A lobby is a room in a building which is used for entry from the outside. A room, in Architecture, is any distinguishable space within a structure In Architecture, Construction, Engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following Any man-made Sometimes referred to as a foyer or an entrance hall.
Many office buildings, hotels and skyscrapers go to great lengths to decorate their lobbies to create the right impression[1][2] [3]. An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an Organization with specific duties attached A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable Building. There is no official definition or a precise cutoff height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper
Since the mid 1980s there has been a growing trend to think of lobbies as more than just ways to get from the door to the elevator, but instead as social spaces and places of commerce. An elevator or lift is a Transport device used to move people or goods vertically from one floor to another [4][5]Some research has even been done to develop scales to measure lobby atmosphere in order to improve hotel lobby design [6].
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- ^ USATODAY.com - Hotels hope visitors check out livelier, upgraded lobby
- ^ Lobbying for space: renovated and revived office building lobbies seek to make the segue from garages and the street inviting to office workers and pedestrians alike - Style - Brief Article | Los Angeles Business Journal | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ A Building Lobby, "Way of Design, Book One"
- ^ Lobbies Coming Back Into Their Own - New York Times
- ^ Office lobbies become new battleground in landlords' fight to boost | Long Island Business News | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ An atmospheric scale for the evaluation of hotel lobbies
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