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240 pages |
Designing The World's Best Resorts
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There are few architectural projects more
complex and alluring than resorts. Whatever their form (boutique, casino,
golf, spa, thematic, urban, timeshare, or residential), the world's best
resorts manage to delight their guests, satisfy their owners, and impact
their surroundings in a positive way. These very same standards are being applied to the design of future resorts, where the dreams of guests can come true in destinations that are underwater, floating above the ground, or circling our planet in low-Earth orbit. This book, part of images highly successful
Designing the World's Best series, showcases the design work of Wimberly
Allison Tong & Goo (WATG), the world's number one expert in creating
places where people stay and play. Having specialized in resort design for
over half a century, the firm has produced such international landmarks as:
The Palace of The Lost City in South Africa; The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel
in California; Hotel Bora Bora in French Polynesia; Hyatt Regency Kauai
Resort & Spa in Hawaii; Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so; Disney's
Grand Floridian Resort and Spa in Orlando; Atlantis Paradise Island in the
Bahamas; The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas; and the renovation
of Claridge's in London. |
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160 pages |
Digital Places
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In Digital Places, Tom Horan argues that
cities can be both "wired" and livable and that electronic
technology can be used to create gratifying digital places that will attract
both people and businesses. In the opening chapter Horan establishes a framework for understanding how digital places can be created at the setting, community, and regional levels. He explains how the changing nature of where and what we do affects design, the importance of integrating new designs with the traditional uses of places, and how a range of users can be involved in the process of creating digital place designs. Drawing on practical examples, Horan
illustrates how electronic technology is affecting the bricks and mortar of
the places where we live and work. He reviews several innovative home, work
and retail designs sand offers specific advice on designing for multiple and
changing uses. At the community level, Horan examines new library, school, and community center developments, highlight the key role they place in driving new forms of public spaces and networks. Next, the author focuses on the impact of several high-profile silicon "valleys, alleys, hills, and fields" on cities and regions. He identifies the hard and soft infrastructure necessary to attract high-wage technology companies, while limiting sprawl and its negative effects. Based on lessons learned over the past few
years, the final chapter offers a blueprint for digital place planning.
Horan identifies the roles that the public and private sectors can play in
incorporating digital technology into design and creating their own
"city of bits." Using concrete, practical examples and illustrations, Horan describes how to guide the incorporation of electronic technology to develop the thriving places of tomorrow. With a foreword by William J. Mitchell,
dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and author of the
1996 publication "City of Bits," this book expands upon Mitchell's
concept of recombinant architecture by describing how digital technology can
be "spliced" into the recomposition of our homes, offices,
communities, and cities to achieve optimal forms of space and place. |
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176 pages |
Entertainment Destinations
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Today's public demands access to a
multiplicity of entertainment and retail opportunities. Entertainment
Destinations presents the latest trend in projects that combines unique
experiences in recreation, shopping, and dining for a population avid for
new ways to spend their leisure time. This 176-page volume is divided into sections showcasing 70 national and international projects that include cinemas, and game and amusement parks. Written by the legendary Martin M. Pegler, Entertainment Destinations offers the reader imaginative ways to entice a public that calls for endless innovation. In 300 full-color photographs, you'll see
cineplexes and arenas designed with the comfort and delight of the spectator
in mind; arcades and casinos with exciting themes and enticing decor, cruise
ships with swank sophistication and flair, and the mega-spaces that combine
theaters, interactive video games, trendy restaurants and, for shoppers,
open layouts that invite the flow from one venue to another. These are the
places where families and tourists can spend hours-places of kinetic
excitement or graceful sophistication, places to delight everyone. See the city-wise allure of Sony
Corporation's 350,00 square-foot Metreon in San Francisco; GameWorks, where
media powerhouse Dreamworks team up with video game giant Sega; the bright
lights of Picadilly's Tocadero; and Universal City, the entertainment
juggernaut. Also included are Malibu Speed Zone, Muvico's Drive-In, Clarke
Quay in Singapore, Star Trek in Las Vegas, Paradise 24 Multiplexes, Extreme
Fitness, Chelsea Pier in New York, and Star City in Australia. |
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176 pages |
Entertainment Dining
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Entertainment Dining spotlights a wide array
of design solutions for those who seek new and exciting restaurant
experiences, where having a meal is not the only aim. In this 176-page volume, we have gathered 57 of the most exciting projects that fulfill the desires of today's diners. This book, illustrated by over 200 full-color photographs and floor plans, presents the creative and varied approaches top professionals have taken to build entertainment into their restaurant design. See how Marvel Mania in University City,
CA, has become a three-dimensional comic book universe by use of
over-scaled, cut-out images of superheros: a Morph Wall, sound effects, and
"thought balloons" that hover over diners' heads. Nostalgia reigns
at Fuel Pizza Cafe in Charlotte, NC, a 1930s Pure Oil, Tudor-style service
station transformed into a pizza-by-the-slice eatery. Visit the future at Mars 2112 in New York City, a 32,000-square-foot entertain extravaganza with an Earth Spaceport, space shuttles to the Crater Dining Room, a "Blade Runner" interior arrived at on pontoons over "liquid space substance." For a trip back in time, The Restaurants at Caeser's Palace in Atlantic City, NJ, feature statues, columns, fountains, pseudo building facades, balconies and cornices, all echoing the grandeur that was ancient Rome. The 275-seat landmark Back Bay Brewing Co. is a state-of-the-art brewpub that anchors the tall and dramatically proportioned main level barroom. At the rear of the pub, diners can view the shining copper and stainless steel brewing vats. Entertainment Dining also features Elvis
Presley's Memphis restaurant, the Harley Davidson Cafe, Joe's BeBop/Jazz
Cafe, Cafe Spiaggi, Alcatraz Brewery, and many more facilities that combine
exciting entertainment with exceptional dining-both fancy and down home. |
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176 pages |
Gourmet & Specialty Shops
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What does a gourmet/specialty food shop look
like? Does it look like a Tuscan salumeria or an elegant Parisian faction
boutique? It looks like both and all the shades and variations between the
two. With shoppers becoming more sophisticated and more aware, they are
demanding the best; and what was once exotic or unique is now expected.
Because of this, food retailers are upscaling their looks and enhancing
their merchandise presentation and creating food boutiques filled with
imported delicacies and gourmet-prepared take-out foods. Elegant, traditional, and even fun design solutions are being produced for food vendors across the country and around the world as shoppers become more selective and more demanding. Brand image has become more important than ever in a market dominated by brands. Coffee and tea shops are now more than retail stores; they are cafes and clubby settings for people to meet in while sipping the gourmet brews. Markets and supermarkets are upscaling their physical looks as well as their presentation techniques to satisfy the affluent shoppers. We are pleased to include such noted American stores as Food Emporium's Bridge Market, Andronico's, Byerlys, and Zagara's, and some European examples such as Konmar and Sainsbury. Gourmet & Specialty Shops is literally
crammed with over 300 colorful images and hundreds of ideas waiting to be
culled from the 70 case histories collected in this book. They include
gourmet shops, specialty food stores, markets and supermarkets, organic and
health food stores, coffee and tea retailers, wine and liquor outlets, and
many more. Written and edited by Martin M. Pegler,
noted authority on retail store design and merchandise presentation, this
book is a feast for the eyes and a hearty repast for seekers of design
trends in gourmet/specialty food store design. |
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