Tihany Design

About this book

Internationally known architect Adam D. Tihany has created some of the worlds best-known restaurant and hotel interiors. His famous integrated design approach -- in which he links architecture interior design graphics furniture and tableware design -- is evident in each one. Energy excitement and spontaneity along with careful consideration of the smallest details characterize Tihanys works. This first monograph on the architect features more than forty of his restaurants and hotels as well as designs for furniture china and tableware including his famed Bombay Sapphire martini glass. The riotous colors and forms of Le Cirque 2000 and the classically modern composition of Jean Georges both in New York represent two important aspects of Tihanys work. Other renowned projects included -- all presented in color photographs and the designers sketches -- are the King David Hotel in Jerusalem Montes spectacular four-story private club in London the Time Hotel in New York the fashionable restaurant Gundel in Budapest and Tihanys own Venetian restaurant Remi with locations in Santa Monica and New York. The architects accompanying project descriptions are lively and engaging sharing not only the design and realization of the works but the circumstances and personalities involved and make it clear that his restaurants while offering entertainment are also architecture of the highest caliber.