Revisit Architect Rosario Candela's Influence on the Buildings of New York
Photo: © Wurts Brothers/Museum of the City of New York
“It would be impossible to dream the dreams we have of New York without the architecture of Rosario Candela.” So writes David Netto in an inspiring new monograph on the early-20th-century visionary, whose Manhattan apartment houses redefined genteel city living on the Upper East Side and beyond. Coauthored with fellow AD100 titan Peter Pennoyer and critic Paul Goldberger, Rosario Candela & The New York Apartment: 1927-1937 (Rizzoli) unpacks the architect’s fabled practice building by building—from 740 Park Avenue to One Sutton Place South (pictured circa 1930). Street-level intrigue gives way to skyline-shaping setbacks and water towers; handsome façades belie complex puzzles of units; and gracious foyers open onto layouts rigorous yet romantic, with private spaces coyly divided from public. Goldberger anoints it “the architecture of certainty.” Pennoyer heralds “essential lessons of continued relevance.” We call it necessary reading.
Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest
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