Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction 1. The Parthenon and the Erechtheion – The Spatial Formation of Place, Politics and Myth 2. Invisible Surface – Reflections in Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion Part 2 3. ‘The Book and the Labyrinth Were One and the Same’ – Narrative and Architecture in Borges’ Fictions 4. (Th) Reading the Library – Spatial and Mathematical Journeys in Borges’ Library of Babel Part 3 5. Soane Through the Looking Glass – The House-Museum of Sir John Soane 6. Victorian Knowledge – The Natural History Museum, London and the Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow 7. Contemporary Experience – The Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh and the Burrell Collection, Glasgow 8. Tracing the Modern – Space, Display and Exploration in the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) Part 4 9. A Comparative Synthesis 10. The Formation of Space and Meaning