Restaurants and Dining Rooms

Franziska Bollerey is Professor Emerita of History of Architecture and Urbanism at TU Delft and Head of the Institute of History of Art, Architecture and Urbanism - IHAAU. Her fields of special interest are utopian concepts, metropolises and the urban history and architecture of the 1920s. She has been a visiting professor and researcher at various universities in Barcelona, Braunschweig, Berlin, Budapest, Istanbul, New York and Zurich. Further, she has published numerous books and articles, some of those are: Architekturkonzeptionen der utopischen Sozialisten (2nd ed. 1991), Cornelis van Eesteren. Urbanismus zwischen de Stijl and C.I.A.M. (1999) and Myth Metropolis. The City as a Motif for Writers, Painters and Film Directors (2nd ed. 2010). Among memberships in international boards and committees, she was Head of the Bauhaus Scientific Advisory Board of the Bauhaus Foundation Dessau until 2013. She is also Founder and Editor of the architectural journal Eselsohren, published at the University of Wuppertal.

This book presents the restaurant, its cultural and typological history as it evolved over time. In this unique combination it provides valuable knowledge for designers and students of design, and for everyone interested in the cultural history of the modern metropolis.

Illustration credits. Notes on contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. The Restaurant and the Rise of the Modern "Cuisine" Franziska Bollerey 2. The Restaurant: stage set and functional arrangement, the short history of an impossible typology Christoph Grafe 3. Food and cooking - an anthology of literary and other observations 4. Conditions for the Behaviour of Guests Hermann Czech in conversation with Wolfgang Kos 5. Puck, Pip and PS: the pursuit of pleasure, a designer's account Mark Pimlott 6. A selection of elements of the restaurant Bas Rozenbeek Case Studies 1. Restaurant Le Grand Véfour, Paris (1820). 2. Restaurant Le Grand Boulion Chartier, Paris (1896). 3. Augustiner Beer hall and Restaurant, Munich (1897-1898). 4. Midway Gardens Restaurant, Chicago (1914). 5. Grand Central Station Oyster Bar and Restaurant, New York (1904). 6. Theatre Restaurant Kroll-Oper, Berlin (1922-1923). 7. Bar-Automatique-Restaurant Presto , no. 1, Paris (1930). 8. Restaurant and Hotel Moskva, Moscow (1930-1938). 9. Gondolen Bar and Restaurant, Stockholm (1935). 10. Restaurant Savoy, Helsinki (1937). 11. Restaurant Meilongzhen, Shanghai (1938). 12. Cafés and Restaurants Roma Termini Railway Station, (1948-1950). 13. Restaurant Moskau, Berlin (1959-1964). 14. Grand's Restaurant, Philadelphia (1961-1962). 15. Boa Nova Teahouse and RestauranT, Leça da Palmeira (1958-1963). 16. Neal Street Restaurant, London (1972). 17. Restaurant Centrale, Beirut (2001). 18. Restaurant Belgo Centraal, London (1994). 19. Restaurant Flash, London (2008). 20. Le Lieu Unique Restaurant, Nantes (1998-2000). Select bibliography. Index.