Skolnick Architecture Design Partnership: Public/Private

About this book

Skolnick Architecture Design Partnership: Public/Private presents the first monograph from the award-winning New York-based architectural firm. Covering over 40 years of work the book - presented in a unique double-sided two-cover format - exhibits projects in both the public and private sectors. Included in the public section is a sprawling center for entrepreneurial education a science center built in an old turbine hall a sky-lit synagogue two colorful and bright public libraries and a childrens museum inspired by Leonardo da Vinci. The private side features a serenely spatial six-story townhouse a sublimely linear beach house a residence and matching studios for two painters and luxurious twin villas in Anguilla. With text by principal architect Lee Skolnick and a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic Paul Goldberger; each chapter provides valuable insight into the extensive planning and highly intellectual process that goes into each project. Skolnick Architecture Design Partnership: Public/Private celebrates the accomplishments of a firm still operating at the top of their game.