New Hotels for Global Nomads [Paperback]

Donald Albrecht (Author), Elizabeth Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2003

New Hotels for Global Nomads combines architecture, interior design, photography, film and works of art to show just how varied and dynamic international hotels can be today. With 200 arresting images, including plans and computer renderings, and an authoritative text, this is the best guide available to contemporary and future trends in hotel design.

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Review

A fascinating catalogue of contemporary hotel design.

About the Author

Donald Albrecht is a curator at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, and a trained architect. He was exhibition director and catalog editor of The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Merrell Publishers (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1858941741
• ISBN-13: 978-1858941745
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,570,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars New Hotels for Global Nomads, March 13, 2003

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Michael Webb (London, England > Los Angeles, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Hotels for Global Nomads (Paperback)

Traditional hotels defy the reality of transience, offering a reassurance to weary travelers that they'll enjoy the familiar comforts of home. One pities anyone whose idea of domestic bliss is a Ramada Inn. This catalogue of an exhibition running through March 2 at the Cooper-Hewitt in New York, celebrates a fresh approach that puts chic ahead of comfort, and makes every guest realize she isn't in Kansas anymore. It intersperses W Hotels and the properties of Ian Schraeger and Andre Balasz with blue-sky projects that--if realized--might make you wish you had stayed home. That's especially true of one that was built--Jean Nouvel's hotel in Lucerne--where every ceiling is silkscreened with a movie still that could inspire nightmares. Maybe that Ramada wasn't so bad, after all. (Michael Webb is the book reviewer for LA Architect magazine.)