edited by Christoph Grafe and Franziska Bollerey ; additional research by Charolotte van Wijk.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 213 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, plans ;
Dimensions
26 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Interior architecture series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-208) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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).
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bars (Drinking establishments), Designs and plans.
Coffeehouses, Designs and plans.
Interior architecture.
Public architecture.
Bars-- Conception et construction-- Histoire-- 20e siècle
Bars-- Décoration
Cafés-- Conception et construction-- Histoire-- 20e siècle