Whose City Hall Is It? Architecture and Identity in New Orleans

One icon, two audiences: how the Denver Art Museum used their new building to both brand the city and bolster civic pride

“…Architectural style speaks about who a city represents and welcomes as citizens (Holliday 2009), and iconic buildings can be used by institutions to foster legitimacy in the eyes of the public (Patterson 2012). Architecture is often studied as participants in these two different dialogues, as appealing to global audiences or as responding to local needs.…”

Contested identities, contested building: planning for a glocal future

“…New projects can accentuate conflicts and disrupt the status quo of a place (Holliday, 2009)and this held true for the Aspen Art Museum project. When the Aspen Art Museum (AAM) commissioned a new building to be designed by Shigeru Ban and located at one end of the…”

“…New projects can accentuate conflicts and disrupt the status quo of a place (Holliday, 2009)–and this held true for the Aspen Art Museum project. When the Aspen Art Museum (AAM) commissioned a new building to be designed by Shigeru Ban and located at one end of the central business district, the national press praised the way the building responded to the local context, commenting on the building being “perfectly suited” and “carefully designed” (Ingalls, 2016).…”

City Branding and the Link to Urban Planning: Theories, Practices, and Challenges

“…The government is entirely behind that, supporting festivals such as SXSW and Austin City Limits and having a division that focuses specifically on nurturing the music industry. That means that being an Austin musician carries cachet, as does being an Austin resident in general, which means that the locals are actively participating in the positive positioning of their city simply by enjoying their quality of life.Efforts at city branding practice have followed a somewhat linear trajectory over time, ranging from creating logos and catchy slogans (Anholt 2005), cultural flagship projects (Vivant 2011; Ulldemolins 2014), architectural edifices (Holliday 2009; Ren 2008), event spectacles such as Olympic games (Zhang and Zhao 2009; Smith 2005), food festivals (Blichfeldt and Halkier 2014) to gearing toward more recent urban greening policies (Shing, Peters, and Marafa 2015; Andersson 2016), social diversity (Hassen and Giovanardi 2018), and smart city profiles (Parks and Rohracher 2019). Among these strategies that speak to the taste of city leaders, cultural projects exhibit a rising trend, where the use of culture as the cornerstone of branding strategies is frequently metamorphosed into monumental structures.…”

“…Source: Adapted from (left) Govers, van't Klooster, and Van Keken (2015) and (right) Taylor (1998, 68). (Vivant 2011;Ulldemolins 2014), architectural edifices (Holliday 2009;Ren 2008), event spectacles such as Olympic games (Zhang and Zhao 2009;Smith 2005), food festivals (Blichfeldt and Halkier 2014) to gearing toward more recent urban greening policies (Shing, Peters, and Marafa 2015;Andersson 2016), social diversity (Hassen and Giovanardi 2018), and smart city profiles (Parks and Rohracher 2019). Among these strategies that speak to the taste of city leaders, cultural projects exhibit a rising trend, where the use of culture as the cornerstone of branding strategies is frequently metamorphosed into monumental structures.…”