TY  - BOOK
AU  - Avermaete,Tom
AU  - Massey,Anne
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Hotel lobbies and lounges: the architecture of professional hospitality 
AV  - NA7800 .H665 2013
U1  - 728/.5 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Hotel lobbies
KW  - Hotels
KW  - Designs and plans
KW  - Architecture and society
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "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"--
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1122857
ER  -