Hotel an american history
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In this lucid and creative work, Sandoval-Strausz, an assistant professor of history at the University of New Mexico, situates the rise of hotels within the history of the triumph of capitalism and of an increasingly mobile society. Hotels, he says, facilitated mobility and the integration of frontier lands into larger networks of capital and commerce. Hotels were also(...)
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November 2007, New York
Hotel an american history
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In this lucid and creative work, Sandoval-Strausz, an assistant professor of history at the University of New Mexico, situates the rise of hotels within the history of the triumph of capitalism and of an increasingly mobile society. Hotels, he says, facilitated mobility and the integration of frontier lands into larger networks of capital and commerce. Hotels were also part of the gradual process that dissociated people from particular places. If hotels solved some social problems, Sandoval-Strausz shows, they created others: guardians of domesticity, for example, worried about urban dwellers who chose to live full-time in hotels. In exploring the social and political meaning of hotels, the author pursues countless avenues, from menus to morals (Hotels were magnets for prostitution and other forms of illicit sex). There's a bit of labor history thrown in, too, since, in order to make good on the promise to be patrons' home away from home, hotels employed a huge number of workers, from cooks and launderers to janitors, Sandoval-Strausz also traces hotels' exclusion of Jews and blacks—the book ends with the 1964 Supreme Court case that desegregated public accommodations.
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Elaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums�ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles�were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities. Many of these buildings were razed long ago, and those that remain stand as grim reminders of an often cruel system. For much of the nineteenth century, however, these(...)
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June 2007, Minnieapolis, London
The architecture of madness : insane asylums in the united states
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Elaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums�ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles�were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities. Many of these buildings were razed long ago, and those that remain stand as grim reminders of an often cruel system. For much of the nineteenth century, however, these asylums epitomized the widely held belief among doctors and social reformers that insanity was a curable disease and that environment�architecture in particular�was the most effective means of treatment. In The Architecture of Madness, Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from America�s earliest purpose�built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. At the center of Yanni�s inquiry is Dr. Thomas Kirkbride, a Pennsylvania-born Quaker, who in the 1840s devised a novel way to house the mentally diseased that emphasized segregation by severity of illness, ease of treatment and surveillance, and ventilation. After the Civil War, American architects designed Kirkbride-plan hospitals across the country.
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New retail
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about the book In the decades since the advent of the shopping mall, shopping has become synonymous with entertainment and the retail store a key player in establishing brand identity. In a growing trend, high-profile architects are designing provocative storefronts and interiors that create an aura of exclusivity, draw in customers, and attract media attention(...)
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May 2005, London, New York
New retail
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about the book In the decades since the advent of the shopping mall, shopping has become synonymous with entertainment and the retail store a key player in establishing brand identity. In a growing trend, high-profile architects are designing provocative storefronts and interiors that create an aura of exclusivity, draw in customers, and attract media attention rivaling the goods within. New Retail examines this phenomenon with an overview of 24 of the most innovative retail spaces built around the world in recent years, designed by high-profile international architects as well as smaller cutting-edge firms. Projects in the book include the Carlos Miele store in New York (Asymptote), three stores for Louis Vuitton in New York and Tokyo (Jun Aoki), Selfridges in Birmingham, the UK (Future Systems), two clothing boutiques in São Paulo (Isay Weinfeld), the Mandarina Duck store in Paris (NL Architects), and the Mpries Supermarket in Austria (Dominique Perrault), among others. More than 250 color photographs as well as floor plans and site plans showcase the architectural and interior design, lighting, and often experimental materials that create these ultimate retail spaces. For the Selfridges department store, for example, Future Systems clad the building with 15,000 aluminum disks attached to a sprayed concrete surface. In New York, the interior of the Carlos Miele store by Asymptote features a sensual, sculptural white ceiling of molded high-gloss PVC-based material. Each project is accompanied by a 500-to-700-word description that explains the design concept, site, program, and significant building technologies and materials. A general introduction discusses precedents to these projects and current issues in the architecture and design of retail spaces.
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New museums
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The lead article in the October 2004 issue of Architectural Record, devoted to contemporary museums, noted that “museums continue to proliferate across the international landscape, leading to the conclusion that, post-Bilbao, every municipality seems to want a smash.” Certainly, following the opening of Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, museums gained a newfound(...)
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May 2005, London
New museums
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The lead article in the October 2004 issue of Architectural Record, devoted to contemporary museums, noted that “museums continue to proliferate across the international landscape, leading to the conclusion that, post-Bilbao, every municipality seems to want a smash.” Certainly, following the opening of Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, museums gained a newfound cache among architects and clients. The mission and purpose of the museum is rapidly evolving: museums today are frequently more than repositories for historical art: they can be research centers, memorials, contemporary galleries, or site-specific artworks in themselves. New Museums documents the best of new museum design and features 27 projects in 13 countries in Europe, the United States, Israel, and Japan. The architects represented are among the most renowned practitioners in the world today; in addition to those mentioned above, they include van Berkel + Bos, Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid, Kengo Kuma, and Alvaro Siza, as well as lesser-known, talented designers such as Zvi Hecker in Israel and Diener & Diener in Switzerland. An illustrated general introduction discusses well-known historical precedents as well as current themes relevant to museum design: the museum as a neutral container, its role in placing art in context, the museum as an addition to an existing building, and as a distinct work of art. Each project is documented with color photographs, plans, drawings, and a project description.
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Beauty is a big business worldwide. From London to Los Angeles, the corner "beauty shop" has lately been transformed into extraordinary salons and day spas by some of our most thoughtful architects and designers. 'Salons and spas' features the design details from firms as Archi-Tectonics, ARO, Escher GuneWardena, Saucier + Perrotte Architectes, among others.
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July 2005, Gloucester, MA
Salons and spas : the architecture of beauty
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Beauty is a big business worldwide. From London to Los Angeles, the corner "beauty shop" has lately been transformed into extraordinary salons and day spas by some of our most thoughtful architects and designers. 'Salons and spas' features the design details from firms as Archi-Tectonics, ARO, Escher GuneWardena, Saucier + Perrotte Architectes, among others.
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A lavish presentation of the most courageous (and sometimes outrageous) collaborations between some of the world’s most critically acclaimed architects and designers and the leading fashion houses of our time. "The New Boutique" brings together the most cutting-edge fashion boutiques of the twenty-first century in the major fashion capitals of the world: London, Milan,(...)
The New boutique : fashion and design
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A lavish presentation of the most courageous (and sometimes outrageous) collaborations between some of the world’s most critically acclaimed architects and designers and the leading fashion houses of our time. "The New Boutique" brings together the most cutting-edge fashion boutiques of the twenty-first century in the major fashion capitals of the world: London, Milan, New York, Paris and Tokyo. Included are Sybarite’s Marni boutique in London, Claudio Silvestrin’s flagship store for Giorgio Armani in Milan, Frank Gehry’s project for Issey Miyake in New York, Philippe Starck’s work for Jean Paul Gaultier in Paris and Herzog and de Meuron’s Prada Epicenter in Tokyo. A compelling reference for anyone interested architecture, design or fashion worldwide.
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Focussing on concerns such as context, access systems, communication, and form, this book clearly highlights the demands which are at the heart of today's building concepts for research and technology.
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May 2005, Basel, Berlin, Boston
Research and technology buildings : a design manual
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Focussing on concerns such as context, access systems, communication, and form, this book clearly highlights the demands which are at the heart of today's building concepts for research and technology.
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An exhibition does not fascinate us purely through the presence of exhibited objects, but through the opportunity it gives us to make our own discoveries. Communication, education, experience and contemplation interact productively and dynamically. This book shows the preliminary stages of exhibitions from the designer’s perspective. Topics include the presentation(...)
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July 2005, Basel, Boston, Berlin
Designing exhibitions : a compendium for architects, designers and museum professionals
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An exhibition does not fascinate us purely through the presence of exhibited objects, but through the opportunity it gives us to make our own discoveries. Communication, education, experience and contemplation interact productively and dynamically. This book shows the preliminary stages of exhibitions from the designer’s perspective. Topics include the presentation and staging of exhibitions, displays and education, texts, graphics, typography and layout, lighting and acoustics. Sketches, diagrams, and plans of wall arrangements, installations, collections, and models in appropriate scales and photos of realised projects are used to illustrate the process.
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Corporate architecture
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Corporate architecture is a strategic instrument that is employed in the design of buildings, interiors and temporary presentations for businesses. This publication demonstrates for the first time the developments in this field, as well the best architectural and design concepts for this comprehensive subject.
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May 2005, Ludwigsburg
Corporate architecture
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Corporate architecture is a strategic instrument that is employed in the design of buildings, interiors and temporary presentations for businesses. This publication demonstrates for the first time the developments in this field, as well the best architectural and design concepts for this comprehensive subject.
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Sports fans in the United States can revisit their own home fields such as the Reliant Stadium in Houston, SBC Park in San Francisco, Oriole Park in Baltimore, and experience international attractions such as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley in London, Arsenal in London, and the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. With 250 photos and 70 architectural plans,this book(...)
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June 2005, North Clarendon (VT), Sydney, Singapore
The stadium : architecture for the new global culture
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Sports fans in the United States can revisit their own home fields such as the Reliant Stadium in Houston, SBC Park in San Francisco, Oriole Park in Baltimore, and experience international attractions such as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wembley in London, Arsenal in London, and the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. With 250 photos and 70 architectural plans,this book defines the stadium as a worlwide cultural icon.
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