Citations:architourism


 * 2003 — David Bonetti, "Grand Vision", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 14 September 2003:
 * And it ended up with a masterpiece that has become an attraction in its own right, a pilgrimage stop in "architourism," the phenomenon of design-loving travelers booking vacation time in cities that boast of the latest architectural marvels.
 * 2004 — "The Wright stuff: a reborn Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece attracts visitors to an Oklahoma oil town", Journal of Property Management, May/June 2004:
 * Its luxury loft rooms attract international visitors seeking the "architourism" experience of staying in the only hotel housed in a Wright structure.
 * 2004 — D. Medina Lasansky, "Introduction", in Architecture and Tourism: Perception, Performance, and Place (ed. D. Medina Lasansky & Brian McLaren), Berg (2004), ISBN 1859737099, page 10:
 * While architecture has been a destination of tourists for centuries (and the case of Rome confirms this), Bilbao embodies a new kind of architourism that focuses on modern architecture.
 * 2006 — Philip Nobel, "Goodbye, Columbus", Metropolis, 19 June 2006:
 * The town might not look as cool—it would be deprived of the income that architourism brings—but it might be a safer and happier place to live.
 * 2006 — Rachel Strutt, "The Visionary", Boston Globe, 31 December 2006:
 * "Architourism" is big business these days, and visitors from around the world will likely bring their fat wallets to the ICA and the city.
 * 2007 — Lauren A. E. Schuker, "Art: Museums", The Wall Street Journal, 1 September 2007:
 * It's a key strategy for a growing number of museums: promoting "architourism," or drawing visitors with new buildings or wings by star architects.
 * 2007 — Rebecca McCormick, "Frank Lloyd Wright's 'tree' rises in Oklahoma prarie", Hot Springs Village Voice, 21 November 2007:
 * Cordero says group visits to Price Tower are becoming increasingly popular with extended families, business conferences, wedding parties and "architourism" groups.
 * 2008 — Steve Mort, "Historic art deco buildings draw tourists to Miami Beach", Channel NewsAsia, 17 February 2008:
 * He said: "I have seen more and more people who are coming here to see the architecture. And I don't know if the term 'architourism' exists as a term, but I think we're seeing it here."
 * 2008 — Oren Safdie, "Questions for Alexandre Nucinovitski", Metropolis, 19 March 2008:
 * The case was made for using architecture to revitalize the economies of postindustrial cities by establishing a brotherhood of “superstar” architects who would generate spectacles bolstered by our reviews, creating “architourism,” or what has become known today as the “Bilbao Effect.”
 * 2008 — David S. Hirschman, "Modernist marvels: A worldwide tour of architecture's spare structures", USA Today, 9 June 2008:
 * Scholars and architects credit the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim art museum in Bilbao, Spain, for jumpstarting this architourism trend.
 * 2008 — Ivor Tossell, "Sky-high design", Globe and Mail, 22 October 2008:
 * Passengers can take an architourism detour and use check-in kiosks in the old facility, or proceed straight into the new building (designed by corporate architecture firm Gensler).
 * 2008 — Scott W. Perkins, Building Bartlesville: 1945-2000, Arcadia Publishing (2008), ISBN 9780738550510, page 8:
 * This budding "architourism" movement is revealing, and has made a valuable cultural and economic impact upon the city, most recently through the National Trust for Historic Preservation's selection of Bartlesville as one of their Dozen Distinctive Destinations for 2006.