Hotels, Restaurants, & Retail Spaces Books

Hotel Design, Planning, and Development, New Edition

Walter A. Rutes, Richard H. Penner, Lawrence Adams

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Great book! 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 8 people found this review helpful.

This a book that be should always be close to you if you work in the hotel development industry.

Good for anyone interested in hospitality design 4 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

I am an Interior Design student and found this book very helpful in completing a hospitality design. It provides a breakdown of the areas of the hotel, the different types of hotels, and the type of customers that use them. It really helped me in laying out the floor plan. There are also some awesome color pictures of fabulous hotels in the world. I highly recommend for anyone interested in hospitality design.

Editorial Review:

A new edition of the "bible" for design, planning, and development in the hospitality industry. As its predecessor has done for the last fifteen years, this book will serve as the "go-to" guide for architects, planners, and developers involved in hotel projects. It offers an overview of the industry; in-depth analysis of emerging trends; the latest how-to; and essential design, planning, and development criteria. 250 illustrations. The previous edition was published under the title Hotel Planning and Design.

Restaurants That Work: Case Studies of the Best in the Industry

Martin E. Dorf

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Excellent resource for anyone in or interested in "the biz" 5 out of 5 stars.
68 of 68 people found this review helpful.

I own a pretty sucessful bar in Santa Barbara California and decided (about a year ago) to try my hand in the Restaurant Business.

Before I could turn back, the lease was signed, money was coming in...there was no escape. I was pretty terrified.

I decided to learn everything I could about design, management, success' and failures. The principal way I did this was to order an armada of books about the business. In all I think I bought roughly 20 books. Most of them were somewhat helpful, but none of them approached the value of this fine book.

Chronicling almost 3 dozen successful cases from such diverse business' as China Grill and Farallon, every aspect of the business is covered - design, capitalization, management organization, revenue and profit - FANTASTIC.

I can't recommend this book any higher. It was an enormous help to me in putting my new restaurant together.

Christian Hunter
Owner - Sevilla Restaurant, Santa Barbara

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A complete rundown on how successful restaurateurs, teaming up with architects and designers, ply their craft. Martin E. Dorf presents 18 in-depth case studies of such successful restaurants as Scoozi, Union Square Cafe, and Chinois, along with personal interviews with their owners, chefs, architects, designers, kitchen planners, and consultants. 168 illustrations.

Leisure Architecture of Wayne McAllister, The

Chris Nichols

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bittersweet tinge 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Nichols gives a nostalgic retrospective on the long live and prodigious output of Wayne McAllister. In no small part, the book walks the reader back through the last 60 years of urban commercial architecture in the southern California region. McAllister lived a very long time, and he was responsible for designing iconic landmarks that at least in the hazy afterglow of memory, epitomise a classic time.

The book is replete with many photos and illustrations, the cover being an example of the latter. The most common image, if not exactly the most enduring, is Bob's Big Boy. I remember in the early 80s, when I arrived in Los Angeles, how these fast food restaurants and their mascots were everywhere. Even getting a cameo role in Terminator. Alas, as the years wore on, the Bob's Big Boys got steadily deprecated. Not many left.

Another type of McAllister's work has also fallen into the tar pits of history. He designed many of the drive-ins that dotted Los Angeles. And which were an indelible part of many teenagers' experiences. Sadly, most are long gone, brought down by the VCR and its successors. At least in the book, you can see several as they once were, at the peak of their glory. Actually, no matter how pretty the architecture, the sound was often bad, the food dreadful, the movies second rate and the nearby cars often had loudmouths.

Great book. But for some readers old enough, there is a certain bittersweet tinge to all this.

Editorial Review:

The work of late commercial architect Wayne McAllister (1907-2000) is responsible for much of the character of Southern California today. His Fred-and-Ginger nightclubs and glinting-steel-and-blazing-neon circular drive-ins brought Hollywood to life. His Sands Hotel in Las Vegas became the home of the Rat Pack; the mythology of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. owes a great deal to the swank glamour of the Copa Room and the Sands Hotel, one of McAllister's finest.

Hotels and Resorts: Planning and Design (Butterworth Architecture Design and Development Guides)

Fred Lawson

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

This book provides a complete guide to the development of hotels and resorts, covering all aspects of planning, market analysis, interior design and the installation of technical services.

Fred Lawson's text is concise and the information easy to access. He examines the distinctive characteristics of different hotel types, identified by market and location, and specifies the special requirements of each type. Recognising the need for continuous maintenance and life-cycle refurbishment, a full chapter is devoted to these subjects and the business aspects of the hotel operation are considered. Throughout the book are numerous illustrations of projects showing outstanding examples of hotels and village resorts as well as current trends in design and development. Fred Lawson is well known as an hotel consultant and is now Visiting Professor at the University of Bournemouth. He has a number of successful books to his credit. As a leading international consultant he has been involved in major hotel and tourism projects in 35 countries including assignments for the World Bank, EC, UNDP and the World Tourism Organisation. The hotels featured include: Bali Hilton International, Oberoi Hotel - Bombay, Hotel Nikko - Australia, Guildford YMCA - UK, Meridien Hotel - Cairo, Turtel Sorgun Resort Village - Turkey.

* Covers all aspects of planning and design, including marketing and investment appraisal
* Logical framework and comprehensive coverage promotes handy reference use
* Numerous examples provide practical help in application of principles

Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture

Alan Hess

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Formica in Context 5 out of 5 stars.
35 of 36 people found this review helpful.

Alan Hess has produced a significant analysis of 50s architecture and design. The title suggests that Hess' focus lies in coffee shop architecture; however, the book is in fact much more diverse. Social trends in post-war Los Angeles, such as automobile and housing design, do much to provide context for Hess' assertions and observations. This is the true value of Hess' work. He does not provide a simple nostalgic or anecdotal look at the overly-regurgitated 50s; rather, he seeks to provide a thoughtful analysis of an indigenous American architectural style. Ultimately, Hess seeks to defend a style that remains either maligned by proponents of "higher" architechtural forms, or reduced to simple nostalgia and trivialization. Hess succeeds admirably in this pursuit. This book is recommended for all who require a more thoughtful and contextual analysis of American popular culture, history, and design.

Editorial Review:

The euphoria about the future that followed World War II permeated the outlooks of architects, who, influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright and with ready access to remarkable new construction material and building techniques spawned by the war technologies, faced the intriguing prospect of redesigning the post war world. Initially the futuristic designs were outrageous, and detractors labeled these structures the Googie School of Architecture after a particularly outlandish coffee shop in Los Angeles. Googie would seem far from outlandish today as those once controversial design elements have become commonplace in both commercial and residential architecture. Author Alan Hess traces the evolution of these early post war designs in a lively yet learned essay profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white photography. Googie:Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture is a nostalgic trip back to the Fifties and a look forward at the architectural future.

Asian Style Hotels: Bali, Java, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

Kim Inglis, Jacob Termansen, Pia Marie Molbech

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With more than 500 ravishing full-color photographs, Asian Style Hotels brings you to the best hotels in Southeast Asia. The super-deluxe establishments included here are all at the cutting-edge of hotel design and management. Each property has been hand-picked according to a set of criteria that includes a strong design aesthetic, architectural integrity, and a sense of individuality a million miles away from the cookie-cutter approach of chain hotels. Asian Style Hotels is the definitive guide to Southeast Asia's finest places to stay.

Facilities Planning & Relocation: A Complete Management System Including : Comprehensive Text, Sample Specifications, over 50 Hard Copy and Electronic Forms

David D. Owen

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Excellent and practical guide. Invaluable reference work. 5 out of 5 stars.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.

A friend purchased this book for me one Christmas. As a facilities consultant with several projects a year relocating commercial organisations, it's probably the most useful book I've had the pleasure to use - the forms are comprehensive and can be adapted for specific requirements. A worthwhile buy for anyone in this field.

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An all-in-one resource for planning and executing a relocation, on time, on budget, and on target for your organization’s goals. Includes step-by-step guidance, an extensive reference section on materials, furnishings and equipment, and over 50 reproducible forms in hard copy and electronic format.

Best Designed Wellness Hotels: North And South America, Carribean, Mexico / Nord - Und sudamerika, Karibik, Mexiko (Best Designed)

Martin Nicholas Kunz

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This updated volume of the successful "best designed wellness hotels" series seduces the reader into a world of looking at beautiful details, and the harmony between colours and shapes, whether it be in the centre of pulsating large cities, on the Caribbean Islands, in the winelands of California, the Moyave Coast, in the forests of North America, in the jungle, the Mexican outbacks or at the end of the world in Patagonia. The author has selected new fascinating addresses which, not only offer an attractive spectrum of wellness activities, but also the finest architecture and design.

Designing the World's Best Bars

Martin M. Pegler

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 2.0 of 5

good book. wrong title 2 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This is a nice book for viewing bars that have already been designed. However, I wanted to actually design a bar and this book didn't help me with that at all. Good book. Nice pictures. But if you are looking to actually design a bar, then this book will not help. This book would have been more accurate if it were titled "the world's best designed bars."

Editorial Review:

Features 100 bars, some freestanding, others in nightclubs, hotels, and restaurants. This title contains photos illustrating the creative use of lighting, atmospheric decor, fixturing, high-tech visual effects, and floor treatments.

Building Type Basics for Retail and Mixed-Use Facilities (Building Type Basics)

The Jerde Partnership

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not the best book 2 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

this book and others in this series are not worthy books of their price. They are small size, without much color, too much text, not presented well. I am dissapointed

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Provides the nuts-and-bolts material to begin designing a retail or mixed-use facility.
* Features project photographs, diagrams and floor plans, and sections and details.
* Provides need-to-know information on such essential topics as consensus-based decision making, site selection, renovation, code compliance, and more.

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