Everyone uses lobbies but almost always as a passage to somewhere else. You’re on the way to your own apartment or someone else’s; you’re off to work or to an appointment. There’s a sort of inchoate ...

Editor's note: This article was published as part of our March 2013 report on hospital lobby design stategies. If you do hotels, schools, student unions, office buildings, performing arts centers, ...

The art moderne lobby of the former McGraw-Hill Building with green walls and ceiling and spiraling Art Deco lights. (Lynn Farrell for the Art Deco Society of New York) Still smarting from the ...

Marcel Breuer, to the left of then–First Lady Jackie Kennedy, smiled as the ribbon was cut at 945 Madison Avenue. The lobby where he stood is now being considered for landmark status. Photo: ...

In Palo Alto, Calif., design firm HGA has completed a $22 million transformation of the lobby and plaza at 525 University Avenue, a 15-floor, 194,000-sf office building. Owned by CM Capital, 525 ...