Architectural Tourism - Site-Seeing, Itineraries and Cultural Heritage

This book charts the relationship between architecture and tourism. It asks why monuments and buildings attract and compel us to visit, why we feel the need to understand cities through architectural sites such as museums, historic sites and monuments, and how national identity is galvanised through its architecture and tourism.

List of contents

Introduction. 1: Oh the Places You’ll Go! 2: World Heritage Sites, National Identity, and What we Choose to Remember 3: Romancing the Stone: The Guidebook and Architectural Place 4: Monuments as Intangible or Tangible Heritage Tourism 5: The Bilbao Effect, Starchitecture and The Rise of the Designer Museum 6: No Place Like Home 7: To End with an Exceptional Architectural Tourism Story

About the author

Shelley Hornstein is Professor of Architectural History and Visual Culture at York University, Canada. Her work looks at the intersection of memory and place in architecture and urban sites. A graduate of the Université de Strasbourg, France, Professor Hornstein has served as Associate Dean, Co-Director of the Centre for Feminist Research and twice as Chair of the Department of Fine Arts, Atkinson College.

Summary

This book charts the relationship between architecture and tourism. It asks why monuments and buildings attract and compel us to visit, why we feel the need to understand cities through architectural sites such as museums, historic sites and monuments, and how national identity is galvanised through its architecture and tourism.

Product details

• Authors: Shelley Hornstein, Hornstein Shelley
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781848222274
• ISBN: 978-1-84822-227-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 245 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments, History of Architecture, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Tourism industry, Hospitality and service industries, Retail and wholesale industries