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There is always much more to delve into with Delan

There is always much more to delve into with Delano & Aldrich and so many more details to bewitch…like this carved swan, one of a pair, on the entry of Dennenhuis, in Brussels, designed by the firm in 1936. #delanoandaldrich #stonework #stonecarving #frontdoor

New stair in progress headed off to our 3D printer

New stair in progress headed off to our 3D printer #spiralstaircase #spiralstairs #peterpennoyerarchitects

Looking up from the top floor of an 1857 villa int

Looking up from the top floor of an 1857 villa into the cupola which is entirely new. It is yet to receive its trim (the walls are unfinished). #ppaconservation #peterpennoyerarchitects #historichouse #cupola #sitevisit

The striking grid pattern on this floor frames cir

The striking grid pattern on this floor frames circular medallions of Calacatta Caldia Vagli marble. A shallow dome above the dining table floats above the shimmering walls. Interior design: @venfield_interiors; photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennpoyerarchitects ⁠

A secret passage leading to an attic-level study i

A secret passage leading to an attic-level study in our project with @max_rollitt...a hidden stair leads from the second floor to this angled hallway and study which is clad in rough painted boards which cover the framing. Photo: @simonuptonphotos #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100

Looking down at the final volute of this main stai

Looking down at the final volute of this main stair which is formed in a curved panel that spirals in a shell-like form. Interior design: @reddkaihoi; photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100 #stairs #stairrailing #volute⁠
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Tall arched doorways, with pocket doors, connect t

Tall arched doorways, with pocket doors, connect the main rooms of a new house in New Jersey. In the dining room, the mouldings are sculpted to evoke acanthus leaves curling under the cornice. Photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #peterpennoyer #diningroom

Hoping today is winter's last gasp....a chilly and

Hoping today is winter's last gasp....a chilly and tranquil moment in Ohio, looking over the pond towards the house....the steep slate roof is almost invisible in the white sky. Landscape architecture: @reedhilderbrand; Photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100 #newhouse #czechcubism #czechcubist #snowyday

Looking up from the north west corner of Madison A

Looking up from the north west corner of Madison Avenue and 79th Street at our new building 1045 Madison Avenue @thebensonresidences. From this angle you can see details of the top: the mechanical tower is like a soaring pavilion with a colossal blind Serliana facing the avenue and great stylized urns mark the setbacks. Photo: @peteraaron #peterpennoyerarchitects #newconstruction #newbuilding #madisonavenue #limestone⁠
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We are thrilled to announce the opening of our new

We are thrilled to announce the opening of our new in-house conservation division specializing in comprehensive historic building services for private, commercial, and institutional clients. Led by Conservation Director Lewis Gleason, PPA Conservation employs archival research, hands-on analysis, and the latest construction technologies to honor the original architectural design while ensuring its longevity and integrity. We are proud to give renewed purpose and vitality to historic buildings, especially when previous renovations have robbed them of their character and degraded their structures. Now we can fully integrate conservation efforts with our design studio. Visit ppapc.com for more info on this exciting new step for our firm! #peterpennoyerarchitects #ppaconservation #conservation #preservation

We designed new outbuildings for an historic estat

We designed new outbuildings for an historic estate we worked on with @max_rollitt to appear as if the property had been developed over time. The pool was designed as if it is built within the ruins of an 18th century iron furnace, a traditional early industrial structure typical of New England. This fieldstone folly serves as a retaining wall, storage room, and provides a rustic lounging terrace. Photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #peterpennoyer #ad100 #folly ⁠

@miriamellner's verre eglomise in geometric patter

@miriamellner's verre eglomise in geometric patterns for the front door of a Fifth Avenue apartment we renovated lends a diaphanous note to the entrance. Interior decoration: @venfield_interiors; photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100 #verreeglomise #frontdoor ⁠

A study secreted away in the attic of our project

A study secreted away in the attic of our project in Massachusetts with @max_rollitt...we clad the room in rustic painted boards so you can still experience the rough framing of the space. A chain can be pulled to open up the ceiling where we added lighting, so looking up, you can see the original framing of the turret above. photo: @simonuptonphotos #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100 #newoldhouse #study #office #attic #secretroom⁠

Using dark granite for its foundation under the wa

Using dark granite for its foundation under the water line makes this new pavilion we designed in collaboration with @saintclaircemin seem to float on @reedhilderbrand's new pond. Cemin's 16-foot translucent marble boat, Psyche, is sheltered here from the elements, including sleet and snow. Photo: @ericpiasecki

Clerestory windows are tucked up under the eave of

Clerestory windows are tucked up under the eave of the curve of the back stair in this new house....on the next slide, to the right of this stair tower, you can see how the whitewashed bricks are arranged to form a traditional jack arch. Photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100

We gutted and reframed the basement level of an hi

We gutted and reframed the basement level of an historic house in Massachusetts, creating a new hall that spans the length of the house and connects to various rooms such as the kitchen and mudroom. Reclaimed limestone was laid in a random pattern on the floor and @max_rollitt designed scarlet baize doors with panels suggested by upholstery tacks. Interior decoration: @max_rollitt; photo: @simonuptonphotos #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100 #baizedoor ⁠

Inspired by levers designed by Émile-Jacques Ruhl

Inspired by levers designed by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann in Paris in the 1920s, we created a version of a beaded lever where the beads regress into the body of the handle making it comfortable to hold. Photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #peterpennoyer

We looked to some of our heroes, Harrie T. Lindebe

We looked to some of our heroes, Harrie T. Lindeberg, Voysey and Lutyens, when designing this new house in the rolling hills of the Chagrin River Valley. Capped with a steep hipped roof of variegated gray slate, its rambling brick-and-limestone form is softened with whitewash. In the colossal window bay, @reddkaihoi’s vivid yellow living room glows. Landscape: @hollander_design; photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyer #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100

Progress at our Palm Beach project! Cusped Mediter

Progress at our Palm Beach project! Cusped Mediterranean windows and the curved stair coming along….the exposed mesh is getting ready to receive its plaster. #palmbeach #newhouse #stairs #quatrefoil

Another view of the kitchen in Massachusetts from

Another view of the kitchen in Massachusetts from a couple of posts ago. There are so many special stories about this project…a years long and rewarding journey with @max_rollitt. In this pantry you can see at upper left the house’s original call bell box which we found in the basement and had restored. Amazingly, the local electrician who returned it to working order was the great-grandson of the electrician who had originally worked on the house. Max’s great color sense enlivens the space…India Yellow by @farrowandball covers the trim and paneled refrigerator doors and a custom deep green-blue is on the cabinetry. The crackled glazed bricks are a combo of new and old - new ones were made to exactly resemble the originals we were able to salvage. Photo: @simonuptonphotos #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100 #newoldhouse #pantry #kitchendesign

Our favorite view of 1045 Madison Avenue, standing

Our favorite view of 1045 Madison Avenue, standing on 80th Street between Madison and Fifth. Looking up in the late afternoon, soft light makes parts of our new building come alive more so than at other times of the day. You can see the big, empty niches of the mechanical tower with abstracted columns and elongated proportions; the chamfered corners topped with urns, and the fluted spandrels. We love this view because it speaks to NYC’s tradition of temples in the sky….always look up. Photo by Gregory Gilmartin

Rowdy Meadow during snowfall....early morning snow

Rowdy Meadow during snowfall....early morning snow blankets the slope of the pyramidal roof of the east facade two Februarys ago. The pool's massive cubic blocks of dark granite rose like a prow out of the frosted ground. Photo: @ericpiasecki

The new basement kitchen in our project in Massach

The new basement kitchen in our project in Massachusetts with @max_rollitt...when we began our work, the existing kitchen was a relic of the 1960s. We salvaged the original historic cast iron stove and opened up the kitchen to the breakfast area. All of the finishes are new, including the glazed bricks, which emulate the historic bricks of the original cold storage room. We salvaged as many of the original bricks as possible and sought out different artists on the East Coast who could create new bricks to match the crackled glazing and age of the originals. The reclaimed limestone slabs in the floor were imported from France. Photo: @simonuptonphotos #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100 #renovation #reconstruction #restoration #preservation #historichouse #newoldhouse #kitchendesign ⁠

A section of the west facade of the Onwentsia Club

A section of the west facade of the Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest by Harrie T. Lindeberg with his typical tall roof, here of quarry tile, and simple lines. He moved away from the formal classicism of his architect mentors to synthesize myriad influences into his own style, drawing from Scandinavian design and vernacular Swedish houses, English cottage vernacular, and French and American Colonial sources. His houses all share a simplicity, steep roofs, long, unbroken rooflines modeled in slate, tile, or thatching, low-lying masses or one-story wings, and rich, textured building materials. Photo: @jon.wallen #harrietlindeberg #artisticcountryhouse #lakeforest