials of the Great Exhibition's Crystal Palace and their extraordinary 'afterlife' at Sydenham, South London; how the Festival of Britain's South Bank Exhibition employed displays of ancient history to construct a new post-war British identity; and how London 2012, as the latest of London's mega events, dealt with competing visions of the past as archaeology, waste and heritage in its efforts to create a positive legacy for future generations"…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Russian Icons through British Eyes, c. 1830-1930 --5. The Crystal Palace Exhibition and Britain's Encounter with Russia --6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…El Crystal Palace de Joseph Paxton -- Mi obra preferida La Torre Eiffel -- El "hada electricidad" o el arte moderno de iluminar -- El papel de los ingenieros de caminos en las obras públicas españolas -- Ingeniería y arquitectura -- Naturaleza, ingeniería y vías de comunicación -- Madrid y el Canal de Isabel II -- El Depósito Elevado del Canal de Isabel II en Madrid, arquitectura técnica y ciudad -- La génesis del Ensanche de Barcelona y la realización de una nueva ciudad moderna -- A propósito de la exposición -- Un manuscrito inédito de Agustín de Betancourt sobre la purificación del carbón -- Agustín de Betancourt, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos y la minería de Asturias en la época de la Ilustración -- La capilla de Mosén Rubí de Bracamonte y su interpretación masónica -- Paisaje urbano, Ciudad Lineal y masonería -- Arquitectura y urbanismo: la universidad como "palacio de las musas" y "ciudad del saber" -- La Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid: realidad y utopía de un proyecto para la modernización cultural de España -- Arquitectura penitenciaria en España -- La arquitectura institucional y los Palacios de las Diputaciones -- El edificio Rockefeller -- Arquitecturas para una imposible "Edad de Oro" -- La arquitectura efímera en el primer franquismo -- Monumento funerario al delirio nazi El búnker -- Epílogo: Arqueología industrial…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgments ix Introduction The Spectacle of Inventing a Nation: World's Fairs and Their Narratives in Italy, 1860-1915 3 1 Prologues to World's Fairs: National Expositions and Nation Building in Turin 15 Turin, (Former) Capital of the Nineteenth Century 15 National Exhibits, Collective Identity, and the Ideology of Progress 19 Dreaming a Collective Dream: Civilization as Leisure 23 Of Maps and Towers: A Stroll along the Fairgrounds 33 Pro Aris et Foci: The King, the People, and the Nation 44 All the City's a Stage: The Exposition of Hegemonic Topographies in De Amicis's Torino 1880 52 Exhibition Mania on Stage: The Ballet Excelsior 65 2 Turin 1911: The 'Fabulous Exposition' 79 Ephemeral Architecture and the Invention of a National Style 79 Building Imperial Consensus: Italy's Quarta Sponda on the Po River 89 Italy and the Imperial Paradigm 102 Blazoned Pilots, Modern Media, and Vicarious Travels 110 Polar Explorers, 'Instant Books,' and the Politics of Travel 117 3 Emilio Salgari: Writing Exposition Style 123 Salgari's Novels as Exposition Narratives 123 Salgari and the Adventure-Tale Formula 136 A Life Exposed: The Man, the Myth, and the Nation 150 The Fall of a Crystal Palace: Le meraviglie delDuemila 166 4 Guido Gozzano's Imperial Ambiguities 176 Reclaiming the Context: On Gozzano gazzettiere and the Archaeology of Verso la cuna del mondo 176 The 'Compendium of the World': Gozzano's India as World's Fair Exhibit 184 Of Mazes and Masks: India as Counter-Exposition 192 Beyond the Exotic Surface: Gozzano's Letters as Hermeneutical Objects 202 Historiography as Assemblage: Intertextual Montages in 'L'Olocausto di Cawnepore' and 'Goa: "La Dourada"' 205 Meddling with the Sex of Angels: Gozzano's Readings of Albrecht Diirer's Melancholia I 248 Production for Profit and Creation for Pleasure: Beauty, Truth, and the Role of the Artist in the World of Universal Expositions 259 Conclusion 269 Notes 273 Bibliography 317…”
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“…Ci sono miti culturali che consentono di riflettere sulla modernità a partire dalle sue radici, permettendo di indagarne gli sviluppi e le polarità fondamentali: tra questi, il mito della trasparenza che, nato in ambito architettonico con l’erezione del Crystal Palace di Londra nel 1851, da tempo non riguarda più soltanto la creazione di spazi caratterizzati da una totale reversibilità ottica di interno ed esterno, ma è ormai divenuto un concetto chiave del dibattito politico e sociale di tutto l’Occidente. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Railway Sheds, Expo Pavilions, Terminals - Spatial Landscapes of the Future, p. 58 ; Railways Conquer Architecture, p. 62 ; Euston Station, London, p. 64 ; Lime Street Station, Liverpool, p. 66 ; Gare d’Austerlitz, paris, p. 68 ; Station Designed by german Master Builders, p. 70 ; Field of Experimentation Expo Pavilions, p. 72 ; Crystal Palace, London, p. 74 ; Glass Palace, Munich, p. 74 ; Palais des Machines, World Exhibition, Paris, p. 78 ;Interim Worlds: The Avant-garde and Fascination with Construction, p. 80 ; Main station on Santa Maria Novella, Florence, p. 82 ; “Tensegrity” Structures for Wide Halls – Richard Buckminster Fuller and the Consequences, p. 84 ; Olympic Stadium, Munich, p. 86 ; US Pavilion, Expo Osaka, p. 88 ; A New Type of Terminal: Station and Airport Buildings, p. 90 ; Roofing Over the Postal Vehicle Shed, Chur, p. 92 ; Waterloo lnternational Terminal, London, p. 94 ; Lehrter Main Station, Berlin, p. 98 ; New Stations for Deutsche Bahn - Visions, p. 100 ; How Concrete Became Lighter - 100 Years of Concrete Pioneers, p. 102 ; Concrete: The Building Material of the 20th Century, p. 106 ; The ldeal Industrial City - Citè Industrielle, p. 108 ; The Magazine ABC, p. 110 ; The Domino Model, p. 112 ; Système Hennebique: The Strength of Reinforced Concrete in Design, p. 114 ; Apartment House, 25bis rue Franklin, Paris, p. 116 ; Bally Shoe Factory, Dottikon, p. 118 ; Fiat Automobile Factory Lingotto, Turin, p. 120 ; Key Buildings of Dutch Modernism, p. 122 ; Bauhaus Dessau, p. 126 ; The Invention of the “Mushroom Column”, p. 124 ; Van Nelle Tobacco, Tea and Coffee Factory, Rotterdam, p. 128 ; Johnson Wax, Administration Building, Racine, Wisconsin, p. 130 ; The Further Development of a Modern Culture of Building in Concrete: Concepts for Free Spatial Forms, p. 132 ; Pier Luig Nervi - Engineer Architect, p. 134 ; Angelo Mangiarotti - The Design Impact of Concrete: Structural Systems, p. 136 ; Franz Dischinger and Concrete Shell Technology, p. 138 ; Eduardo Torroja - The Logic of Form, p. 140 ; Eladio Dieste - Thin-shell Brickwork Structures: Using Concrete Technology, p. 142 ; Heinz Isler - Spatial Form and Shell Technology, p. 144 ; Concrete and Architectonically Shaped Space, p. 146 ; Portuguese Pavilion, World Exposition on the Theme of the Oceans, Lisbon, p. 148 ; Menil Collection Museum, Houston, Texas, p. 150 ; Hochschule fïr Technik und Wirtschaft and Commercial Building on Ottoplatz, Chur, p. 152 ; Transitions - From Tectonics to Morphology, Andermatt, p. 154 ; The “Liberated Façade” - From Wall to Partition to Skin, p. 156 ; Iron Skeleton Structure and Curtain Wall, p. 160 ; Office Buildings Liverpool, p. 162 ; Menier Chocolate Factory Noisiel-sur-Marne, p. 164 ; From the New York Iron Works to the “Chicago Frame”, p. 166 ; First Leiter Building and Fair Building; Chicago, Illinois, p. 168 ; The Chicago School of Architecture, p. 170 ; The “'façade libre” - A Project of Modernism, p. 172 ; The Luxfer Prism Company - Frank Lloyd Wright's Studies and Projects, p. 174 ; The Industrial Building Culture in Germany, p. 176 ; “Le mur rideau” - Studies and Projects by Le Corbusier, p. 178 ; Industrial Façade Technology - Studies and Projects by Jean Prouve, p. 180 ; The Lightness of Post-war Modernism, p. 182 ; Ludwig Mirs van der Rohe: IIT Campus and Skyscraper Technology in Chicago, p. 184 ; An American School of Thought of Post-war Modernism: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, p. 186 ; From “Liberated Space” to Transparent Skin: Egon Eiermann and Sep Ruf, p. 188 ; After 1973 - The Future of the Intelligent Building Envelope, p. 190 ; The Technology of Structural Glazing - Peter Rice and RFR, p. 192 ; Experiments in the Field of Material Technology - the Buildings of Renzo Piano Building Workshop, p. 194 ; Concepts for New Glass Façades, p. 196 ; Transformation Strategies, p. 198 ; The “Communicative” Building Envelope, p. 200 ; Process Thinking Conquers Construction – lndustrialisation from the Balloon Frame to the Skyscraper, p. 202 ; Balloon Frame and Skyscraper: The First Symbols of Successful Industrial Building, p. 206 ; Wooden Frame Construction: Balloon Frame and Western Frame, p. 208 ; The McCormick Factory: “Interchangeable Parts” as the Forerunner of Industrial Building, p. 210 ; The Chicago Frame and the lnvention of the Skyscraper, p. 212 ; Frank Lloyd Wright – Ballon-frame Construction Technique and Tectonic Design, p. 214 ; Mass Production and the Industrial Programme of Modern Architecture, p. 216 ; Albert Kahn and the 'Industrial Office', p. 218 ; Major and Model Developments, p. 220 ; Case Study Houses, p. 224 ; Empire State Building, New York, p. 226 ; Construction System Mindset Between the “Sputnik Shock” and the “Oil Shock” - Precursors and Consequences, p. 228 ; Jean Prouve: from the “baraque demonlable” to the “2CV de l'habitat”, p. 230 ; The General Panel System, p. 232 ; The USM Construction System, p. 234 ; Concrete Construction Systems, p. 236 ; Structuralism, p. 238 ; From Mass-made to Customised Production, p. 240 ; Bercy 2 Shopping Centre Charenton le Pont near Paris, p. 242 ; Spheres, Blobs and Digital Tectonics, p. 244 ; Combination of Industrial and Manual Techniques, p. 246 ; "Sustainable Building Design" - A Future Project, p. 248 ; Efficiency and Effectiveness of Systems, Structures and Elements, p. 252 ; The Invention of the Joint, p. 254 ; The Renault Distribution Centre, Swindon, p. 256 ; Aluminium Jubilee Pavilion, Paris, p. 258 ; IBM Travelling Exhibition Pavilion, p. 260 ; Air as Construction Material, p. 262 ; Material and Technology, Resources and Processes, p. 264 ; Shigeru Ban: The “Paper Tube Structure” Technique, p. 266 ; Profiling: a Constant Theme of Industrial Design, p. 268 ; Plastics, New Materials, Composities, p. 270 ; Metamorphoses in Glass, p. 272 ; “Light Tech” and “Low Energy” - A Watershed in The Way of Thinking, p. 274 ; The “New Atrium” , p. 276 ; The City Mall, p. 278 ; The Green Skyscraper, p. 280 ; The Newsirit and Peak_Lab Research Projects, p. 282 ; Regarding the Question of Habitat, p. 286 ; 10 Points Regarding a Culture of Sustainability, p. 288 ; Learning from Nature, p. 290 ; Low-energy Strategies, p. 292 ; The Sustainable Skin Concept, p. 294 ; Jean-Marie TJibaou Cultural Centre, Nouméa, p. 296 ; Sir Ove Arup: The Key Speech, 1970, p. 298 ; Notes, p. 306 ; Bibliography, p. 313 ; Index, p. 318 ; Picture Credits, p. 318 ; lndex of Names, p. 318 ; Index of Places and Projects, p. 320 ; Exhibition and Expo Projects, p. 322.…”