Peter Pennoyer
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Peter Pennoyer AIA
(born on February 19, 1957 in New York City
, New York
, United States of America) is an architect
and principal of Peter Pennoyer Architects in New York City. Pennoyer, his partners, and his thirty associates have a national practice in traditional and classical architecture. Many of the firm's institutional and commercial projects have involved historic buildings, and it is stated by The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
that the firm's strength is for "combining an inventive spirit with an erudite grasp of architectural history." The firm's projects have been widely featured in newspapers, books, and periodicals, including The New York Times
, Architectural Digest
, Design Times, and House & Garden
.
The Vendome Press is publishing a book about the firm in October 2010.
in 1981 and a Master’s degree from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in 1984.
While in graduate school from 1981 to 1983, Pennoyer worked as a designer in the Manhattan
office of his Columbia professor, Robert A. M. Stern
. He established his own practice in 1984, where he was principal in the firm Pennoyer Turino Architects P. C. until 1990. He then formed Peter Pennoyer Architects in New York City.
with Anne Walker
. He and Walker have also written the introduction for a reprint of Frank M. Snyder’s Building Details.
Peter Pennoyer is Chairman of the Board of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
and serves as a trustee of The Morgan Library & Museum, the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and the 2 East 62nd Street Foundation. He is a member of the Delano & Aldrich Fellowship Committee, the National Advisory Committee of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum
, Chairman of the Fellowship Committee for the Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation, a National Peer Reviewer of the U.S. General Services Administration, Washington D.C., and a lifetime member of the Society of Architectural Historians
. Peter Pennoyer Architects supports The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
, the Alliance for the Arts
, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, Historic Hudson Valley
,the Municipal Art Society
, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York Preservation Archive Project, United States Green Building Council
, and World Monuments Fund
.
American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
(born on February 19, 1957 in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, United States of America) is an architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and principal of Peter Pennoyer Architects in New York City. Pennoyer, his partners, and his thirty associates have a national practice in traditional and classical architecture. Many of the firm's institutional and commercial projects have involved historic buildings, and it is stated by The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, founded as two separate nonprofit organizations in 1991 and 1968, respectively, merged in 2002 as a national organization dedicated to advancing the classical tradition in architecture, urbanism, and their allied arts. It does so through...
that the firm's strength is for "combining an inventive spirit with an erudite grasp of architectural history." The firm's projects have been widely featured in newspapers, books, and periodicals, including The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, Architectural Digest
Architectural Digest
Architectural Digest is an American monthly magazine. Its principal subject is interior design, not — as the name of the magazine might suggest — architecture more generally. The magazine is published by Condé Nast Publications and was founded in 1920, by the Knapp family, who sold it in 1993...
, Design Times, and House & Garden
House & Garden (magazine)
House & Garden was an American shelter magazine published by Condé Nast Publications that focused on interior design, entertaining, and gardening....
.
The Vendome Press is publishing a book about the firm in October 2010.
Early life and education
Pennoyer received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Columbia CollegeColumbia College of Columbia University
Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1754 by the Church of England as King's College, receiving a Royal Charter from King George II...
in 1981 and a Master’s degree from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in 1984.
While in graduate school from 1981 to 1983, Pennoyer worked as a designer in the Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
office of his Columbia professor, Robert A. M. Stern
Robert A. M. Stern
Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, is an American architect and Dean of the Yale University School of Architecture....
. He established his own practice in 1984, where he was principal in the firm Pennoyer Turino Architects P. C. until 1990. He then formed Peter Pennoyer Architects in New York City.
Career
Pennoyer is co-author of The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich, The Architecture of Warren & Wetmore, and The Architecture of Grosvenor AtterburyGrosvenor Atterbury
Grosvenor Atterbury was an American architect, urban planner and writer. He studied at Yale University and then travelled in Europe. He studied architecture at Columbia University and worked in the offices of McKim, Mead & White. Much of Atterbury’s early work consisted of weekend houses for...
with Anne Walker
Anne Walker
Anne Walker is an architectural historian and author in New York City. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and a Master’s degree in Historic Preservation from Columbia University...
. He and Walker have also written the introduction for a reprint of Frank M. Snyder’s Building Details.
Peter Pennoyer is Chairman of the Board of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, founded as two separate nonprofit organizations in 1991 and 1968, respectively, merged in 2002 as a national organization dedicated to advancing the classical tradition in architecture, urbanism, and their allied arts. It does so through...
and serves as a trustee of The Morgan Library & Museum, the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation and the 2 East 62nd Street Foundation. He is a member of the Delano & Aldrich Fellowship Committee, the National Advisory Committee of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
The Redwood Library and Athenaeum is a private subscription library at 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island. Founded in 1747, it is the oldest community library still occupying its original building in the United States.-History:...
, Chairman of the Fellowship Committee for the Sir John Soane's Museum Foundation, a National Peer Reviewer of the U.S. General Services Administration, Washington D.C., and a lifetime member of the Society of Architectural Historians
Society of Architectural Historians
The Society of Architectural Historians is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide....
. Peter Pennoyer Architects supports The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America
The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, founded as two separate nonprofit organizations in 1991 and 1968, respectively, merged in 2002 as a national organization dedicated to advancing the classical tradition in architecture, urbanism, and their allied arts. It does so through...
, the Alliance for the Arts
Alliance for the Arts
The Alliance for the Arts is a New York City organization which serves the entire cultural community through research and advocacy. Now in its 32nd year, the Alliance publishes information on the arts and cultural events in New York City as well as studies highlighting the importance of the arts to...
, Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts, Historic Hudson Valley
Historic Hudson Valley
Historic Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit educational and historic preservation organization headquartered in Tarrytown, New York, in Westchester County...
,the Municipal Art Society
Municipal Art Society
The Municipal Art Society of New York, founded in 1893, is a non-profit membership organization that fights for intelligent urban planning, design and preservation through education, dialogue and advocacy in New York City....
, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York Preservation Archive Project, United States Green Building Council
United States Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council , co-founded by Mike Italiano, David Gottfried and Rick Fedrizzi in 1993, is a non-profit trade organization that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built, and operated...
, and World Monuments Fund
World Monuments Fund
World Monuments Fund is a private, international, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of historic architecture and cultural heritage sites around the world through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training....
.
Recognition
Pennoyer was the recipient of The Victorian Society of America's Metropolitan Chapter 2009 Annual Publication award for co-authoring The Architecture of Grosvenor Atterbury with Anne Walker, and Veranda Magazine's 2009 Art of Design award, winning in the Environment's category. He also received the Victorian Society in America’s New York Chapters Annual Publication award in 2007 for authoring The Architecture of Warren and Wetmore with Anne Walker.Projects
Pennoyer's projects include the following:- Colony ClubColony ClubThe Colony Club is a private social club in New York City. Founded in 1903 by Florence Jaffray Harriman, wife of J. Borden Harriman, and modeled on similar clubs for men, it was the first social club established in New York City by and for women, although today male members are admitted.- History...
, New York City - The Metropolitan Opera Club, New York City
- New York Genealogical and Biographical SocietyNew York Genealogical and Biographical SocietyThe New York Genealogical and Biographical Society is a non-profit educational institution located at 36 West 44th Street in New York City. Founded in 1869, it is the second-oldest genealogical society in the United States...
, New York City - The New York Stock Exchange Luncheon Club, New York City
- Historic Hudson ValleyHistoric Hudson ValleyHistoric Hudson Valley is a not-for-profit educational and historic preservation organization headquartered in Tarrytown, New York, in Westchester County...
, Pocantico Hills, New YorkPocantico Hills, New YorkPocantico Hills is a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York, northeast of the village of Sleepy Hollow and southwest of the village of Pleasantville. The area was originally settled by native Americans of the Wecquaesgeek tribes; "Pocantico" means "running between two hills," and the name... - The Mark Hotel, New York City
- Hodsoll Mckenzie, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
- Pop ShopPop ShopThe Pop Shop were stores that sold voluminous memorabilia of artist Keith Haring's designs. Haring originally opened two Pop Shops; one at 292 Lafayette Street in SoHo and one in Tokyo . Every area of the store was devoted to Haring's work including floor-to-ceiling murals, which provided a...
, Keith HaringKeith HaringKeith Haring was an artist and social activist whose work responded to the New York City street culture of the 1980s.-Early life:...
, New York City - The FactoryThe FactoryThe Factory was Andy Warhol's original New York City studio from 1962 to 1968, although his later studios were known as The Factory as well. The Factory was located on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan. The rent was "only about one hundred dollars a year"...
, Andy WarholAndy WarholAndrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art... - The Hotchkiss School, The Monahan Gymnasium, Connecticut
- Oakley Farm, Virginia
- Diamond A Ranch, New Mexico