The definitive guide to Penthouse style from the world\'s leading interior designers An inspirational journey told through interviews and 200 stunning large-format images Penthouse is part of a fabric-bound series of interiors titles which includesTownhouse ISBN 9781068260810 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. Review Select Guide Rating About the Author Peter Martin is a renowned design writer and editor, and is the founder of Cultural Union, the international design, art, interior design and architecture magazine and publisher. A regular media partner of art and design fairs in the United States and Europe, he worked for many years as editorial director of a global vintage and contemporary art and design marketplace. Before his career in journalism, he was a successful music and television creative.