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Grand Hotel - Redesigning Modern Life. Exhibition schedule: Vancouver Art Gallery, 2013

English · Hardback

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Das Grand Hotel. Wer hier logiert, erwartet Glanz und Luxus. Die prachtvollen Paläste der Belle Époque und die eleganten Bauten des Art déco setzten Maßstäbe. Bis heute sind Architektur und Inneneinrichtung eines Hotelprojekts von entscheidender Bedeutung. Der Bautypus hat sich zu einem einzigartigen Medium für integriertes Design entwickelt und das weltweit: Ketten wie Hyatt und Hilton waren Auslöser dieses Kulturphänomens. Begriffe wie »Boutique Hotel« oder »Lifestyle Hotel« stehen für einen jüngeren Gestaltungstrend, der den Gast vor allem gefühlsmäßig ansprechen will.
Die üppig bebilderte Publikation betrachtet Grand Hotels als ein kommerzielles, weltumspannendes Netzwerk, das sich durch die Architektur definiert und auf sozialen Schranken beruht. Anhand einer Vielzahl unterschiedlichster Beiträge wird beleuchtet, worin das besondere Faszinosum des Grand Hotels für uns alle besteht.
 
www.grandhotelexhibition.org
 
Ausstellung: Vancouver Art Gallery ab 13.4.2013 | Und weitere Stationen
 

About the author

Todd Gannon is an architect, teacher, and writer based in Los Angeles. He has taught architectural theory and design at the Knowlton School of Architecture and Otis College of Design.

Summary

From the utilitarian inns that punctuated ancient trade routes to the worldwide network of Hilton and Hyatt, the hotel has transitioned from a marginal building type to a cultural phenomenon within the global economy. Terms like “boutique” and “lifestyle” have become ubiquitous buzzwords in the vocabulary of the hotel, and they engender a new vision of an affective and responsive spatial environment. Architecture and interior design have always played a crucial role in the development of hotels, but their purpose has become more and more decisive, transforming the building type into the advanced form of integrated design that it is today.
The scope of the publication is global, an acknowledgment of the pervasive presence of a commercial network that is architecturally formed, geographically distributed, and socially defined.
 
www.grandhotelexhibition.org
 
Exhibition schedule: Vancouver Art Gallery opening April 13, 2013 | And further venues
 

Product details

Authors William Baker, William F. Baker, Tod Gannon, Bruc Grenville, Bruce et Grenville, Norman Klein, Vancouver Art Gallery, Jennifer Volland
Assisted by Vancouve Art Gallery (Editor), Vancouver Art Gallery (Editor)
Publisher Hatje Cantz Verlag
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.04.2013
 
EAN 9783775734837
ISBN 978-3-7757-3483-7
No. of pages 336
Dimensions 229 mm x 276 mm x 27 mm
Weight 1742 g
Illustrations 452 Abb.
Series Kulturgeschichte
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture
Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Architecture

Kulturgeschichte, Innenarchitektur, Architektur, Design

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