1. Peter Marino was born on 1949 and is an American architect and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
19 Facts About Peter Marino
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Peter Marino is the principal of Peter Marino Architect PLLC, an architecture and design firm which he founded in 1978.
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Peter Marino began drawing as child and took special art classes.
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Peter Marino received a gold medal from Mayor Lindsey for a painting he did in 1966.
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Peter Marino earned a degree from the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning in 1971.
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Peter Marino met Andy Warhol and his entourage through his girlfriend Pat Hackett, who was Warhol's secretary.
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Peter Marino was hired to renovate Warhol's home in partnership with Warhol's live-in boyfriend, interior designer Jed Johnson, and they worked on remodeling the third incarnation of Warhol's Factory at 860 Broadway.
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In 1996, Peter Marino designed a freestanding boutique on New York City's Madison Avenue for Giorgio Armani.
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In October 2014, Peter Marino 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.
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In January 2015, Peter Marino completed the flagship Louis Vuitton shop on Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills, California.
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Peter Marino designed both the building and interiors of luxury Swiss watch brand Hublot's flagship store in New York on Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th streets.
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Also in 2018, Peter Marino completed a slender 9-story tower for Chanel in Tokyo.
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Peter Marino implemented a garden and restored the grounds of the property.
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Peter Marino designed the renovation of the Dior flagship store in Paris.
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Peter Marino pays tribute to the history of the House of Dior, he does so by anchoring it in the present.
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In 2012, Peter Marino was awarded the Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Peter Marino is married to costume designer Jane Trapnell; the couple have a daughter.
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Peter Marino 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.
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Peter Marino is notable for his personal fashion style, which he has called a "tattooed biker look", but just as a "decoy".