Lobby Design

by Daab Publishing (Editor)

56 new projects present the new trends in Lobby Design all over the world. The lobby is a passing place, a transitory space. It is the first point of contact with the place visited from the street. The great challenge for the architect and client is to achieve a space in which the visitor would like to stay. The book is divided into chapters and gives an overview of all kinds of lobbies, such as in public buildings, airports and hotels but as well in private apartment houses. The projects will be presented in alphabetical order of the designers. As far as available plans will be shown. An index of contact information of the designers and architects is enclosed.

Genres: Architecture

399 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2007

About the author

Daab Publishing was established by Ralf Daab. It published art and architecture books.

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nice pictures to catalyze design inspiration, but disappointing-- sometimes it is hard to work out how the space could function as a lobby (because it looks like a dead-end closet or an abandoned cavern) and publishing-wise, there are these completely nonsensical randomly-inserted pairs of double-page spreads that blank (1 white page, 4 black pages, another white page, and then a new entry).

Now I need to go explore the architectural history of lobbies as a space since the book begins with the "lobby as an architectural and spatial concept which for some people, given its relatively recent importance, can seem rather ambiguous, and at times may be confused with the lounge." I must be missing something -- lobbies have counters; lounges, as a rule, don't need them. That aside, off I go in search of the history of lobby development.