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Salons and Spas: The Architecture of Beauty [Hardcover]

Julie Sinclair Eakin (Author)
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July 1, 2005
Beauty is big business worldwide. This is most evident by noting the amazing transformation of what was once the corner "beauty shop" into the amazing spaces that are now called salons and day spas and are being designed by some of the world’s hottest designers and architects. Providing a serene atmosphere that pampers and relaxes is as important for success as the products and services these retreats offer. Clients’ demands are not just to look beautiful when they leave but also to feel beautiful when they are there. The salons and spas that can provide this perceived sense of beauty prove to be the most successful. These pages provide an inside look at the most elegant and appealing spas to the hippest beauty shops.

These new shops represent the high-end of interior design and architecture and the atmosphere is as important as the service. Spas and Salons features the design details of the best and newest beauty shops and spas on the block and uncovers, through interviews with the designers, what makes them so appealing, memorable, and desirable.



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About the Author

Julie Sinclair Eakin writes about design. She has advanced degrees in architecture from SCI-Arc and the University of California at Berkeley. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in New York City.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Rockport Publishers (July 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592531652
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592531653
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,353,141 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 amazing pictures and blueprints, September 2, 2005
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I'm in the process of building a second location (salonspa) and this book had the most amazing pictures and the visual of the blueprints gave me such a different perspective of things that I had not even thought about. I love this book it was well worth the price.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A book ALSO for architects in SPA design, May 2, 2008
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This beautiful book is written by an architect. This is important when looking for more than just nice SPA photos. Not only she (the writer) very carefully chooses modern SPA environments, she also presents them in a whole-space manner, attaching simple but effective professional drawings.
Besides, she verbally offers a brief, deeper look in the transition of city-SPAs: from indifferent beauty and relax centers to the focus of modern Architecture.
This professional background does not however deprive the book of a rather introductory character, combining modern Architecture with simple description.
As a member of a now in-design city-SPA in South-East Europe, I and the designing architect found in the book precious modern inspirations.
The writer (she lives in New York) provided a modern work going enough beyond the surface, and counting among the few really helpful on the subject.
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