by Graham Vickers
21st Century Hotel is a pictorial showcase depicting the emergence of new trends in hotel design for this century.
21st Century Hotel profiles 37 of the world's most noteworthy new hotels, from the lavishly appointed Ritz-Carlton Miami to a Quebec hotel constructed entirely of snow and ice.
Features;
- oversized, hardcover book showcases 37 new hotels
- hundreds of full-color photos
- floor plans
- gives opening date, architect, designer
- text describes entire project, its concept, space details, and unique aspects
Contents
Traditional Reinterpretations
- The Ritz-Carlton—Miami USA
- Four Seasons Hotel—Tokyo Japan
- The Grove—Hertfordshire, England
- Andéls Hotel, Prague—Czech Republic
- The Sheraton Frankfurt Hotel—Germany
- Hart's Hotel—Nottingham, England
- Hotel Claska—Tokyo, Japan
- Ku'Damm 101—Berlin, Germany
- 25hours—Hamburg, Germany
Mainstream Experiments
- myhotel Chelsea—London, England
- W Mexico City—Mexico
- W New York Times Square—USA
- W New York Union Square—USA
- Apex City Hotel—Edinburgh, Scotland
- Malmaison—Birmingham, England
- Le Meridien Minneapolis—USA
Original Ideas
- The Library Hotel—New York, USA
- Ice Hotel Quebec—Canada
- the Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao—Spain
- ESO Hotel—Atacama Desert, Chile
- HausRheinsberg Hotel am See—Germany
- Vigilius Mountain Resort—Meran, Italy
- Alila Jakarta—Indonesia
Designer Hotels
- Miróhotel—Bilbao, Spain
- Clift Hotel—San Francisco, USA
- Hl Hotel—Nice, France
- Continentale—Florence, Italy
- Pershing Hall—Paris, France
- Una Hotel—Florence, Italy
- Soho House—New York, USA
Architectural Significance
- Hotel Josef—Prague, Czech Republic
- Radisson SAS Hotel—Glasgow, Scotland
- Hotel Unique—São Paulo, Brazil
- Parkhotel—Hall, Austria
- ES Hotel—Rome, Italy
- Hotel Habita—Mexico City, Mexico
- Mii amo—Sedona, USA
Index
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