Hotel lobbies and lounges
Subtitle: the architecture of professional hospitality
By: [edited by] Tom Avermaete and Anne Massey
Series: Interior architecture
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780415496520; 9780415496537; 9780203137505
Subjects: Architecture and society; Designs and plans; ARCHITECTURE / General; Hotel lobbies; Hotels
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.