Christoph Grafe is an architect based in Amsterdam and London, and Associate Professor of Architectural Design/Interiors at Delft University of Technology. He is also an editor of the Dutch architectural journal Oase, published in English (NAi publishers, Rotterdam) and a regular correspondent to Building Design in London. He has published widely on architecture, urbanism and interiors, including the book Design and Analysis (van Nostrand Reinhold).

1. The Architecture of Cafés, Coffeehouses and Public Bars 2. Setting the Stage for Modernity: The Cosmos of the Coffee House 3. Scenes from the Café - Gossip, Politics and the Creation of Personalities: A Selection of Texts From and on Cafés 4. Cafés Case Studies Caffè Pedrocchi, Padua (1826-1831). Café Riche/Café de la Paix, Paris (1804/1894 and 1863). Café Central, Vienna (1875). Café Bauer, Berlin (1878). The Philharmonic Hotel, Liverpool (1898-1900). Café Américain, Amsterdam (1902). The Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow (1904). American Bar (Kärntnerbar), Vienna (1907/1908). Café Worpswede, Worpswede (1924/1925). Hotel-Café Avion, Brno (1927/1928). Bar Craja, Milan (1930). La Maison du Café, Paris (1933). Seagram Executive Bar, New York (1936). Coco Tree Bar, Los Angeles (1933). Café Kranzler, Berlin (1958). Splügen Bräu, Milan (1960). Niban Kan, Tokyo (1970). Café Costes, Paris (1984). Zsa Zsa, Barcelona (1988). MAK Café, Vienna (1993). Schutzenberger, Strasbourg (1999)

The design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the twentieth century. This influence has been felt particularly strongly over the past thirty years, in a time when these social spaces have contributed significantly to the rediscovery and reinvention of cities across Europe and North America.