When public eating places are designed by specialized companies, the furnishings are well-suited to the environment, but they all tend to resemble each other. But when the project is entrusted to an architect - as is the case in this new book - the theme of a bar as a meeting place is given a multitude of interpretations. The projects highlighted in this book, all by Italian architects, demonstrate how these spaces are rich in creative stimuli, resulting in interiors that have an intrinsic architectural quality. Each ...
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When public eating places are designed by specialized companies, the furnishings are well-suited to the environment, but they all tend to resemble each other. But when the project is entrusted to an architect - as is the case in this new book - the theme of a bar as a meeting place is given a multitude of interpretations. The projects highlighted in this book, all by Italian architects, demonstrate how these spaces are rich in creative stimuli, resulting in interiors that have an intrinsic architectural quality. Each project is accompanied by text that comments on and describes it, as well as by useful technical information.
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New. 8876851585. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--216 pages; 356 illustrations including 290 in color. Description: "Long considered either of marginal importance or the domain of specialized firms, the design of bars, cafés and gathering places has recently proved to be an unexpectedly fertile outlet for new expression in ambience design, spawning entirely novel entertainment venues of high-octane visual appeal. Often theme-based, the new ambiences have pushed back the traditional frontiers of the discothèque format, giving rise to inspired combinations of materials and color, jazzed-up reworkings of past styles, futuristic and high-tech scenarios that rehearse urban living and the townscape, in which architecture reveals its playful underside. "--with a bonus offer--