Salons and Spas
Subtitle: The Architecture of Beauty
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Published: July 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781592531653
Subjects: Interior design; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Design & Drafting; Architecture; Art / General; Decoration; Beauty shops; Health resorts; Interior architecture
First sentence: Beauty is ceasing to be an ugly word among architects.
Description: "Salons and Spas features the design details of the latest and most innovative examples from such cutting-edge firms as Archi-Tectonics, ARO, Escher GuneWardena, and Office dA, among others. Its pages offer an inside look at these new spaces of beauty, from the most elegant and fantastical spas to the most stylish salons, and uncover what makes them so appealing and memorable."--Jacket.