Rowdy Meadow

House–Land–Art

Peter Pennoyer, Anne Walker, Mitchell Owens , Eric Piasecki

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Vendome Press
14 October 2021

Interior design, decor & style guides

"""The house . . . serves as a magnificent showcase for an important collection of design, from the Arts and Crafts era through today."" - Architectural Digest

Welcome to Rowdy Meadow, a visionary house that is a complete work of art, from its architecture, interior design, furnishings, and collection of contemporary art to its landscape architecture and private sculpture park. Inspired by Czech Cubism, it is unlike any other house, anywhere. Designed and decorated by Peter Pennoyer Architects in Hunting Valley, Ohio, it is a structure of tremendous complexity made to feel simple and calm by Pennoyer's mastery of the language of this style - a short-lived movement notable for its use of prismatic forms.

Inside, Anne Walker guides the reader through the house, room by room, showcasing furnishings spanning the Arts and Crafts era through Art Deco, with pieces by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Josef Hoffmann, Dagobert Peche, Eileen Gray, and Gio Ponti, fine art by Walton Ford, James Lee Byars, and others, as well as bespoke installations so expertly woven into the design that they virtually become part of the fabric of the house. She discusses the Reed Hilderbrand-designed landscape and sculpture park - with works by Anish Kapoor and Andy Goldsworthy - spread throughout the 146-acre property. Illustrated with photographs taken throughout the seasons by Eric Piasecki that capture Rowdy Meadow's unique detailing, imagination, and energy, as well as with renderings and drawings, the book itself is an extraordinary achievement."

Photographs by: Eric Piasecki
Text by: Anne Walker
Foreword by: Mitchell Owens
Introduction by: Peter Pennoyer
Imprint: Vendome Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 330mm, Width: 254mm,
Weight: 2.520kg
ISBN: 9780865653979
ISBN 10: 0865653976
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 14 October 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Pennoyer heads Peter Pennoyer Architects, a fifty-person firm of architects, interior designers, and related professionals based in Manhattan and with an office in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1990, PPA is recognized as a leader in new construction, renovation, and historic preservation for residential, commercial, and institutional commissions across the United States and abroad. Architectural historian Anne Walker holds a master's degree in historic preservation from Columbia University and is the author of numerous books on historical and contemporary architecture and design, including Peter Pennoyer Architects: Apartments, Townhouses, Country Houses, A House in the Country, and Life at the Top: New York's Exceptional Apartment Buildings. She is an adjunct professor at New York University, where she teaches with Peter Pennoyer. Mitchell Owens is AD's decorative arts editor and is the host of the AD Aesthete podcast (@adaesthete). Architecture and interiors photographer Eric Piasecki contributes regularly to Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, and House Beautiful, among other publications nationally and internationally. His books include Peter Pennoyer Architects, Katie Ridder: Rooms, Katie Ridder: More Rooms and A House in the Country.

Reviews for Rowdy Meadow: House–Land–Art

A Gesamtkunstwerk in which every element has been invented out of whole cloth but is inspired by Cubo-Expressionist precedents, Rowdy Meadow is a paragon of invention and intelligence. Peter Pennoyer Architects has forged a looking-glass world, shapeshifting and pleasantly discombobulating, a work of art that has been designed to hold works of art. --Mitchell Owens