Hip Hotels: City [Paperback]

Herbert Ypma (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hip Hotels | Publication Date: May 1, 1999

The high-design revolution of the 1990s has provided a stylish alternative to the chain hotels and traditional "grand" hotels. This guide features 44 hotels that are widely diverse in their gastronomy, architecture, ownership, location, atmosphere and design; but they all offer one key feature - an experience. It may be high design or high art, Zen minimalism or cool kitsch, chic loft living or lavish historical revivalism, but always the hotel takes centre stage. Many big names in contemporary architecture, interior design and fashion have had a hand in creating the style of this book, including: Terence Conran in Vienna; Diesel in Miami; Anouska Hempel in London; Karl Lagerfeld in Berlin; Christian Liaigre in New York; Andree Putman in Cologne; and Philippe Starck in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Destined to become the bible for traveling fashionistas (or those who just wish they were), this achingly chic photo book is to hotel rooms what "Vogue" is to models. From the sumptuously uninhibited mix of textures at London's Blakes to the crisp, eco-friendly lines at Berlin's airy Bleibtreu to the eclectic funk of Miami's Pelican, the coolest international interiors are represented here. Better yet, the images are supplemented by diverting background information....[Grade:] A. -- Entertainment Weekly, 12 March 1999

About the Author

Herbert Ypma has written numerous books on international style, among them London Minimum, Paris Object Trouve, Pacific Island, Morocco Modern, Mexican Contemporary, American Country and Irish Georgian. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0500281114
• ISBN-13: 978-0500281116
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,000,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful hotels, June 19, 2002

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Rosengarten (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hip Hotels: City, Revised Edition (Paperback)

The book Hip Hotels by Herbert Ypma is the second edition of the first book of his series about beautiful hotels in the world. In Hip Hotels, he shows trendy design hotels in major cities such as New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, etc. Every hotel is featured with an introductory text as well as many larger and smaller pictures, so you can directly see what to expect. The book is a nice coffee table book and is enjoyable to read even if you do not intend to make a journey right now but just want to see which hotel could potentially tempt you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide to cool hotels, or lovely coffee table book, November 18, 2004

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Scott A. Humphries (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hip Hotels: City, Revised Edition (Paperback)

This book has lovely photographs and useful descriptions of some very trendy hotels all over the world.
I have found the book a very useful guide for finding cool hotels to stay in - it can be so hard to find a really good hotel and this book really helps in that regard.
Of course, you need not use it as a guide and there are many cities in this book that I have yet to visit - the pictures are lovely and you can enjoy the book as a visual feast whether you are looking for a place to stay or not.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the ultimate bible for the Hip traveller, April 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hip Hotels: City (Paperback)

Fantastic reference of the best and groovy hotels in the world (main cities) Great design ideas witty text and innovative lay-out A MUST