Lobby (room)

 ( Parts Of A Theatre ) 

A lobby is a room in a building used for entry from the outside. Sometimes referred to as a foyer, entryway, reception area or entrance hall,

it is often a large room or complex of rooms (in a theatre, opera house, concert hall, showroom, movie theater, etc.) adjacent to the auditorium. It may be a repose area for spectators, especially used before performance and during , but also as a place of celebrations or festivities after performance. In other buildings, such as office buildings or condominiums, lobbies can function as gathering spaces between the entrance and elevators to other floors.

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. Some research has even been done to develop scales to measure lobby atmosphere to improve hotel lobby design. Many office buildings, , and go to great lengths to decorate their lobbies to create the right impression and convey an image. A Building Lobby, "Way of Design, Book One"

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Etymology The word "lobby" comes from Medieval Latin lobia, laubia or lobium.

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Gallery

File:Palais Garnier's grand salon, 12 February 2008.jpg|Opera House of Paris, Palais Garnier's grand salon File:Landgericht Berlin, Littenstraße, Eingangshalle (2), 160906, ako.jpg|Landgericht Berlin 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 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 in Washington, D.C. File:Synetic Theater lobby.jpg|Lobby of Synetic Theater in Crystal City, Virginia 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 File:Leasing office lobby sign.jpg|Lobby at a leasing office

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See also

• Atrium (architecture)
• Genkan
• Vestibule (architecture)

Categories: Parts Of A Theatre, Rooms

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