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A lobby is a room in a building used for entry from the outside. Sometimes referred to as a foyer, reception area or an entrance hall, it is often a large room or complex of rooms (in a theatre, opera house, ">A Building Lobby, "Way of Design, Book One"
File:World Trade Center South Tower lobby interior, 1988.jpg,
A lobby is a room in a building used for entry from the outside. Sometimes referred to as a foyer, reception area or an entrance hall, it is often a large room or complex of rooms (in a theatre, opera house, concert hall
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats.
This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that may ...
, showroom, cinema, etc.) adjacent to the auditorium. It may be a repose area for spectators, especially used before performance and during intermissions, but also as a place of celebrations or festivities after performance.
Since the mid-1980s, there has been a growing trend to think of lobbies as more than just ways to get from the door
A door is a hinged or otherwise movable barrier that allows ingress (entry) into and egress (exit) from an enclosure. The created opening in the wall is a ''doorway'' or ''portal''. A door's essential and primary purpose is to provide security b ...
to the elevator but instead as social spaces and places of commerce. Some research has even been done to develop scales to measure lobby atmosphere to improve hotel lobby design. Many office buildings, hotels and skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
s go to great lengths to decorate their lobbies to create the right impression and convey an image.Etymology
From Medieval Latin ''lobia'', ''laubia'' or ''lobium''.Gallery
2 World Trade Center
2 World Trade Center (2 WTC; also known as 200 Greenwich Street) is a planned skyscraper as part of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. It will replace the original 2 World Trade Center, which was completed in 1972 and ...
lobby interior, overlooking the elevator core and red carpet from the balcony (October 1988)
File:Palais Garnier's grand salon, 12 February 2008.jpg, Opera House of Paris, Palais Garnier
The Palais Garnier (, Garnier Palace), also known as Opéra Garnier (, Garnier Opera), is a 1,979-seatBeauvert 1996, p. 102. opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from ...
's grand salon
File:Landgericht Berlin, Littenstraße, Eingangshalle (2), 160906, ako.jpg, Landgericht Berlin
The Landgericht Berlin is a regional court in Berlin, divided into two divisions for civil and criminal cases. In the German court hierarchy, it is above the eleven local courts (Amtsgerichte) of the city and below the Kammergericht, which is the ...
in Germany
File:Sokos Hotel Torni Tampere lobby.jpg, Lobby at the Sokos Hotel Torni in Tampere, Finland
File:GranHotelCiudadDeMexico201712p1.jpg, Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico
Old Portal de Mercaderes in the historic center of Mexico City was and is the west side of the main plaza (otherwise known as the "Zócalo"). This side of the plaza has been occupied by commercial structures since the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec ...
File:Elevators vestibule with flower bouquets at InterContinental Hotel Singapore.jpg, Elevator lobby at the InterContinental Hotel Singapore
File:Lobby of the hotel Crowne Plaza Vientiane.jpg, Lobby of the Crowne Plaza Vientiane hotel in Laos
File:Pless Palace - the Entrance Hall.jpg, Pszczyna Castle in southwestern Poland
File:Mauritius Intercontinental-Mauritius Resort-Balaclava-Fort-01.jpg, Lobby of the InterContinental Mauritius Resort Balaclava Fort
File:Hudson Institute lobby.jpg, Reception area of the Hudson Institute
The Hudson Institute is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporat ...
in Washington, D.C.
File:Synetic Theater lobby.jpg, Lobby of Synetic Theater in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, United States
File:Key Tower Lobby Sculpture 01.jpg, The lobby in the Key Tower building in Cleveland, Ohio.
File:front door (23200352782).jpg, Entryway of an apartment in the United States, looking at the front door
File:Silha Mud Room (3769553183).jpg, A "mudroom" at Camp Warren summer camp, Minnesota
See also
*Atrium (architecture)
In architecture, an atrium (plural: atria or atriums) is a large open-air or skylight-covered space surrounded by a building.
Atria were a common feature in Ancient Roman dwellings, providing light and ventilation to the interior. Modern atria, ...
* Genkan
are traditional Japanese entryway areas for a house, apartment, or building, a combination of a porch and a doormat. It is usually located inside the building directly in front of the door. The primary function of is for the removal of sh ...
* Vestibule (architecture)
References
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