Luxury Hotels Golf Resorts Review

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(More customer reviews)This is one of a series of books published by teNeues that are really idea books on how the best of things are being designed right now. The hotels described here are not the normal Motel 6's in either amenities, or (I suspect) room rate. They range across the world from Europe to Asia, South Africa, and both North and South America.
Golf is featured at all of these places, but the non-golfer would not find himself out of place visiting any of them. They all have every feature you could possibly expect of a Luxury Hotel. These hotels offer a lot more than simply a place to put ones head down for the night.
The book is of large format, profusely illustrated with color photographs and printed using a very high quality printing process on very good paper. Anyone looking to design such a hotel, or even looking for a high end business entertaining location can find a lot of good inspiration in this book.

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This impressive volume showcases the finest golf resorts around the globe.All these hotels enjoy a unity of style that ties together interiors and exteriors.All corners of the earth and every type of setting are represented.This outstanding collection shows fine architecture and interiors set amidst lush, manicured greens and fairways.The book features golf resorts from Scotland where the game was invented, as well as from France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Northern Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.Each resort is remarkable in its own right and will certainly please the avid golfer. But with their top-notch standards and settings, they are a delight for the non-golfer as well!

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Cool Hotels Ecological (Designpockets) Review

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(More customer reviews)Improved table of contents and index over other volumes in the series. However, the photos seem slightly dull in sharpness and color. Not sure if it's the printer or maybe just my copy. It's just a little annoying. The photography is still great. Nice reference for those who love to travel and stay in unique places.

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Vacations increasingly offer us more than just a chance to laze about and pursue our favorite pastimes. This handy guide profiles accommodations where your pleasure in your surroundings goes hand-in-hand with concern for the environment. Showcasing contemporary, eco-friendly lodging in locales as varied as the Caribbean and the Australian Outback, this guide profiles green accommodations across the globe.

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Haven: Cozy Hideaways and Dream Retreats Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this book as a gift from my wishlist here at Amazon. I was thrilled with it, not only for the fact that it's a really nice book, pretty cover, very heavy pages & beautiful photography. I wanted it mainly for decorating purposes and I did get alot of unique decorating idea's from it, but it is much more than a decorating book.. 20 different homes, vacation retreats and wilderness camps are featured.. Each one displays a gorgeous getaway spot that has been created to blend in with it's surroundings while still offering the luxury and comfort of home. Many have optioned environmentally conscious methods and offer ideas for using recycled or repurposed materials in their construction. Most of the beautiful, comfortable, romantic, scenic getaways are created to co-habitate with nature without causing further harm to it..
This is a book on the cutting edge of home design. Many of the homes and getaways shown are designed for nature enthusiasts and with popular past times in mind, such as camping, hiking, bird watching & the beach. Many different styles are represented as well, from spare minamalism to the eccentric whimsy as illustrated in an adult treehouse paradise that looks rustic on the outside but is a luxurious showplace on the inside.
Really wonderful book. An absolute gem. I don't think the description here on amazon properly conveys how useful this book is for creating homes or getaways that are environmentally friendly. I highly recommend this it to anyone concerned with the environment, even if not in the market for building a new home, there are a lot of great ideas for conservation in remodeling and just everyday living. It's also just a beautifully crafted book and makes a great conversation piece as a coffee table book. I have had sitting out for months and many friends have enjoyed it, commenting on it's beauty & unique-ness.

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Haven brings together unique homes in which the dream of retreat has been made a reality. Each of these twenty hideaways offers something for every taste—from a rustic barn to a desert oasis, from a modest tent cabin to an architecturally significant modern masterpiece. Throughout, the focus remains on communion with our natural surroundings and the peace it brings, on sanctuary from the noise and frantic pace of every day, on the sounds of nature and the gentle art of doing nothing. Each restful and rejuvenating interior illustrates how such relaxing spaces can be created in the home, with details such as an intricate stonework fireplace, a panoramic view through a wall of picture windows, or a tropical poolside cabana. Beautiful color photographs make Haven an escape unto itself—as well as a rich source of ideas and inspiration for making dreams of simplicity and retreat come true.

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Toilet Paper Origami: Delight your Guests with Fancy Folds & Simple Surface Embellishments or Easy Origami for Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts, Cruise Ships & Creative Housekeepers (Crafts/Towel Folding) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have tried almost all of the different folding techniques in this book and love all of them. The directions are so easy to follow.

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Hearts, flowers, and fans - butterflies, boats, and bunnies - it's all possible with toilet paper! With little effort, a roll of toilet paper can be transformed into a delightful focal point using the charming, elegant, and whimsical designs in this collection. Toilet Paper Origami is perfect for hotels, Bed & Breakfasts, cruise ships, and creative housekeepers. Toilet Paper Origami is fun for crafters of all ages. Illustrated with more than 300 photographs, step-by-step instructions teach 29 easy yet eye-catching folds and embellishments for styling the end of a toilet paper roll. Discover how simple it can be to make a memorable decoration from a bathroom essential.

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Grand Hotels: Reality and Illusion Review

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(More customer reviews)This book represents a good historic insight to hotels and their development in the worlds regions. As an hotel industry professional, I find the details of yesteryear a delight recorded in this well planned and illustrated volume. The book shows a slight bias toward the English tradition but as Elaine has clearly researched some of Englands older towns and cities, it is charming to see how grand the home market was. The selection of the international hotels misses many of those hotels that I would consider of the Grand genre but that gives Elaine a reason to write the next volume.

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Cool Hotels Best of Europe (Photography) Review

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(More customer reviews)All of Europe's most influential designers find a place in this collection of cutting-edge accommodations for the jet set, the landed, and the tastemakers in between. Rich, vibrant photographs capture the astonishing craftsmanship and ingenuous design that goes into truly world-class hotels built to draw the best and brightest and most beautiful.
It's a gorgeous book -- the perfect conversation starter, a thoughtful present, and so much fun to read.

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Europe's burgeoning contemporary hotel scene draws much attention for its daring and panache. This oversized addition to the successful Cool Hotels series is a selection of the most outstanding examples the continent offers. With designs that intrigue and amuse, these accommodations highlight the absolute best in groundbreaking architecture and design. Stunning photographs showcase bold use of materials, innovative artworks, hip furnishings as well as creative color combinations. Each hotel is a true microcosm of the cutting edge aesthetic.

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Summer by the Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950 Review

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(More customer reviews)As an architect who grew up in a small coastal New England town that had a grand wooden hotel from the late 19th century, I appreciate Tolles' survey of what were once some very special places. Many of these buildings were significant as works of architecture, and were done by some of the best architects practicing at the time. Many were spectacular renditions of the Shingle Style, and others were done in earlier styles. They created the atmosphere of the seashore resort, and brought people to appreciate the natural beauty of the areas where they were built. It in unfortunate that so many succumbed to fire, but balloon framing (with its open vertical chases between studs) and the lack of sprinkler systems increased the risk of fire tremendously. This book, like Tolles' other books, is well-presented, with good period photographs and drawings.

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Summer by the Seaside is a lavishly illustrated work on the origins, evolution, and gradual decline of the resort hotel phenomenon and its architecture along the New England coastline and on its offshore islands.In this indispensable, breakthrough volume, Bryant F.Tolles, Jr., the recognized expert in this popular field, examines the landmark hotels, extant and not, in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine.Together these hospitality enterprises helped define the upscale tourist industry and key aspects of New England social,cultural, economic, and architectural history between 1820 and 1950.Exhaustively researched and beautifully assembled, this stunning and informative volume is the definitive work on the history of travel and tourism in coastal New England during this period.

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