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The Great Landmark Race
Christopher J. Elliott
其他書名
Tourism for Designers and Landmark Design for Tourists
出版Place Research Institute, 2020-09
主題Architecture / GeneralTravel / General
ISBN06489556059780648955603
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xbDZzQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The Great Landmark Race is the internationalcompetition to design great architecture, world iconsand significant memorials. From the Pyramids ofancient Egypt to the Burj Khalifa today, we travelaround the world to discover the most remarkablelandmarks in the world to answer the big question ofwhat makes a landmark great.Covid19 has caused a rethink of travel. We can no longerovercrowd the few great landmarks we have. Architects,urban designers and planners need to change the game andcreate icons worthy of greatness and inspire us to travel tonew locations. We must think in broader terms that reflectour culture, history, urban context and about how we canbuild monuments that reflect our civilisation today and for alleternity.Using the new approach of Evidenced Based Design, over2,300 landmarks were examined to discover what makeslandmarks genuinely incredible, what we can learn to createworld-class icons of the future and to create a definitive bucketlist for all