Cuando la gente se reúne para tomar una copa o un café y parabailar escoge el local bajo impulsos que tienen poco que ver con laconsumición que tomarán. La decoración del lugar, la música o, ensu defecto, el silencio y el ambiente que deviene a partir deltránsito de personas es lo que se rescata como imagenimperdurable.
Clubs by their definition offer 'exclusivity': to be a member ofa club you have to meet the selected criteria, whatever that mightbe. The image of a club becomes the key to how its members identifywith it - be it the relaxed wholesome logos of health clubs; or thesleek aerodynamic images found in business-class airline lounges.This issue of AD sets out to examine how architects and interiordesigners effectively use the physical spaces of clubs to enforceimages of exclusivity and collective belonging. Traditionalgentlemen's clubs are looked at alongside a new generation ofsports, media, commercial and night clubs that are springing upacross the world. It also features interviews with Nigel Coates andDavid Adjaye.
