New York splendor : the city's most memorable rooms / Wendy Moonan ; foreword by Robert A.M. Stern.

Foreword / Robert A.M. Stern -- Introduction : a passion for interiors, New York-style -- Achille Salvagni Architetti : overlooking Central Park -- Adolfo : a grand entrance -- Aero Studios : a house in the sky -- Alex Papachristidis Interiors : fantasy foyer -- Alexander Gorlin Architects : French inspiration -- Billy Baldwin : the second time around -- Bradfield & Tobin : a dreamy reception -- Brian J. McCarthy, Inc. : a classic start -- Bunny Williams : pure drama -- Bunny Williams : an enchanting refuge -- Cabinet Alberto Pino : inventive stagecraft -- Cabinet Alberto Pino : living with art -- Cabinet Alberto Pino : the art of the invisible -- Calhoun Sumrall : grand tour fantasy -- Charlotte Moss : Southern hospitality on the Upper East Side -- Cullman & Kravis Associates : comfortable opulence -- Darren Henault Interiors : tailored luxury -- David Kleinberg Design Associates : exquisite proportions -- David Kleinberg Design Associates : a splash of color -- David Monn, LLC and Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman Architects : icy splendor -- David Scott Parker Architects : reawakening the past -- David Scott Parker Architects : kitchen aerie -- David Scott Parker Architects : period piece -- Deborah Berke Partners : reach for the stars -- Denning & Fourcade : layered luxury -- Donald Judd : the floor for eating -- Doug Meyer Studio : a world in red -- Fairfax & Sammons Architects : a place for books and art -- Gabellini Sheppard Associates : a living gallery -- Gabellini Sheppard Associates : nature and whimsy -- Gabellini Sheppard Associates : an illuminated pool -- Gabellini Sheppard Associates : minimalism -- Gabellini Sheppard Associates : underground playground -- Gachot Studios : skyline views -- Georgis & Migorodsky : wild juxtapositions -- Giovannini Design Associates : architecture of light -- Gloria Vanderbilt : quilted colors -- GLUCK+ : public to private -- Helen Fioratti : old world charm -- Henri Samuel : a winter garden -- Howard Slatkin : a romantic garden -- Howard Slatkin : eighteenth-century grandeur -- Huniford Design Studio : rustic chic in the city -- Ike Kligerman Barkley : dark glamour -- Ingrao Inc. : pop art paradise -- Irvine & Fleming : a Georgian welcome -- Jamie Drake : design evolution -- Jennifer Post Design : design for the twenty-first century -- Joanne De Palma Incorporated : enchanting by day, romantic by night -- John Saladino : a Roman transplant -- John Saladino : dining in an Italian garden -- Juan Pablo Molyneux : a grand passage -- Juan Pablo Molyneux : creating symmetry -- Juan Pablo Molyneux : soaring above the city -- Julian Schnabel : Venice on the Hudson -- Katie Ridder : the flow of color -- Katie Ridder : coloring space -- KLC Studios and Peter Pennoyer Architects : bedroom with a view -- Lela Rose and Work Architecture Company (WORKac) : multifunctional minimalism -- MAC II and Bill Blass : classic simplicity -- MAC II and Bill Blass : square perfection -- MAC II and Bill Blass : a bedroom to dream in -- Marilyn Evins : a tortoised sanctuary -- Mario Buatta : classical color -- Mark Hampton : masterful understatement -- Mark Hampton : inspired by the hunt -- Mark Hampton : fit for a king -- Massimo and Lella Vignelli : modernism at its finest -- McKim, Mead & White : hall of mirrors -- Michael S. Smith Inc. and Ferguson & Shamamian Architects : embracing the light -- Michael S. Smith Inc. and Ferguson & Shamamian Architects : dining idyll -- Michael S. Smith Inc. and Ferguson & Shamamian Architects : coromandel jewel box -- Miles Redd : reflected glamour -- Mott B. Schmidt : a serene setting for spectacular art -- Neil Adam Mackay : an exotic entrance -- Parish-Hadley : a luxurious library -- Parish-Hadley and Ferguson & Shamamian Architects : defining architecture -- Patrick Naggar : a classical gallery -- Paul Rudolph : a modern icon on Beekman -- Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Peter Marino Architect and Ty Warner : a suite among the stars -- Peter Pennoyer Architects : at home with an art gallery -- Philip Johnson : Turtle Bay landmark -- Phillip Thomas Inc. : riverfront aerie -- Renzo Mongiardino : Roman fantasy -- Renzo Mongiardino : the faux and the real -- Richard Keith Langham Inc. : paradise over the park -- Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Brian J. McCarthy, Inc. : magical light summoned -- Robert A.M. Stern Architects and MAC II : sensual curves -- Robert A.M. Stern Architects and S.R. Gambrel : a marble sanctum -- Robert Couturier Inc. : Paris in Brooklyn -- Robert Couturier Inc. : serene whimsy -- Robert Kahn Architect : spiraling grandeur -- S.R. Gambrel : an English pedigree -- Sandra Nunnerley, Inc. : couture decorating -- Sawyer/ Berson : atrium dining -- Sawyer/ Berson and Pierce Allen : Moroccan fantasy -- Selldorf Architects : portrait of a client -- Shelton Mindel : outside in -- Shelton Mindel and Reed A. Morrison : aerie with four views -- Stephanie Stokes, Inc. : Yankee ingenuity -- Stephanie Stokes, Inc. : a gentleman's oasis -- Stephen Sills Associates : quiet refinement -- Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts + Partners : majestic views of downtown -- Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts + Partners : pavilion in the sky -- Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts + Partners : library in a garden -- Tino Zervudachi & Associés : a city haven -- Tom Britt : the pasha's salon -- Taso & McKown : seamless composition -- Vera Blinken : celebrating Rothko -- Victoria Hagan Interiors and Peter Pennoyer Architects : room with a melody.

"This selection of interiors is about the wow factor - New York residential spaces that elicit gasps of pleasure and surprise when first seen. Some are very grand, others sparingly modern or eclectic. All are exceptional and, Moonan promises, unforgettable. Groundbreaking rooms include Brooke Astor's elegant library by Albert Hadley; Gloria Vanderbilt's sublime patchwork bedroom; Donald Judd's dramatically spare art-filled loft; Adolfo's opulent and magnificently red entrance hall; a Peter Marino-designed penthouse with sweeping midtown views; Jamie Drake's stunning dining room for the mayor's residence, Gracie Mansion; and a magnificent library in the famous Dakota apartment house. Other illustrious interior designers and architects represented in the book include Mario Buatta, Robert Couturier, Albert Hadley, Denning and Fourcade, Mark Hampton, Philip Johnson, Charlotte Moss, Thomas O'Brien, Paul Rudolph, Bunny Williams, Paul Rudolph, and Steven Gambrel. New York is the epicentre of interior-design innovations. Residents embrace myriad styles - from pure period historicism to bracing modernity. Moonan investigates the city's best residential spaces and presents them here, a book for the libraries of design lovers and professionals in the field."--Provided by publisher