Grand Hotels of the Jazz Age

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ISBN: 9781568985558
English edition
Princeton Architectural Press
Hardcover, 256 pages
22,9 x 30,5 cm
colour/black & white
November 2005
€45,00 (excl. VAT)

Grand Hotels of the Jazz Age

The Architecture of Schultze & Weaver

Marianne Lamonaca

The Breakers, the Waldorf, the Biltmore, the Sherry, the Pierre – these landmark hotels are synonymous with grand luxury and style. When they were built in the 1920s, their refined elegance and grandeur set the bar for hotels and resorts the world over. Responsible for creating these and countless other hotels throughout the United States, were the partners of a single architectural firm: Schultze & Weaver.

This book presents portfolios of fifteen of the firm’s most spectacular hotels, culminating in the Art Moderne masterpiece of the Waldorf-Astoria. Over two hundred period photographs and hand-colored architectural renderings chart the ascent of the American hotel before the Great Depression.