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