is an architect, author, and educator based in New York City. He is the principal partner of Peter Pennoyer Architects, a 50-person firm whose widely-published projects have been praised for their delicate balance of modern taste and continuity with the past. Pennoyer was educated under the Core Curriculum at Columbia College and at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, where he developed an appreciation for the inherent throughline of artistic traditions carried into the present. He has co-authored five books on the architectural history of the United States and has taught in the Architecture and Urban Studies Program at New York University.
Mr. Pennoyer’s work has earned him many awards and positions. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, former Chairman of the Board of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, and he has been featured in the AD100, Architectural Digest’s global list of top designers. He has received multiple Stanford White Awards, the Arthur Ross Award, the Albert Simons Medal of Excellence, and an honorary doctorate from the New York School of Interior Design. As President of the Whiting Foundation, he has supported young writers and scholars and fostered the rich connections that define the liberal arts across generations.
