- Includes advanced, unpublished research from a wide range of world regions, including East Asia, South America, North America, Western Europe, and the former Soviet Union - Covers a great span from Ancient Rome to 16th century Istanbul, and from Spanish conquest to early Modern France up to present-day digital cloud infrastructure - Raises questions of linkage and scale, investigates infrastructure as phenomenon and affect, and traces the interrelation of aesthetics, technology, and power all through the lens of architectural history