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Architecture and Geography: Toward a Mutual Concern for Space and Place

Architecture and Geography: Toward a Mutual Concern for Space and Place Toward a Mutual Concern for Architecture and Geography: Space and Place Larry R. Ford * Call it architecture, call it history, call it landscape, or call it boosterism; regardless of what name it goes under, the built environment is becoming increasingly important in the popular literature. A visit to any bookstore in almost any city will lead you to piles of books entiüed, "The Historic Architecture of ..... "or "The Beautiful Neighborhoods of . . .,"as well as an ever-growing assortment of books on bridges, diners, skyscrapers, and bungalows. Many of these books are of the fluffy "coffee table" variety with more pretty pictures than serious content, yet a number of very sophisticated books on the meaning of architecture, such as Building the Dream by Gwendolyn Wright and Skylines by Wayne Attoe, are also making an impact. The purpose of this paper is to review the involvement geographers have had with the study of architecture over time, and to encourage the discipline of geography not to abandon this long-standing traditional interest now that it finally seems to have caught the public's attention. In addition, this paper will try to provide some framework and direction for the geographic study http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers University of Hawai'I Press

Architecture and Geography: Toward a Mutual Concern for Space and Place

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Toward a Mutual Concern for Architecture and Geography: Space and Place Larry R. Ford * Call it architecture, call it history, call it landscape, or call it boosterism; regardless of what name it goes under, the built environment is becoming increasingly important in the popular literature. A visit to any bookstore in almost any city will lead you to piles of books entiüed, "The Historic Architecture of ..... "or "The Beautiful Neighborhoods of . . .,"as well as an ever-growing assortment of books on bridges, diners, skyscrapers, and bungalows. Many of these books are of the fluffy "coffee table" variety with more pretty pictures than serious content, yet a number of very sophisticated books on the meaning of architecture, such as Building the Dream by Gwendolyn Wright and Skylines by Wayne Attoe, are also making an impact. The purpose of this paper is to review the involvement geographers have had with the study of architecture over time, and to encourage the discipline of geography not to abandon this long-standing traditional interest now that it finally seems to have caught the public's attention. In addition, this paper will try to provide some framework and direction for the geographic study

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Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Oct 1, 1984

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