Peter Marino Bio | Wiki
Peter Marino is a popular American architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects who is the principal of Peter Marino Architect PLLC, an architecture and design firm that he created in 1978. This firm is based in New York City with 160 employees and offices in Philadelphia and Southampton.
In 1985, the Pressman family, who owned Barneys New York at the time, hired Peter to design the women’s retail concept for the department store. This was Peter’s first retail project, which led to his designing 17 freestanding Barneys department stores in the U.S. and Japan between 1986 and 1993. His work for Barneys put him in contact with other fashion designers for whom he went on to design boutiques, like Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Giorgio Armani, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Fendi, and finally Chanel, Dior, and Louis Vuitton.
Peter Marino Age
Peter was born on August 9, 1949, in New York, in the United States. He is 74 years old. Peter celebrates his birthday on August 9, every year.
Peter Marino Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Peter stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in ( Approx1.78 m).
Peter Marino Family
He was born in New York to his parents. Peter holds an American nationality. Peter is the son of Roberto Marinho (father) and Stella Goulart Marinho (mother). Currently, Peter has not mentioned any details concerning his siblings.
Peter Marino Wife
Peter is married to his wife Jane Trapnell. The pair married in 1983. He has a daughter named Isabelle Trapnell Marino who works in real estate sales on the Slater Team at Compass, a New York-based real estate brokerage. His wife retired as a costume designer, also in New York.
Peter Marino Daughter
He has a daughter named Isabelle Trapnell Marino. Isabelle works in real estate sales on the Slater Team at Compass, a New York-based real estate brokerage. Peter’s daughter Isabelle was married to Ryan Louis Hoffman in 2018.
Peter Marino Education
He attended and graduated from Francis Lewis High School in Fresh Meadows, New York City. Later on, Peter earned a degree from the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
Peter Marino Architect
He started began his architectural career working for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, George Nelson, and I.M. Pei. In 1978, Jed Johnson hired Peter to do a renovation project for his and Andy Warhol’s townhouse on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the third incarnation of Warhol’s Factory at 860 Broadway. Peter’s work for Johnson and Warhol led to residential commissions from clients in the art world as well as the European aristocracy.
Peter Marino Art Foundation
He is an art collector; collecting French porcelain, contemporary paintings, modern art, and French and Italian bronzes from the mid-16th to the mid-18th century. Peter’s collection of bronzes was displayed at London’s Wallace Collection in 2010. Peter is also notable for his personal fashion style, which he has called a “tattooed biker look”, but just as a “decoy”. It features mostly black clothing, leather with buckles and studs, as well as a leather cap.
Peter Marino Projects
In 2007, Peter’s first luxury condominium high-rise project opened at 170 East End Avenue in New York City. This building has an expansive marble lobby, leading out to a garden and waterfall in the back. In October 2014, Peter designed the flagship store in Seoul, Korea’s Cheongdam-dong neighborhood for Boontheshop, a retail brand owned by Shinsegae, a South Korean luxury product specialist. The 55,000-square-foot project comprises two angular buildings clad in white marble, connected by glass bridges. It was Peter’s first multi-brand store since Barney’s project.
In January 2015, Peter completed the flagship Louis Vuitton shop on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, California. The design comprised of a three-layer facade consisting of louver-like stainless steel ribbons over glass over squares of white fabric, which LA Times’ fashion reporter Adam Tschorn described as being designed to create an indoor/outdoor feeling.
Peter Marino Design
In 1996, Peter designed a freestanding boutique on New York City’s Madison Avenue for Giorgio Armani. In 2004, The New York Times announced that Peter is “widely credited with proving the theory that architectural design can be a strong component of a shopper’s identification with a brand”, citing the freestanding Giorgio Armani flagship Marino designed in 1996 on Madison Avenue as the embodiment of Armani’s “trademark minimalism.” The article also recommends the 2004 Chanel tower in Japan’s Ginza district, “that takes Coco Chanel’s signature black and white tweed and breaks out it into three dimensions.”
The 56-meter high building incorporated a curtain wall of glass encapsulating a nest-shaped block of aluminum in Chanel handbags’ signature tweed pattern. Notable features comprise a first-of-its-kind interactive glass facade with 700,000 embedded light-emitting diodes and a system of 1,120 square meters of canvas roll blinds and state-changing electronic privacy glass which allows office workers to see out during the day while providing a black background for the display at night.
Peter Marino Net Worth
Peter gets his wealth from his work as an architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects who is the principal of Peter Marino Architect PLLC, an architecture and design firm that he created in 1978. Therefore, Peter has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Peter’s estimated net worth is $4 million.
Is Peter Marino Married
Peter is married to his wife Jane Trapnell. The pair married in 1983. He has a daughter named Isabelle Trapnell Marino who works in real estate sales on the Slater Team at Compass, a New York-based real estate brokerage. His wife retired as a costume designer, also in New York.
How Old Is Peter Marino
Peter is a 74-year-old who was born on August 9, 1949, in New York, in the United States.
Who Is Peter Marino
Peter is an architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He is the principal of Peter Marino Architect PLLC, an architecture and design firm that he created in 1978. This firm is based in New York City with 160 employees and offices in Philadelphia and Southampton.
Peter Marino Social Media Handles
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