Contents Preface ix Acknowledgement xi Illustration credits xiii Introduction 1 Part 1.The Architecture of Everything 1 Part 2. Changing Patterns of Architecture and Information 7 Part 3. Scope and Focus 16 Part 4. The Place of Architectural Theory 21 Part 5. The Multi-Disciplinary Context 29 Part 6. Structure and Content 34 1: The Architectonic System 35 Part 1. Architecture and Meaning 35 Part 2. Architectonic Systems and the Emergence of Categorisation 38 Part 3. Conceptual Spaces: Categories in the Mind 46 Part 4. Topic and Topos 57 Part 5. Conclusion 63 2: Between City Lights Receding and the Non-space of the Mind 67 Part 1. Loosing the Ballast of Materiality 67 Part 2. Spaces between Logic and Ontology 71 Part 3. 'Display Becomes Reality 79 Part 4. The Web is not a Tree 82 Part 5. Remediating Space 87 Part 6. Conclusion 89 3: The Spaces of Information 93 Part 1. Spaces of Information 93 Part 2. The Failure of Architectural Metaphors 96 Part 3. Measuring: Semantic Space 101 Part 4. Mapping: Screen Space 107 Part 5. Exploring: Interaction Space 110 Part 6. Navigating: Architectonic Space 115 Part 7. Conclusion 120 4: Reality Becomes Display 123 Part 1. After Information Architecture 123 Part 2. Non-discursive Formations 131 Part 3. Place-Action 134 Part 4. Space Agency 138 Part 5. Invisible Architectures 141 Part 6. Conclusion 143 Conclusion 147 Glossay 153 Notes 161 Bibliography 165 Index 173