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Series
Work in global and historical perspective volume Volume 5
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"In the Scheme of Things looks at architecture's need to respond creatively and meaningfully to the extraordinary changes affecting the profession now, changes that include the global economy, the advent of computer-aided design, and the growing disconnection between design schools, architectural practice, and the public."--BOOK JACKET.