Word: terrarium
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact, he calls his arced, 565-room Fontainebleau a "tasteful three-ring circus." But the star turn among his hotels is the $17 million Americana, which he designed right down to the bellhops' uniforms. In the lobby of the hotel is a glass-enclosed terrarium, open on top so that the lobby can be rained into without wetting the guests. "It's ridiculous to have a glass-enclosed hole in the middle of a building," admits Lapidus, "but it gives people a lift. It's the crazy hat for women, the bright...