The Interiors of Social Media: Architecture, Space, and Technology in the 21st Century

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Dr Javier Fernández Contreras (HEAD – Genève, Switzerland)

The Interiors of Social Media

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Architecture, Space, and Technology in the 21st Century

Dr Javier Fernández Contreras (HEAD – Genève, Switzerland)

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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
14 May 2026

Theory of architecture; Professional interior design; Media studies; Digital lifestyle

How is social media reshaping architecture? What can platforms like Instagram, Twitch, Pinterest, and TikTok tell us about the spaces we inhabit?

The Interiors of Social Media is the first book to explore the relationship between architecture, interiors, and social media, guiding us through today’s digital landscape to reveal where the virtual and physical worlds meet.

From influencer bedrooms and gaming setups to humanitarian shelters, pet influencer homes, and porn rooms, Javier Fernández Contreras reveals how social media does not merely depict interiors, but actively scripts new spatial types: homes that are both private and hyper-public, domestic yet performative, and material yet algorithmic. By mapping platform spatialities and tracing the themes that connect them, he examines interiors as sites of consumerism, display, and mediatization — environments that expose the ethical, political, and ecological implications of 21st-century digital culture.

Drawing on architecture, media studies, and digital humanities, The Interiors of Social Media offers a critical lens on how online interactions are woven into everyday life and invites us to rethink architecture in the age of the algorithm.

With contributions from Paule Perron, Michela Bassanelli, Damien Greder, Vytautas Jankauskas, and students at HEAD – Genève.

By: Dr Javier Fernández Contreras (HEAD – Genève Switzerland)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781350537439
ISBN 10: 1350537438
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 14 May 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Javier Fernández Contreras is an architect and architectural theorist, and the head of the Department of Space Design/Interior Architecture at HEAD – Genève (HES-SO). His work explores the relationship between architecture, representation, and media, with a specific focus on the role of interiors in the construction of contemporaneity. He is the author of The Miralles Projection (2020), Manifesto of Interiors (2021), and The Interiors of Social Media (2026), and the co-editor of Scènes de Nuit (2021), Intimacy Exposed (2023), A Nocturnal History of Architecture (2024), and Nothing About Interior Architecture (2025).

Reviews for The Interiors of Social Media: Architecture, Space, and Technology in the 21st Century

This book lays the foundation for new lines of research, new pedagogical approaches, and new ways of practicing architecture that critically engage with the spatial logics of social media as an integral part of contemporary architectural culture. * Marina Otero Verzier, GSD, Harvard University, USA * Innovative, this book offers a fascinating reflection – both in words and images - on the multifaceted relationship between social media platforms and architecture. It will no doubt become an essential reference for the many students and researchers interested in better understanding our contemporary relationship to space. * Léa-Catherine Szacka, University of Manchester, UK * With a sharp and original synthesis of media studies and architectural theory, Javier Fernández Contreras offers one of the first systematic frameworks for understanding how social media is redefining domestic space. * Davide Tommaso Ferrando, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy *