Bar and Club Design [Import] [Paperback]

Bethan Ryder (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing; New Ed edition (February 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185669478X
• ISBN-13: 978-1856694780
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,211,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars an HONEST assessment, December 22, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bar and Club Design (Hardcover)

I bought this book based upon the posted reviews. I have often wondered if the regular buying public actually contributed these or if the author or their friends wrote em to increase sales. I now know. Bar and Club design is a lot of sizzle and no steak. The photographs are nice if you are in to super slick Euro looking clubs where you can visually hear the techno trash music in the background. The pictures are amusing only because you look at them once and think why? I guess that is why they were selected for this book. There are no ideas anyone spending their own money would care to emulate; unless you are spending Euro's or Yen. I did not get even one idea from this book and I am an open minded guy looking for ideas. May I suggest 'Successful Restaurant Design' and 'Restaurants That Work.' Even though they say restaurant in the title they show many more pictorial ideas, floorplans and insight for bars than this disappointment.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For commercial interior designers and club owners, May 11, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bar and Club Design (Hardcover)

Bar And Club Design by London-based interior design and leisure expert Bethan Ryder is a simply gorgeous, amazing, and occasionally inspiring showcase of countless possibilities to create the perfect ambience for bars and clubs that feature drinking and dancing. Stunning color photography captures an eclectic variety of differing layouts covering internal moods from relaxed to energetic to post-modern. Supplemented by an exhaustive and informative text, as well as artistic perspectives and simple layout diagrams, Bar And Club Design is a superb and strongly recommended reference and a first-class source book for commercial interior designers and club owners seeking remodeling ideas.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dated?, November 13, 2005

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J. Duncan "jndjr" (Taos, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bar and Club Design (Paperback)

No offense meant to Bethan but as an Interior Architect looking for a reference, I wanted to air my views. I had to look at the published date because many of the clubs appear to be right out of the 1970's! I did appreciate the floor plans but didn't find the content to be inspirational for my design sensibilities.