Title & Author:

Cafés and bars : the architecture of public display / edited by Christoph Grafe and Franziska Bollerey ; additional research by Charolotte van Wijk.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2007.

Description:

x, 213 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

Series:

Interior architecture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-208) and index.
Introduction : Cafés and bars: places for sociability / Christoph Grafe and Franziska Bollerey -- The architecture of cafés, coffee houses and public bars / Christoph Grafe -- Setting the stage for modernity: the cosmos of the coffee house / Franziska Bollerey -- Scenes from the café: gossip, politics, and the creation of personalities: a selection of texts from and on cafés / Christoph Grafe -- Cafés / Hermann Czech -- Case studies : Caffe Pedrocchi, Padua (1826-31) -- CaféRiche/Café de la Paix, Paris (1804/1894 and 1863) -- Café Central, Vienna (1875) -- Café Brauer, Berlin (1878) -- The Philharmonic Hotel, Liverpool (1898-1900) -- Café Américain, Amsterdam (1902) -- The Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow (1904) -- American Bar (Kärntnerbar), Vienna (1907-8) -- Café Worpswede, Worpswede (1924-25) -- Hotel-Café Avion, Brno (1927-28) -- Bar Craja, Milan (1930) -- La Maison du Café, Paris (1933) -- Seagram Executive Bar, New York (1936) -- Coco Tree Bar, Los Angeles (1933) -- Café Kranzler, Berlin (1958) -- Splügen Bräu, Milan (1960) -- Niban Kan, Tokyo (1970) -- Café Costes, Paris (1984) -- Zsa Zsa, Barcelona (1988) -- MAK Café, Vienna (1993) -- Schutzenberger, Strasbourg (1999).

Summary:

The design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the 20th century. This volume presents and examines this significant urban architectural production, and discusses it against a background of the design of cafes and restaurants across the 19th and 20th centuries.

ISBN:

0415363276 (hbk.)
0415363284 (pbk.)
0203013638 (ebk.)
9780415363273 (hbk.)
9780415363280 (pbk.)
9780203013632 (ebk.)

Subject:

Coffeehouses Designs and plans.
Bars (Drinking establishments) Designs and plans.
Public architecture.
Interior architecture.
Bars (Drinking establishments) Design and construction History 20th century.
Bars (Drinking establishments) Decoration.
Interior Design and Furnishings
Bars Conception et construction Histoire 20e siècle.
Cafés Conception et construction Histoire 20e siècle.
Bars Décoration.
Cafés Décoration.
Cafés Dessins et plans.
Architecture publique.
Architecture intérieure.
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Coffeehouses.
Coffeehouses Design and construction History 20th century.
Coffeehouses Decoration

Form/genre:

History.
Architectural drawings.

Added entries:

Grafe, Christoph, 1964-
Bollerey, Franziska, 1944-
Wijk, Charlotte van.
Interior architecture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259169
Call No.: BIB 190032
Status: Available