Pietro Cicognani: Architecture and Design

Description

For the past thirty years, Italian born Pietro Cicognani has been designing highly customized and exquisitely crafted country houses, city apartments, outbuildings, pool houses, and even garden plans for an A-list clientele. In the first monograph on his work, some twenty of his most notable projects are featured, including a reconverted barn complex on Long Island, a sprawling estate in upstate New York, a chic minimalist townhouse in Manhattan, and a romantic seaside house and elaborate garden in the Hamptons. Whether a new construction or a gut renovation, each of his projects is designed in collaboration with the finest artisans and exceptional interior designers. Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs by renowned architecture and interiors photographer Francesco Lagnese, as well site plans and drawings, and featuring a foreword by actress Isabella Rossellini, whose country home he designed, Pietro Cicognani: Architecture & Design is a feast for the eyes and a celebration of unstinting design excellence.

Karen Bruno is a journalist specializing in architecture, interior design, gardens and travel. Her work appears in the Wall Street Journal, T Magazine, Veranda, AD and many other publications. She lives in New York. Francesco Lagnese is an internationally acclaimed interiors and architecture photographer whose work appears regularly in such publications as Veranda, Elle Decor, AD and Town & Country. He lives and works in New York. Isabella Rossellini is an actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model.

"Featuring a foreword by Isabella Rossellini and photographs by Franceso Lagnese, Karen Bruno's new book on Pietro Cicognani considers some of the Italian-born architect's most sumptuous projects, from lavish apartments to charming pool houses."-- "Vogue" "Cicognani has designed exquisite, highly customized country houses, city apartments, pool houses, and gardens for noteworthy clients. . . . The book includes Isabella Rossellini's home and 19 other projects, from country to city to seaside."-- "PaperCity" "Sophisticated, elegant, classic, and quite beautiful."-- "Steve Roth" "Pietro Cicognani's book celebrates 35 years of architectural creativity."-- "Forbes" "During the course of his diverse, 30-year career, architect Pietro Cicognani has designed everything from formal country estates and glamorous Fifth Avenue duplexes to eclectic restaurant interiors and minimalist artist studios. Yet if there's one type of structure the architect may be most identified with, it's the barn. An entire section of his sumptuous new book is devoted to barn-style homes."-- "Galerie"