Incollect Magazine - Issue 6

58 www.incollect.com eter Pennoyer Architects: City/Country features 19 projects brought to life in rich detail, with engaging text by architectural historian Anne Walker, plans and drawings by PPA and lush photography by Eric Piasecki. Divided into two sections, “City” and “Country,” the book features residences designed to honor classic aesthetics in tandem with modern comfort and the realities of contemporary life. “City” projects include a NYC triplex on the historic Ladies Mile section of Fifth Avenue that combines two separate units into a spacious family apartment with an extraordinary two-story cupola. In the “Country” section, a Shingle Style summer house on an island in Maine is ingeniously configured to channel refreshing sea breezes through its rooms. Each project is unique and exceptional, a testament to the versatility and vision of the team at PPA. A new book from Peter Pennoyer Architects and the reissue of a 2005 classic from Jed Johnson Interiors underscore the power of design to stir our emotions and enhance our lives Peter Pennoyer. Photo: Jay Ackerman CANDELA DUPLEX Peter Pennoyer Architects redesigned an elegant but dated 4,000-square-foot duplex in a 1920s landmark Upper East Side building by Sicilian-American architect Rosario Candela for a young family of four. The gut renovation, with the goal of improving the flow of spaces and reconfiguring door openings and windows to draw in more natural light, combined with interiors by PPA’s interiors team that retain their elegance but are energized with contemporary verve brings new vitality to Candela’s classical architecture. In the dining room, formerly the library, PPA’s glam makeover began at the top, with a gilded ellipse set into the ceiling and Hervé van der Straeten’s chandelier of gilt-bronze tangled branches and glittering rock crystal droplets. Curved walls, classically detailed paneling aswirl in blue lacquer, and mirrored French doors flanking a Calacatta Vagli marble fireplace contribute to the enchanting ambiance. Above the fireplace, a pair of sconces in sculpted brass and alabaster from Galerie Glustin bracket an abstract mixed media work by Cecil Touchon. The dining table is a custom piece in French white oak with a mirrored top. A set of custom dining chairs is modeled after Italian architect Carlo Mollino’s 1954 bespoke commission for Casa Colonna in Turin. In a bold move, the dark stain on the oak floors throughout was removed and replaced with a blond finish, revealing the proud patina from over a century of living. Photo: Eric Piasecki