How have architecture and design been represented in popular culture? How do these fictional reflections feed back into and influence 'the real world'? Archi.Pop: Architecture and Design in Popular Culture offers the first contemporary critical overview of this diverse and intriguing relationship in cultural forms including television, cinema, iconic buildings and everyday interiors, music and magazines. Bringing the study of architecture and culture firmly to the contemporary world, Archi.Pop offers a unique critical investigation into how this dynamic relationship has shaped the way we live and the way we interact with the constructed world around us.

"Archi.Pop" explores the relationship of architecture and design to popular culture through a variety of case studies including television, music, film, magazines and domestic interiors.

This indispensable collection of lively essays explores a rich vein of overlooked material-TV domesticity, shag carpet, Hollywood sets, plastic toys, magazine pictures, amusement parks, hip hop-that re-examines modern architecture and design. Smart, readable, and engaging, the book extends Reyner Banham's project into the twenty-first century.