More on buildings and place

City Comforts Blog: Not enough time this morning..
More on buildings and place, and the relationship between them, and how this relates to urban form. The difference between site and place [i.e. the role of a building's context and it's affect on its surroundings] should be a key practical [and theoretical] distinction between urban disciplines, particularly between architecture and geography. The fact that it is not is quite an indictment of the latter.

This article in Making Places is a pretty good summary of where I'm coming from.