Spectacle, pilgrimage, history, myth, vision of the future - all these realms come together in Architecture and Tourism, as they do in our personal travels and in national policies around the world. over the past three hundred years, tourism has become an essential element of western architecture.Gwendolyn Wright, Professor of Architecture, Columbia University Lasanky and McLaren's comprehensive collection explores the historical dimensions of tourism, showing how it has always been intimately connected with matters of architecture, urbanism and space. At once insightful and informative, Architecture and Tourism is an important contribution to our understanding of this pervasive global phenomenon.Iain Borden, Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture, UCLA provocative series of essays about the interrelations between the designed environment and tourist practices. With a rich and diverse range of examples, the contributors place an insightful emphasis on the agency of both ar