基本信息出版社：Prestel Publishing
页码：191 页
出版日期：2005年10月
ISBN：379133297X
条形码：9783791332970
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
外文书名：旅游建筑: 那些真实且世外桃源般充满异国情调的壮观建筑

内容简介 This sumptuously illustrated book looks at why the world’s most interesting buildings are becoming the hottest destinations for today’s travelers.

In the last decades architecture has become a major focus for travelers, rather than merely a part of a larger itinerary. Illustrated with nearly one hundred color photographs, this series of provocative essays by leading scholars, critics and architects, explores the role of architecture in the contemporary tourist imagination.

From Mont Saint Michel and the Taj Mahal to Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum and the Blur Building in Switzerland’s Lake Neuchatel, the authors focus on how certain iconic buildings have found their way into the cultural consciousness. At the same time they offer insights as to why other buildings, such as Minnesota’s Mall of America and the faux architecture of Las Vegas, have become integral to their regions’ tourist economy—and postulate how this success will influence architecture of the future.
作者简介 Joan Ockman is Director of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University. She has published widely in the field of architecture.

Salomon Frausto is Programme Coordinator at the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia University.
媒体推荐 Urban Land, February 2006
"Offer[s] thought-provoking discourse on the state of architecture and design, rather than prescribing any "how-to" practicalities."

Desert Living, December 2005
"The cure for the average guidebook… Lively layouts and inspiring essays."