Word: decorous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...number of lands, in fact, ranging from India (the New Delhi Deli) and Italy (the Marco Polo eatery) to the Far East (the Dynasty restaurant) and something vaguely resembling the old Belgian Congo (the Safari Steakhouse). The decor inside the hotel is a giddy clash between the Forbidden City and Disneyland, in which virtually everything is either pink or purple -- unless it's gold. There are pink acoustic-tile ceilings, pink slot machines, pink Louis XV chairs in the reception area. There is a pink motorcycle parked in the '50s diner called Rock and Rolls, and there are pink chandeliers...
...Decor as such doesn't much excite Strasser; he is not one for gushing about some marvelous chintz or a divine settee. "I hate wood," he says, editing that a moment later: "I hate wood used in the wrong place, in the wrong way." "I don't like furniture and fabrics," he says, before once again catching himself: "No -- I don't place a high value on furniture and fabrics." But often he lets the absolutisms stand. "Every time I do a space, I like it better before the furniture comes -- without exception." And when it comes to colors...