{"product_id":"a-place-to-call-home-tradition-style-and-memory-in-the-new-american-house","title":"A Place to Call Home: Tradition, Style, and Memory in the New American House","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning architect \u003cb\u003eGil Schafer III\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading practitioner of contemporary classical architecture. A member of the AD100, a winner of \u003ci\u003eVeranda\u003c\/i\u003e's Art of Design Award, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great American House\u003c\/i\u003e, his work has been featured in such publications as \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Digest, Elle Decor, Veranda\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eEric Piasecki\u003c\/b\u003e's photography is featured regularly in books and magazines including \u003ci\u003eElle Decor, Architectural Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHouse Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\"But the completed house -- which will be included in Mr. Schafer's book \u003ci\u003e\"A Place to Call Home: Tradition, Style, and Memory in the New American House\u003c\/i\u003e,\" published in September by Rizzoli -- is no starkly minimalist abode\" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\"Award-winning architect and author Gil Schafer celebrated the art of living with a lecture inspired by his book, Creating Places to Call Home: How Tradition, Style, and Memory Can Inspire Ways of Living\" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eArchitecturalDigest.com \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\"One design book that I cannot live without is \u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home\u003c\/i\u003e by Gil Schafer. When I am stuck or just need some inspiration, I often refer to his books and ask myself, 'What would Gil do?'\"\u003cbr\u003e--Katie Wolf of Wolf Interiors, Veranda\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(Rizzoli, $55) explores the way Schafer's architectural styles, materials, scale and even the misplaced flight of fancy interface with siting to establish the air of history and a sense of place. \" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Homes \u0026amp; Lifestyles\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\"In \u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home\u003c\/i\u003e, his follow up to \u003ci\u003eThe Great American House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGil explores the elements that make living spaces personal spaces\u003c\/b\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eSchumacher\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\"On My Bookshelf: Fall Must-Haves\" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eLa Dolce Vita Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\"I've professed my love of pre-ordering books before. You order them, forget about them, and when they arrive it feels like Christmas morning.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eThe Neo-Trad \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\"Award-winning architect and author of the new book \u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home\u003c\/i\u003e, Gil Schafer believes the most successful houses are the ones that celebrate living - houses with timeless charm that are imbued with memory and a distinct sense of place. It's this dialogue between past and present that enables him to interpret traditional principles for a multiplicity of architectural styles within contemporary ways of living.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eNorthshore Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\"Gil is a classical architect who builds homes \"the way they used to\" yet perfectly adapted for modern living.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eThe Glam Pad \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\"Celebrated American architect Gil Schafer is known for creating personal and timeless homes that celebrate the lives of their owners. They are spaces intended for making and keeping memories.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eRiver Oaks Houston \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eFor award-winning architect Gil Schafer, the most successful houses are the ones that celebrate the small moments of life--houses with timeless charm that are imbued with memory and anchored in a distinct sense of place. Essentially, Schafer believes a house is truly successful when the people who live there consider it home. It's this belief--and Schafer's rare ability to translate his clients' deeply personal visions of how they want to live into a physical home that reflects those dreams--that has established him as one of the most sought-after, highly-regarded architects of our time. \u003cbr\u003eIn his new book, \u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home\u003c\/i\u003e Schafer follows up his bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Great American House\u003c\/i\u003e, by pulling the curtain back on his distinctive approach, sharing his process (complete with unexpected, accessible ideas readers can work into their own projects) and taking readers on a detailed tour of seven beautifully realized houses in a range of styles located around the country--each in a unique place, and each with a character all its own. 250 lush, full color photographs of these seven houses and other never-before-seen projects, including exterior, interior, and landscape details, invite readers into Schafer's world of comfortable classicism. \u003cbr\u003eOpening with memories of the childhood homes and experiences that have shaped Schafer's own history, \u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home\u003c\/i\u003e gives the reader the sense that for Schafer, architecture is not just a career but a way of life, a calling. He describes how the many varied houses of his youth were informed as much by their style as by their sense of place, and how these experiences of home informed his idea of classicism as a set of values that he applies to many different kinds of architecture in places as varied as the ones he grew up in. Because while Schafer is absolutely a classical architect, he is in fact a modern traditionalist, and \u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home\u003c\/i\u003e showcases how he effortlessly interprets traditional principles for a multiplicity of architectural styles within contemporary ways of living. \u003cbr\u003eSections in Part I include the delicate balance of modern and traditional aesthetics, the juxtaposition of fancy and simple, and the details that make each project special and livable. Schafer also delves into what he refers to as \"the spaces in between,\" those often overlooked spaces like closets, mudrooms, and laundry rooms, explaining their underappreciated value in the broader context of a home. Part of Schafer's skill lies in the way he gives the minutiae of a project as much attention as the grand aesthetic gestures, and ultimately, it's this combination that brings his homes to life. \u003cbr\u003ePart II of the book is the story of seven houses and the places they inhabit--each with a completely different character and soul: a charming cottage completely rebuilt into a casual but gracious house for a young family in bucolic Mill Valley, California; a reconstructed historic 1930s Colonial house and gardens set in lush woodlands in Connecticut; a new, Adirondack camp-inspired house for an active family perched on the edge of Lake Placid with stunning views of nearby Whiteface Mountain; an elegant but family-friendly Fifth Avenue apartment with a panoramic view of Central Park; a new timber frame and stone barn situated to take advantage of the summer sun on a lovely, rambling property in New England; a new residence and outbuildings on a 6,000 acre hunting preserve in Georgia, inspired by the historic 1920s and 1930s hunting plantation houses in the region; and Schafer's own, deeply personal, newly-renovated and surprisingly modern house located just a few feet from the Atlantic Ocean in coastal Maine. In Schafer's hands, the stories of these houses are irresistibly readable. He guides the reader through each of the design decisions, sharing anecdotes about the process and fascinating historical background and contextual influences of the settings. Ultimately, the houses featured in \u003ci\u003eA Place to Call Home\u003c\/i\u003e are more than just beautiful buildings in beautiful places. In each of them, Schafer has created a dialogue between past and present, a personalized world that people can inhabit gracefully, in sync with their own notions of home. 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