Hip Hotels City

by Herbert Ypma (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $4.20

  The high-design revolution of the 1990s has provided a stylish alternative to the chain hotels and traditional grand hotels. This guide features 44 hotels that are widely diverse in their gastronomy, architecture, ownership, location, atmosphere and design; but they all offer one key feature - an experience. It may be high design or high art, Zen minimalism or cool kitsch, chic loft living or lavish historical revivalism, but always the hotel takes centre stage. Many big names in contemporary architecture, interior design and fashion have had a hand in creating the style of this book, including: Terence Conran in Vienna; Diesel in Miami; Anouska Hempel in London; Karl Lagerfeld in Berlin; Christian Liaigre in New York; Andree Putman in Cologne; and Philippe Starck in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  Hip Hotels: City didn't just identify a trend, it led it. This revised edition reflects that, introducing around a dozen stunning new hotels (all of which have opened since first publication) and at least three new city destinations (Delhi, Marrakesh and Tokyo). New hotels include One Aldwych, a superb example of the new contemporary luxury; The Manor, Delhi, an amazing piece of fifties modern architecture originally built as a hunting lodge; Blakes, Amsterdam, Anouska Hempel's latest venture that brings her Asian-inflected minimalism to a superb piece of Golden Age Dutch architecture; and The Establishment in the heart of Sydney, which houses not just a hotel but the city's hottest bar, nightclub, restaurant and sushi bar, taking the hotel-as-destination concept to a whole new level. The book also has a new updated cover and a new contents spread.