Matteo Pericoli

Architect and illustrator Matteo Pericoli says that we don’t choose our window views, they choose us. In his new book, “The City Out My Window – 63 Views on New York”, he meticulously draws the window views of 63 New Yorkers, both famous and ordinary.

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New York is full of voyeurs. How many of us leer into apartments from the street or spy on neighbors in glass towers? For some, though, looking out is more interesting than looking in.

Everyone in New York has a window, be it a grand vista of Central Park or a bleak view of an exposed brick wall. In a city swarmed by millions of residents, and inundated by many more tourists each year, these are the scenes of New York that remain largely hidden.

No matter the book or the artwork, Matteo Pericoli always celebrates unique points of view only he could provide—be it the undulating perimeter of Manhattan island from its rivers; one of his children’s book characters; or a 397-foot block-plus-long

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The Manhattan skyline has been depicted in countless ways, but never like this.Italian architect and artist Matteo Pericoli wanted to capture the invisible city that New Yorkers carry around in their heads, ...

Matteo Pericoli, architetto e disegnatore, ama le città come possono amarle solo certe persone nate in mezzo al verde, nel suo caso quello delle Marche. Glielo si scorge negli occhi, questo amore speciale e assoluto, quando per strada inforca i pedali della bicicletta e pedalando si guarda attorno. ...