Hotel lobbies and lounges : the architecture of professional hospitality / [edited by] Tom Avermaete and Anne Massey.
Contributor(s): Avermaete, Tom [editor.] | Massey, Anne [editor.].
Series: Interior architecture. 2012Description: xiv, 242 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780415496537 .Subject(s): Hotel lobbies | Hotels -- Designs and plans | Architecture and society | ARCHITECTURE / GeneralGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "Hotels occupy a particular place in popular imagination. As a place of exclusive sociability and bohemian misery, a site of crime and murder and as a hiding place for illicit liaison, the hotel has embodied the dynamism of the metropolis since the eighteenth century. Hotel Lounges and Lobbies: The Architecture of Professional Hospitality explores the architectural significance of hotels throughout history and how their material construction has reflected and facilitated the social and cultural practices for which they are renowned. Including case studies addressing contemporary developments in hotel planning and design, and illustrated throughout, this volume is an innovative and insightful contribution to architectural and interior design literature"--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA7800 .H665 2012 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000007958 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-23) and index.
"Hotels occupy a particular place in popular imagination. As a place of exclusive sociability and bohemian misery, a site of crime and murder and as a hiding place for illicit liaison, the hotel has embodied the dynamism of the metropolis since the eighteenth century. Hotel Lounges and Lobbies: The Architecture of Professional Hospitality explores the architectural significance of hotels throughout history and how their material construction has reflected and facilitated the social and cultural practices for which they are renowned. Including case studies addressing contemporary developments in hotel planning and design, and illustrated throughout, this volume is an innovative and insightful contribution to architectural and interior design literature"--