Alabama Architecture Featured In Magazine

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — What makes a strip mall different from a farmer’s market? Why is the dining experience at a fast food restaurant so different from that at a tucked-away neighborhood bistro?

Alice Bowsher knows, and she wrote a book about it.

Alabama Heritage magazine’s spring edition excerpts from Bowsher’s new book, “Alabama Architecture: Looking at Building and Place,” in which she delves into the notion of “place” and how it shapes our experiences of our surroundings.

Published by The University of Alabama Press in cooperation with the Alabama Architectural Foundation, “Alabama Architecture” features 100 Alabama sites, both grand and modest, from all regions of the state, dating from the antebellum period to the present day.

In selecting the sites, the Alabama Architectural Foundation invited nominations from chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), members of the Alabama Council of AIA, as well as other designers, art and architectural historians, and historic preservationists. The result is an exhilarating, educational, and aesthetic tour of the state.

For more information, contact The University of Alabama Press at 205/348-5180, or uapress.edu.

Birmingham native Alice Bowsher is an architectural historian and preservationist whose books include “Design Review in Historic Districts,” “House Detective,” and “Town Within a City.” She serves as Alabama adviser to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Alabama Heritage is a nonprofit quarterly magazine published by The University of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. To order the magazine, write Alabama Heritage, Box 870342, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0342, or call 205/348-7467.