Restaurants by Design [Hardcover]

John Riordan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2006

Cutting-edge architecture and design meets mouthwatering cuisine in Restaurants by Design. Featuring exciting spaces from around the world, this fascinating guide explores the collaborate efforts between world-renowned chefs and some of today's most visionary architects and interior designers. This book examines the particular design approach used in each eatery, from the layout and structure of the physical space to designs for the dishes, linens, lighting, and furnishings, and how they all complement and highlight the food.

These restaurants emphasize custom interiors to ensure their patrons are completely immersed in their dinning experience. With full-color illustrations throughout, Restaurants by Design is a must-have for those with an appetite for both good food and good design.

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About the Author

John Riordan is an architect and writer. His passions for food and design have led him to restaurants worldwide. He lives in Washington D.C., where he subjects his friends and family to culinary designs of his own at home.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harper Design (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006089346X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060893460
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #839,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Idea Book, August 2, 2006

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Restaurants by Design (Hardcover)

The designs of restaurants is non-trivial. Not only must the design be pleasing to the eye and attractive to the customers, but the flow of the workers, the food, and the dirty dishes must work well. The result says this book is that a restaurant must be considered as a theater where the food is the show.

This book illustrates twenty one of the most striking and original designs of recent years. Most of the featured restaurants are in the United States, but all over the US from New York to Las Vegas, to Portland, Oregon. But there are also restaurants from Japan, The Netherlands, France, and Mexico.

Basically this is an idea book that can provide new thoughts on the restaurant you are designing or buying. There is very little description, it is mostly photographs to show what was done in these sites. The pictures and the printing are both excellent and show the state of the art as it exhists in restaurant design.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Restaurants by Design, December 16, 2007

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Cyndi Bonetti (McCall Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Restaurants by Design (Hardcover)

This book is pretty much over the top. If you are using it for ideas for a small to mid-range restaurant, it won't do you any good. These are million dollar plus restaurant designs of which an experienced interior designer specializing in restaurants can create. I was only looking for some practical ideas and would not have ordered the book had it been discribed better. If you want a coffee-table book, this one fills the bill - otherwise, don't waste your money.