Practices of Architecture, Tourism, and Place

Project details

Lead:

Collaborators:

  • Nina Hamilton

Architecture is a central element and driver of tourism, perhaps even more so now than previously understood.

In this research, we seek to understand the spatially articulated behaviours of tourists who visit and experience-built environments, and what those practices mean for the places and buildings they visit.

Key Outputs

Lindsay G and Sawyer M. (2025) Practices of Architecture, media, and tourism: building the digital age. Routledge, Forthcoming.

Lindsay G, Sawyer M, ‘Architecture, tourism, and smartphone photography in the Instagram era', International Journal of Architectural Research Accepted, In Press.

Lindsay G, Sawyer M, ‘“You must go here”: Architecture, yelp, and the tourist gaze', Tourism Culture and Communication 24, 3, pp159-174. (2023)

Sawyer M, Lindsay G, 'Architecture as infrastructure for gazing’, Tourism Culture and Communication 24, 3, pp159-174. (2023)