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Designing Disney’s Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance

Publication, June 1997

Designing Disney’s Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance offers an examination of the influence of Disneyland on both our built environment and our architectural imagination. Tracing the relationship of the Disney parks to their historical ancestors, the publication charts Disneyland’s evolution from one man’s personal dream to a multinational enterprise, a process in which the Disney “magic” moved ever closer to the real world.

Edited by Karal Ann Marling
Foreword by Nicholas Olsberg
Essays by Erika Doss, Neil Harris, Greil Marcus, Marty Sklar, and Yi-Fu Tuan with Steven D. Hoelscher
Interview with Frank Gehry by Phyllis Lambert and Karal Ann Marling
Graphic design by Agence Comme Ça

Co-published with Flammarion
Hardcover or softcover, 223 pages

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