This book is a must have for enthusiasts and interested scholars. The book is filled with many pictures, illustrations and original renderings of Disneyland, and the subsequent other parks. The conceptual development of the original Disneyland is the main focus of the book that admirably discusses the many details involved in the process. The amazing part for me is the scholarly research, and the well written quality of the text. The subject is well examined for the volume of information it covers. It is the first book I have come across that credit's Walt Disney's innovative process of applying film set design to a real 3D environment using an over-ridding narrative to connect it all. The scholarly research by art historians and architects for the Canadian exhibition is impressive, which is done without the control of the Disney Corporation. The scholarly nature of the book lends a new dimensionality to the understanding of Disneyland as an innovative artistic development, and a new architectural expression.
Unlike other texts I have read about Disney architecture, this one takes on the subject from the art historical perspective examining the process that creates a new architectural form. Other books seem to veer away from this in favor of the new, celebrated corporate architecture at Disney company headquarters, or the replication of the model at newer Disney parks. By concentrating on the original development of Disneyland as a unique architectural concept of Walt Disney's, and his special team of designers, the idea is established as creating the foundation for everything else that comes after. This difference is insightful, and makes the understanding of the original design clearer and more significant.
I highly recommend this book for the wealth of information it provides, and the good read it is. Even for a seasoned Walt Disney enthusiast, like me, it provides a new awareness of the multi-dimensional qualities of the form created, and it makes a rich addition to information previously unknown.
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