Penthouse: The World's Most Incredible Penthouses - Hardcover

by Peter Martin (Editor)

The definitive guide to Penthouse style from the world's leading interior designers. An inspirational journey told through interviews and 250 stunning images.

The penthouse is the ultimate expression of contemporary urban living. As much a state of mind as a physical space, the word 'penthouse' evokes excitement, drama, exclusivity and escape. First emerging a century ago with the dawn of the skyscraper, the penthouse has become the aspirational talisman of the modern global city.

Penthouse brings you inside incredible apartments such as the $235 million One Hyde Park Penthouse in London, New York's Central Park Tower - the world's highest residential building - and the supertall Steinway Tower. It also surveys a different side to penthouse style, from coastal residences in Hong Kong, Cape Town and the Gulf to mid-century penthouses in the Hollywood Hills.

A stunning photographic journey in a luxury, fabric-bound edition, Penthouse is an exploration of style at the extremities, told through interviews with the most talented designers working today - designers who are creating spaces that define and defy the frontiers of urban living.

Author Biography

Peter Martin is a renowned design author and is the founder and editor of Cultural Union, an international design, art and architectural magazine. A regular media partner of art and design fairs in Europe and America, he worked for many years as editorial director of a global marketplace for vintage and contemporary design and art. Before his career in journalism, he was a successful record producer and television advertising creative. He lives in London, UK.