The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter - Hardcover

Alpern, Andrew; Netto, David; Gray, Christopher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0926494201 ISBN 13: 9780926494206

Publisher: Acanthus Pr Llc, 2002

Synopsis

Living on Park Avenue or Fifth could be regarded as a good sign you've arrived in New York but, for some, good is never quite good enough. True arbiters of taste define ultimate opulence by what hovers above and beyond the address: past the uniformed doorman, up the elevator, and across quiet thresholds. Here lies a world only a very privileged few call home — the coveted suites created by Rosario Candela and James Carpenter, time-honored masters of 20th century apartment house design.

Originally published in 2002, THE NEW YORK APARTMENT HOUSES OF ROSARIO CANDELA AND JAMES CARPENTER remains the only major work on two of the most significant figures in the history of apartment house architecture. Richly illustrated with archival photographs and floor plans, the book provides the architectural and social history of the great buildings of Candela and Carpenter, demonstrating the breadth of the designers' contribution to Manhattan's exterior and interior landscape. Added to the vintage photographs of elevations and interiors are later interiors done by some of New YorkÂ’s design elite: Buatta, Couturier, Cullman, Ferguson Shamamian & Rattner, Gwathmey, McMillen, Mark Hampton, Molyneux, Parish-Hadley, and others.

"Rosario Candela has replaced Stanford White as the real estate brokers' name-drop of choice," writes New York Times "Streetscapes" columnist, Christopher Gray. "Nowadays, to own a 10- to 20-room apartment in a Candela-designed building is to accede to architectural, as well as social cynosure."

"There was a wonderful assurance and solidity to his [Candela's] buildings," writes architecture critic Paul Goldberger. "They don't display any visible effort, in the greatest traditions of old money."

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Alpern is an architectural historian, an architect, and an attorney. The author of three other books about apartment houses of Manhattan and one concerning New York's architectural holdouts, he also has a question-and-answer book for non-lawyers about copyright law. In addition to two earlier books and numerous articles, for 14 years Alpern wrote a twice-monthly legal newsletter for the construction industry. He is Special Counsel specializing in intellectual property and technology at the international law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.

About this edition

• Publisher: Acanthus Pr Llc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0926494201
• ISBN 13: 9780926494206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350